Still not as wide international availability as Netflix, though.
Disney+ availability
Netflix availability
If we compare them in terms of coverage of those countries that have more than 100 million people:
| Country | Disney+ available? | Netflix available? | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | No (except for Hong Kong, Taiwan) | No (except for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) |
| 2 | India | Yes | Yes |
| 3 | United States | Yes | Yes |
| 4 | Indonesia | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | Pakistan | No | Yes |
| 6 | Brazil | Yes | Yes |
| 7 | Nigeria | No | Yes |
| 8 | Bangladesh | No | Yes |
| 9 | Russia | No | No |
| 10 | Mexico | Yes | Yes |
| 11 | Japan | Yes | Yes |
| 12 | Ethiopia | No | Yes |
| 13 | Philippines | Launch Nov. 17 | Yes |
| 14 | Egypt | Yes | Yes |
In the current geopolitical climate, it's very unlikely that either Disney+ or Netflix is getting into mainland China or Russia. The struggle is probably a defensive one to not get banned from Hong Kong and (for Netflix) Macau.
But that aside, Disney+ is missing a "South Asia strategy" and an "Africa strategy". You would have thought that Ms. Marvel would be a great excuse to launch in Pakistan, but so far they're not present in that country. Similarly, all the Black Panthers in the world has apparently not enticed Disney to get in on sub-Saharan Africa.
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Whoa...
Yeah, maybe we don't need a new Marvel or Star Wars show every month. If you eat cake every day, you eventually get sick of cake.
But of course, I understand the business model. If Disney+ is funded by monthly subscriptions, you need to output some kind of "content" at least once a month to bait people into staying subscribed.