As of 2021, how many Amazon Prime subscribers did Amazon report?

As of 2021, how many Amazon Prime subscribers did Amazon report? Amazon reported over 200 million Prime subscribers.

Amazon disclosed the milestone in April 2021 through Jeff Bezos’s final annual shareholder letter as chief executive. The figure referred to Prime members worldwide, not just customers in the United States. It marked a major expansion from the roughly 150 million members Amazon had reported in early 2020.

Prime began in the United States in 2005 as a paid shipping program offering two-day delivery. Over time, Amazon added services such as Prime Video, Prime Music, cloud photo storage, exclusive shopping events, and other regional benefits. Because the package varies by country, “Prime subscriber” does not mean every member receives exactly the same benefits.

A common mix-up is confusing Prime subscribers with Prime Video viewers. In 2021, Amazon also reported that more than 175 million Prime members had streamed movies or shows during the preceding year; that was a usage figure, not the total membership count. Amazon’s 200-million figure was a reported global membership milestone, rather than a precise audited count broken down by country.