Netflix made a major splash at Anime Expo over the weekend, dropping new trailers, clips and images from its anime lineup including “Sakamoto Days,” “My Melody & Kuromi,” and “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 ...

At Anime Expo in Los Angeles over the weekend, Netflix revealed that its anime viewership has tripled over the past five ...

Furthermore, viewership over the past 5 years has tripled, and 2024 had 33 anime series breaking into the rankings of Netflix’s Global Top 10.

The numbers behind Netflix’s anime explosion are staggering. In 2024 alone, anime was viewed over 1 billion times on the platform, with viewership tripling over the past five years, Netflix said.

The streamer is enjoying robust viewing numbers for Japanese anime and will lean into its programming as a result.

In its Anime Expo wrap-up, Netflix revealed that half of its 300 million global users now watch anime. That figure aligns with a recent Dentsu study, which found that 48% of global anime viewers ...

Netflix made a splash at Anime Expo 2025 with a slew of announcements, but the biggest surprise might be that half of all of its subscribers are anime fans. The streaming mega company touched on ...

Anime Grows Even Bigger With Netflix According to Netflix, the number of anime viewers on the platform has tripled in the last few years with 2024 being the biggest year for anime on the streamer yet.