- State of the Screens
- Posts
- Roku Adds Subscribers, But Recession Worries Persist
Roku Adds Subscribers, But Recession Worries Persist
Four big questions re: Roku:
1) How many accounts does Roku have?
2) How does Roku make money?
3) How much money does Roku make from each subscriber?
4) How much time do Roku accounts spend streaming?
Big question #1: How many accounts does Roku have?
Roku active accounts (YoY growth):
1) 2016-Q3 – 11.3M
2) 2017-Q3 – 16.7M (↑ 48%)
3) 2018-Q3 – 23.8M (↑ 43%)
4) 2019-Q3 – 32.3M (↑ 36%)
5) 2020-Q3 – 46.0M (↑ 42%)
6) 2021-Q3 – 56.4M (↑ 23%)
7) 2022-Q3 – 65.4M (↑ 16%)
Big question #2: How does Roku make money?
Quick answer: Advertising (platform revenue) accounted for 88% of Roku’s revenue last quarter.
Roku advertising revenue (YoY growth):
1) 2016-Q3 – $22M
2) 2017-Q3 – $58M (↑ 158%)
3) 2018-Q3 – $100M (↑ 74%)
4) 2019-Q3 – $179M (↑ 79%)
5) 2020-Q3 – $319M (↑ 78%)
6) 2021-Q3 – $583M (↑ 82%)
7) 2022-Q3 – $670M (↑ 15%)
Big question #3: How much money does Roku make from each subscriber?
Roku advertising revenue per account (YoY growth):
1) 2016-Q3 – $1.97
2) 2017-Q3 – $3.44 (↑ 75%)
3) 2018-Q3 – $4.21 (↑ 22%)
4) 2019-Q3 – $5.55 (↑ 32%)
5) 2020-Q3 – $6.94 (↑ 25%)
6) 2021-Q3 – $10.33 (↑ 49%)
7) 2022-Q3 – $10.25 (↓ 1%)
Big question #4: How much time do Roku accounts spend streaming?
Roku streaming hours per account (YoY growth):
1) 2016-Q3 – 212
2) 2017-Q3 – 287 (↑ 35%)
3) 2018-Q3 – 261 (↓ 9%)
4) 2019-Q3 – 319 (↑ 22%)
5) 2020-Q3 – 322 (↑ 1%)
6) 2021-Q3 – 319 (↓ 1%)
7) 2022-Q3 – 335 (↑ 5%)
Roku advertising revenue per streaming hour (YoY growth):
1) 2016-Q3 – $0.009
2) 2017-Q3 – $0.012 (↑ 29%)
3) 2018-Q3 – $0.016 (↑ 35%)
4) 2019-Q3 – $0.017 (↑ 8%)
5) 2020-Q3 – $0.022 (↑ 24%)
6) 2021-Q3 – $0.032 (↑ 50%)
7) 2022-Q3 – $0.031 (↓ 5%)
The post Roku Adds Subscribers, But Recession Worries Persist appeared first on Cross Screen Media.
Reply