Is Netflix’s ad-supported tier missing hundreds of titles?

By Meg Furey | December 18, 2022

Viewers subscribed to Netflix’s ad-supported tier might find something missing this week — namely three of the platform’s most popular titles — Bullet Train, Where the Crawdads Sing, and Uncharted. 

The most popular movies on Netflix missing from Netflix Basic with Ads as of December 13, 2022 are Bullet Train, Where the Crawdads Sing, Uncharted, The Bad Guys, R.I.P.D. # Rise of the Damned, and Sniper: Rogue Mission.

In fact, as of last week, Netflix’s $6.99 “Basic with Ads” plan seemed to be missing 245 movies and 118 TV shows, according to our data.

As of December 13, 2022, Netflix offered 4,013 movie titles for its paid ad-free subscription plan and 3,768 movies titles for its Basic with Ads plan. Netflix offered 2.342 tv shows for its paid ad-free subscription plan and 2,224 movies titles for its Basic with Ads plan.
Data from Reelgood

In addition to the missing movies, the ad-supported tier was also missing popular TV shows like The Walking Dead, Peaky Blinders, and The Last Kingdom.

The most popular tv shows on Netflix missing from Netflix Basic with Ads as of December 13, 2022 are The Walking Dead, Peaky Blinders, The Last Kingdom, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl, and The Sinner.

While ad-supported subscribers in the U.S. are still getting 3,700+ movies and 2,200+ TV shows, the absence of these top titles seemed like a cause for concern.

However, according to Netflix, the missing titles are due to a licensing issue with the streamer and they’re currently working on making them available as soon as possible. 

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