Recent reports revealed that Disney+ experienced a sharp increase in the number of subscribers ditching the streaming service after the brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show .
According to data from subscription analytics firm Antenna, as reported by The New York Times on Monday, Disney+ lost approximately 3 million subscribers in September, the same month that ABC suspended the late night show for Kimmel's comments regarding Charlie Kirk's assassination. This was roughly twice as much as the three-month average loss of approximately 1.2 million subscribers.
The "churn" rate, or percentage of subscribers who cancel monthly, also doubled for Disney+, jumping from approximately 4% in August to 8% in September, according to Antenna.
Hulu, another streaming service owned by Disney, sa