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The Story of Netflix Trailer Celebrates the Streamer’s 25th Anniversary

August 29th marked 25 years that Netflix has been in business, and a new trailer circled back to its beginnings with the classic red envelopes.

“The Story of Netflix” recaps the company’s 25-year history, where it became the leader of the “binge-watch” era, as reported by Comic Book.

Young people today probably either don’t remember or weren’t old enough to recall the days where you had to go on Netflix’s website to request physical DVDs.

Luckily, “The Story of Netflix” trailer jogs the memory with old footage from commercials and even a look at the old-school Netflix website.

“Wanna watch a story? It’s a good one,” the trailer voiceover begins. “When Netflix arrived 25 years ago, the ‘net looked a lot like this, and the flicks looked a lot like that.”

Images from Windows 98 PCS and DVD players are shown on the screen, complete with the sounds these devices used to make. Next we’re told, “And then, hey, Netflix shows up.”

While Netflix had a lot of success mailing physical DVDs, it really started to take off once the internet evolved and streaming was created. Logos for early Netflix streaming hits like House of Cards, Arrested Development, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Grace and Frankie, Lady Dynamite, Black Mirror, Narcos, Love, The Crown, and Orange is the New Black are displayed, helping Netflix to gain a dedicated audience that would binge multiple seasons as they were released.

Stranger Things, perhaps Netflix’s most popular original series, is used as an example of the different languages that can be selected, as more and more footage from other movies and TV shows are shown. Also, you can’t forget “Netflix and Chill,” which became a pop culture phenomenon. While Netflix does an adequate job of patting itself on the back, it does take time to thank its many fans for helping to make it the company it is today.

25 years in business is nothing to scoff at. Netflix invites fans to check out its various social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, along with its Tudum blog to discover fun facts throughout the day. For example, Beetlejuice was the very first DVD to be mailed. You can find 25 other facts below.

  • On April 14, 1998, NetFlix.com launched.
  • The first DVD shipped was Beetlejuice (March 10, 1998).
  • The No. 1 most used profile icon globally: Boss Baby, 11 million profiles.
  • The first Netflix DVD envelope was white, not red.
  • One Netflix fan created a dress out of 1,500 DVD envelopes.
  • In  2007, Netflix began streaming.
  • On Jan. 6, 2016, Netflix went live in 130 countries simultaneously.
  • The first Netflix Original was Lilyhammer.
  • The show with the most MyList Adds is Money Heist.
  • Subscriber No. 500,000 was invited to a company meeting and given a lifetime subscription.
  • At one time, Netflix had over 70,000 “secret codes.” Today, we have 30,000. (Shh, it’s not a secret.)
  • The original name for Netflix was Kibble — yes, like the dog food.
  • Netflix invented the original streaming box but decided to spin it off into Roku.
  • Following the launch of The Queen’s Gambit, there was a 125% increase in chess board sales.
  • Netflix’s live experiences have played host to a whopping 42 marriage proposals around the world (and counting). The tally stands at 35 proposals from The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience, 6 from La Casa de Papel: The Experience and 1 from Stranger Things: The Experience.
  • The first Netflix game downloaded was Stranger Things: 1984.
  • Netflix is available in 37+ languages and 190 countries worldwide.
  • Netflix has offices in 28 cities across the globe.
  • In 2015, binge-watch was declared the word of the year and was added to Merriam-Webster in 2017.
  • The first recorded use of the phrase “Netflix and chill” was in a tweet by “NoFaceNina” (La Shanda Rene Foster) on Jan. 21, 2009.
  • The iconic Netflix sound was nearly a bleating goat before landing on tudum.
  • There was a campaign for “Netflix socks,” which detected when you fell asleep and paused the show or movie you were watching.
  • Netflix had its own awards show called The Flixies.
  • In 2021, Ben & Jerry’s created a Netflix & Chill’d ice cream flavor.
  • Squid Game is Netflix’s most popular title ever.

Watch the trailer below.

The article was originally published by Timothy Adams on Comic Books.

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