Netflix DVD Shipments Vs Instant Watches Trends

As Netflix looks to the future with its ramp-up of Instant Watch offerings, we thought it would be interesting to see what the growth of Instant Watch streams was, especially compared to DVD Shipments.  Take a look at the graph below and you’ll see that while Netflix’s DVD Shipments growth is very impressive, even more impressive is the rate at which Instant Watch is being adopted. In fact 2009 is on track to be the first year when Instant Watch streams will far outstrip the number of DVD shipments from Netflix.

 

DVD Shipments Vs Instant Watches

Bookmark FeedFlix’s DVD Shipments Vs Instant Watches page and you can follow along to see what the growth curve looks like. This graph will be updated every day.

 

Blu-ray adoption at Netflix

On the most recent Netflix earnings call, Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix said that Blu-ray adoption was ‘growing nicely’. In case you were wondering just how many of NF’s members actually go for Blu-ray and pony up the extra $1/month, just take a look at this graph. 

 

 

Netflix's Blu-ray Adoption

 

As of today (Feb 7, 2009), about 19% of FeedFlixers are on the Blu-ray option. Extrapolating this to Netflix’s 10M members, that would mean close to 2M members. Not bad at all. To see how this number changes over time, just bookmark this: Netflix’s Blu-ray Adoption.

 

What Movies Are Queued Up The Most?

Ever wondered what movies get put into queues the most?

Here’s what FeedFlix knows: http://feedflix.com/most_awaited 

As of Feb 4th 2009, the top 5 queued titles are:

Pineapple Express

Slumdog Millionaire

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Burn After Reading

Just bookmark the Most Queued Netflix Titles page – the list gets refreshed every midnight.