Indians Pay More for Netflix Than Other Countries, But Get Less Content

Netflix aims to touch the 100 million subscriber marker in India and was reportedly fifty-fifty considering the introduction of cheaper subscription plans in the country, something which was subsequently denied past CEO, Reed Hastings. But reduced subscription charges or not, Indians all the same end up paying a comparatively higher monthly fee than users in a few other countries, withal they still get admission to a smaller library of content.

According to a new research by CompariTech, India ranks 10th on the list of the ten cheapest countries to watch Netflix with an average monthly fee of $7.28, which provides access to a content library that has five,015 titles, which includes one,465 Tv set shows and 3,550 movies.

Indians Pay More for Netflix Than Other Countries, But Get Less Content — Image: CompariTech

As for users in Nihon, which has been ranked as the most cost-effective country to get a Netflix subscription, they end up paying an average monthly fee of $5.86 per month, only take access to a much larger library of v,986 titles which consists of 4,614 movies and 1,372 Television receiver shows. Overall, India is the tenth cheapest place to go a Netflix plan, while Turkey takes the top spot with an average monthly subscription fee of but $3.27, followed by Argentine republic and Brazil respectively.

When information technology comes to average cost per title, Netflix subscribers in Japan are charged $0.0010 while users in Bharat take to pay an average $0.0015 for every title in Netflix'southward library. Canada, Brazil and the United States too rank above India when information technology comes to the toll per championship parameter. Despite the price gap and lower toll-effectiveness, Indians nonetheless pay 12% lesser monthly fee than the global boilerplate, while the users in Turkey and Argentina pay a hefty 61% and 43% lower than the global boilerplate.

As per CompariTech'southward written report, the lower monthly subscription fee in sure countries tin can be attributed to Netflix using US, United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, Canada markets to subsidize its growth elsewhere. But with Netflix'due south aggressive growth approach towards the Indian market and the quickly growing library of content in regional Indian languages, these factors are expected to slowly bring down the toll per title and make Netflix more than price-effective in the country.