In 2018, Netflix produced an estimated 1,500 hours of original movies, TV shows and other original productions. Netflix's original output has risen dramatically in the last five years, and the company increased its produced content assets from approximately 1.4 million U.S. dollars to over six million between 2016 and 2018.
Original content hours on Netflix worldwide 2012-2018
Number of hours of original content produced by Netflix worldwide from 2012 to 2018
(in hours)
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Quartz. (January 1, 2019). Number of hours of original content produced by Netflix worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 10, 2019, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/882490/netflix-original-content-hours/
Quartz. "Number of hours of original content produced by Netflix worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in hours)." Chart. January 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 10, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/882490/netflix-original-content-hours/
Quartz. (2019). Number of hours of original content produced by Netflix worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 10, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/882490/netflix-original-content-hours/
Quartz. "Number of Hours of Original Content Produced by Netflix Worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/882490/netflix-original-content-hours/
Quartz, Number of hours of original content produced by Netflix worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/882490/netflix-original-content-hours/ (last visited December 10, 2019)