Estimation question

Estimate the revenue of Netflix.

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What this question tests

Estimation skill through a revenue decomposition, not the exact dollar figure, checking clean structured reasoning.

Restate the question: total annual global revenue for Netflix, combining subscriber count and average revenue per subscriber.
Estimate total global subscriber count, stating a rough assumption for Netflix's approximate subscriber base.
Estimate average revenue per subscriber, accounting for regional price variation between higher-priced markets like the US and lower-priced international markets.
Combine subscriber count and blended average revenue per user to reach an annual revenue estimate, showing the arithmetic clearly.
Sanity check the result against general awareness that Netflix is a large, well-known streaming company with billions in reported revenue.
State a final illustrative range and flag regional pricing mix as the biggest source of estimate uncertainty.

Breaks the calculation into subscriber count and average revenue per user explicitly, rather than guessing a lump revenue figure.
States a clear blended pricing assumption accounting for regional variation, since US and international pricing differ meaningfully.
Shows the full arithmetic chain so the reasoning can be audited step by step.
Sanity checks the result against general awareness of Netflix's scale, adjusting the estimate if it seems implausible.

How would your estimate change if you accounted for ad-supported tier subscribers separately?
What's the biggest driver of uncertainty in your estimate?