{"id":6895,"date":"2017-07-10T12:50:52","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T12:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6895"},"modified":"2017-06-27T12:53:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T12:53:30","slug":"linked-netflixs-us-catalog-has-shrunk-by-more-than-2500-titles-in-less-than-2-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/07\/10\/linked-netflixs-us-catalog-has-shrunk-by-more-than-2500-titles-in-less-than-2-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Netflix\u2019s US Catalog Has Shrunk by More Than 2,500 Titles in Less Than 2.5 Years&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2919,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.allflicks.net\\\/netflixs-us-catalog-has-shrunk-by-more-than-2500-titles-in-less-than-2-5-years&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20171113162443\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.allflicks.net\\\/netflixs-us-catalog-has-shrunk-by-more-than-2500-titles-in-less-than-2-5-years\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 02:05:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-17 04:56:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 16:59:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-26 04:31:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-21 19:43:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-04 18:49:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 14:03:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 20:54:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 00:04:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-04 19:37:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 09:42:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 10:33:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 16:53:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 21:05:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 21:05:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allflicks.net\/netflixs-us-catalog-has-shrunk-by-more-than-2500-titles-in-less-than-2-5-years\/\">via AllFlicks<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The statistics are simple and remarkable: in January of 2014, Netflix offered its US-based users a selection of 6,494 movies and 1,609 TV shows, for a total of 8,103 titles. As of March 23, 2016, they offer just 4,335 movies and 1,197 TV shows \u2013 5,532 titles in total. That\u2019s 2,571 fewer titles. In other words, Netflix\u2019s catalog has shrunk 31.7% in less than two and a half years!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I now own more movies digitized and in Plex than Netflix\u2019s catalogue. And people wonder why I think you shouldn\u2019t waste money on Netflix. Try to watch the top 250 IMDB films or a few dozen Oscar winner best-picture films on Netflix. Good luck.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix DVD on the other hand is still great!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via AllFlicks: The statistics are simple and remarkable: in January of 2014, Netflix offered its US-based users a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-07-10T12:51:02Z","apple_news_api_id":"26f9b979-b474-4f7f-960c-59f5c873d852","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-07-10T12:51:08Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AJvm5ebR0T3-WDFn1yHPYUg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1Nd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8493,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2021\/04\/08\/linked-the-former-netflix-dvd-library-is-a-lost-treasure-well-never-see-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":6895,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;The Former Netflix DVD Library Is a Lost Treasure We\u2019ll Never See Again&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Paste Magazine (and Michael Tsai) note that Paste Magazine, I don\u2019t like as a publication because one of their authors or perhaps it\u2019s just their M.O., used to spam various sub-reddits every time a new post came out and that sort of spam always rubs me the wrong way:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6897,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/07\/11\/linked-netflixs-dvd-subscription-is-still-great-dammit\/","url_meta":{"origin":6895,"position":1},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Netflix\u2019s DVD Subscription Is Still Great, Dammit&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Medium: I pay for cable and Netflix. 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