Paying Netflix
$0.53/h, etc.
Warning: many of the numbers below are probably incorrect! Email me if you’d like to help make something more rigorous.
Note: Kevin Kelly made similar observations in 1995 and 2011.
tl;dr: People pay $0.50-$2.00 for an hour of digital entertainment.
| ad-free sub. | avg. usage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox Live | *$10/mo | 40h/mo | $0.25/h |
| NY Times | $3/mo | 7h/mo | $0.46/h |
| NFL+ | $7/mo | 12h/mo | $0.50/h |
| X | $3/mo | 6h/mo | $0.50/h |
| Netflix | $23/mo | 43h/mo | $0.53/h |
| Hulu | $18/mo | 33h/mo | $0.54/h |
| YouTube | $13/mo | 23h/mo | $0.56/h |
| Spotify | $11/mo | 7h/mo | $1.57/h |
| est. price | duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| video game (v. long) | $60 | 180h | $0.33/h |
| video game (long) | $60 | 60h | $1.00/h |
| book | $12 | 10h | $1.20/h |
| video game (short) | $30 | 20h | $1.50/h |
| film (online) | $4 | 2h | $2.00/h |
| audiobook | $20 | 10h | $2.00/h |
| cinema | $12 | 2h | $6.00/h |
| theme park | $80 | 10h | $8.00/h |
| cruise | $1500 | 168h | $8.92/h |
| default min. | avg. pub. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radiolab | $5/mo | 160m/mo | $2/h |
| Tech Connections | $1/mo | 30m/mo | $2/h |
| Cortex | $5/mo | 90m/mo | $3/h |
| hbomberguy | $2/mo | 25m/mo | $5/h |
| Articles of Interest | $4/mo | 40m/mo | $6/h |
| TodePond | $1/mo | 10m/mo | $9/h |
| NotJustBikes | $3/mo | 20m/mo | $11/h |
| The Memory Palace | $4/mo | 20m/mo | $12/h |
| Escaping Flatland | $7/mo | 30m/mo | $14/h |
| Experimental History | $10/mo | 30m/mo | $20/h |
| CGP Grey | $7/mo | 10m/mo | $70/h |