Netflix has fallen short of its target for new customers by a million in the second quarter of the year . It had previously attracted an additional 6.2 million members of its service worldwide , but figures reported to shareholders for the period showed it had only achieved 5.2 million , taking the total to 130 million . It also substantially undershot its target for US customers , adding just short of a predicted 650 million . Despite the disappointing performance , analysts still expect the company to increase its users by 20 % in the year this year and by 10 % worldwide .
Netflix has fallen short of its target for new subscribers by a million in the second quarter of the year. It had previously forecast an additional 6.2 million members of its service worldwide, but figures reported to shareholders for the period showed it had only achieved 5.2 million, taking the total to 130 million. It also substantially undershot its target for US customers, adding just 670,000 of a predicted 1.2 million. Despite the disappointing performance, analysts still expect the company to increase its users by 11% in the US this year and by 21% worldwide.