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Answer & explanation
The official answer, with Fermi’s reasoning step by step.
Answer & explanation
Official answer
22,000,000
people
How to estimate it
Fermi’s official “Napkin math”
The easiest place to start is Netflix's roughly 300 million memberships worldwide. Accounts get shared, so call it 600 million people who actually use it. How many are watching this exact second? Not many, maybe 1 in 30.
- Netflix memberships worldwide
- ≈ 300,000,000
- Viewers per membership (shared accounts)
- × 2
- Watching at this exact moment
- ÷ 30
- 300M × 2 ÷ 30
- ≈ 20 million
Rounded assumptions may give a slightly different estimate. The official answer above is the game’s reference value.
Source calculation & reference
- Netflix hours watched, full year 2025 (Netflix's own "What We Watched" reports)
- ≈ 191 billion
- Hours in a year
- ÷ 8,760
- 191B ÷ 8,760
- ≈ 21.8 million
Reference cited by Fermi: Netflix's Engagement Report
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