Netflix increased its net profit by 25% in the first nine months of 2025

Netflix closed the first nine months of 2025 with a net profit of 8,562 million dollarsa jump of 25.1% compared to the previous year. The platform continues to demonstrate that the algorithm knows how to tell stories (and make money): the subscriber boom coincided with the release of heavyweights such as second season of Wednesdaythe sequel to the comic classic Happy Gilmoreand its biggest phenomenon so far, the animated film KPop Demon Hunterswhich swept screens and networks.

This increase was driven by the increase in subscribers with the launch of emblematic programs on the platform such as the premiere of the second season of ‘Wednesday’, the sequel to the film ‘Happy Gilmore’ or the most popular film in its catalog to date ‘KPop Demon Hunters’.

Its adjusted earnings per share was $5.87 in the third quarter of 2025, below the $6.97 expected by analysts, even though the platform reached revenues of 11.51 billion dollars in that period, 17% more.

However, their operating margin was 28%, lower than the 31.5% they had initially anticipated, due to an unforeseen expense related to a legal issue with Brazil’s tax authorities.

From January to September, lNetflix’s revenues amounted to 33,132 million dollars15.2% more.

Audience participation remains strong. During the third quarter, the platform reported that it achieved its highest quarterly viewing share to date in the United States and the United Kingdom.

According to data from Nielsen and BARB, this share has grown by 15% and 22%, respectively, since the fourth quarter of 2022.

Forecasts for the end of the year

Netflix estimates that by the fourth quarter of 2025 Its income will be approximately 11.96 billion dollarswhich represents 16.7% more compared to the same period of the previous year.

The California-based company will close the year with a schedule that includes the long-awaited final season of Stranger Thingsthe premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of the classic work Frankensteinas well as Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery directed by Rian Johnson.

The platform recently premiered the second season of the Emmy-nominated series Nobody Wants Thisand as well as Kathryn Bigelow’s film A House of Dynamite which competed at the Venice Film Festival.

Other projects that are expected to generate a positive impact on their numbers in the last quarter of the year are NFL Christmas gamesas well as the boxing fight between Jake Paul and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.

These initiatives follow the success of the fight held in September between Terence Crawford and Canelo Álvarez, which brought together more than 41 million spectators and became one of the most watched sporting events of this century.