The company added nearly 6 million paid subscribers last quarter, almost three times what Wall Street expected.

Signups spiked after the streaming service limited account sharing. It was a bigger bump than during the start of COVID, one expert says.

Piracy costs streaming companies around $9 billion in 2019, according to Parks Associates. It’s not a top priority for streamers.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has said password sharing is something the company has learned to live with.