Netflix was founded in 1997 in California USA and has grown to over 180 million subscribers. While they initially began as a DVD sales and rental by mail, they dropped the sales fairly swiftly and then embraced streaming in 2007. They expanded internationally in 2010 and have continued to maintain a fairly swift growth pattern through to today and operate in some 190 countries. Not all content on Netflix USA is available in International locations including many of their own produced shows.