UPDATE: More on Latest WWE Network Subscriber Count — Vince McMahon Comments

UPDATE: WWE sent out an official of its new Network Subscriber account. The announcement states that the WWE Network “reached a record 1.95 million total subscribers following last night’s WrestleMania. This is a 7% increase from April 4th, 2016, the day after WrestleMania last year.”

“Results today demonstrate that we are effectively executing our multi-platform content strategy,” said WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon. “WWE Network continues to drive transformative growth for our company and is a key element of our global content ecosystem, which includes traditional television, digital and social platforms and our direct-to-consumer service (WWE Network).”

“With nearly 2 million total subscribers, more households than ever before watched WrestleMania on WWE Network,” said George Barrios, WWE Chief Strategy & Financial Officer. “Given the ongoing strong growth of WWE Network, we continue to expect record subscriber levels and record revenue in 2017 as we achieve targeted record profits.”

After reiterating the subscriber counts noted in the conference call, the announcement touts the WrestleMania 33 attendance of 75,245 fans, which it says came from “all fifty states and sixty-two countries.” It also notes that “WWE Network subscribers viewed 22.5 million hours during WrestleMania Week or thirteen hours per subscriber during the week. This compares to 21.7 million hours last year, a 4% year-over-year increase.”

For the first time, WrestleMania was made available in China on a pay-per-view basis via PPTV’s digital platform.

ORIGINAL: WWE Chief Strategy & Financial Officer George Barrios announced today on a special post-WrestleMania 33 conference call that the WWE Network has hit 1.949 million subscribers, with 1.661 million of that being paid subscribers. The subscribers break down as 1.452 million domestic (with 1.257 million paying) and 497,000 international (with 424,000 paying).

This marks an increase from the 1.5 million paid subscribers that WWE reported during their earnings report on January 31st. Barrios said subscribers are up 11% domestically compared to the same quarter in 2016.