Netflix subscribers stood at 223.09 million at the end of the third quarter, up 9.4 percent from 213.56 million a year earlier. Number of subscribers increased by 2.4 million in the third quarter, exceeding the company's forecast and breaking the customer churn that began in the first quarter. Netflix expects 4.5 million more subscribers in the next quarter, up from 8.3 million in the fourth quarter a year earlier.