Netflix’s Tyson-Paul Fight Drives 1.43 Million Sign-Ups

The influx of new subscribers was the “single largest acquisition moment” in Netflix history, but other services gained even more viewers thanks to the NFL

Mike Tyson (in black short) and Jake Paul (in silver short) exchange punches during their heavyweight world titles of the Premiere Boxing Championship on Friday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States on November 15, 2024
Mike Tyson and Jake Paul exchange punches (Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Netflix’s Mike Tyson-Jake Paul boxing match drove 1.43 million new sign-ups within three days of the fight — making it the “single largest acquisition moment” in the streamer’s history, according to a new report from Antenna Data on Monday.

The quick influx of new subscribers helped make it the “most-streamed sporting event in history,” according to Netflix, with the company reporting the Nov. 15 fight had 108 million viewers.

Those 1.43 million new subscribers represented a significant change of pace for Netflix, which tends to have a “very steady rate of sign-ups” thanks to its “high penetration levels” and “very broad programming library,” Antenna said in its report.

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