Warner Bros. ‘on track’ to surpass 150M HBO Max subscribers by year-end

In its shareholder letter, the company said, “Over the last four years, we have consistently reiterated the imperative to scale HBO Max as a global streaming service. Today, that vision has been successfully achieved. We launched HBO Max in the U.K. and Ireland on March 26th, following strong launches in Germany and Italy at the beginning of the year. With these launches, HBO Max is now available in all of our key target markets globally, and the multi-year international rollout of HBO Max is largely complete. While these recent launches represent a significant expansion of HBO Max’s global availability, we also see substantial runway for continued penetration growth in existing markets driven by the core of our product, which remains high-quality content that inspires consumer demand and engagement. Fueled by global tentpole titles like A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and The Pitt, our increasing investment in local language content such as Like Water for Chocolate and Dona Beja, and access to marquee events like the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, we meaningfully exceeded our guidance of more than 140 million global streaming subscribers at the end of the first quarter. With ongoing momentum, we are on track to surpass 150 million global subscribers by the end of 2026.”