Netflix was launched on August 29, 1997 in Scotts Valley, California by entrepreneurs Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings.¹⁾

Kibble.com was the original name for Netflix.²⁾

The very first 'Netflix Original' was a brief piece of abstract test film.³⁾

Employees of Netflix receive a free subscription to the service.⁴⁾

The Netflix website went live on April 14, 1998, with 925 titles available for rental.⁵⁾

The monthly subscription option was introduced in September 1999.⁶⁾

Netflix executives used to call customers and users in the Los Gatos region to find out how they liked the service.⁷⁾

Netflix offered Blockbuster, a service provider that rents movies and video games, a $50 million buyout in 2000. Blockbuster refused this offer.⁸⁾

Netflix conducted its first public offering (IPO) on May 29, 2002.⁹⁾

The number of Netflix customers hit one million in April 2003.¹⁰⁾

Netflix announced the start of video streaming services on January 15, 2007.¹¹⁾

Netflix sent its billionth DVD in February 2007.¹²⁾

In addition, the corporation opted to move away from delivering DVDs and instead create video-on-demand services accessible over the internet.¹³⁾

In 2018, Netflix spent around $12 billion on original content creation.¹⁴⁾

Netflix provided 850 original content titles in 2016.¹⁵⁾