The video streaming giant said today it added an impressive 5.87 million global subscribers in the third quarter of 2018, far higher than a FactSet estimate of 4.46 million cited by CNBC. Domestically, Netflix added 1.09 million subscribers, compared to an estimate of 673,800. All told, the Los Gatos, California, company now has more than 137 million subscribers around the world, including 130 million paid members.
Source: Netflix just keeps growing larger than anyone predicted it would