Netflix subscribers worldwideUS public EV charging stations
Between 2012 and 2022, the US built more public EV charging stations and Netflix added more subscribers, and the two curves have climbed together (r = 0.957) with the same kind of infrastructural ambition. One is charging your car; one is charging you monthly. Both are now considered load-bearing for American household entertainment and transport budgets.
US public EV charging stations grew from about 6,000 in 2012 to over 60,000 by 2022, dominated in the early years by Tesla's Supercharger network and later diversified by Electrify America and ChargePoint; Netflix's global subscribers climbed from 33 million to over 230 million in the same window, as the company shifted from DVD library to streaming library to its current position as the dominant original-content producer. Both are infrastructure plays that required hundreds of billions in cumulative investment and succeeded because they front-loaded the capital before the competition understood the stakes.
A charger clicks. A series autoplays. Both are services whose quiet presence now feels non-negotiable.
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