I think your math is off . In 2012 , Netflix had over 27 million streaming subscribers in the U . S . The population of the United States is about 310 million probably a bit more 27 310 100 % 8 . 7 % assuming that only the wealthiest Americans subscribedEDIT Also , this assumes that a single person is the only user of a Netflix account , which isn ' t really true . A single Netflix account serves multiple people in a household . So if you assume that a typical Netflix subscriber account services 3 people husband , wife , kid then you can effectively triple that 8 . 7 % into 26 %.<| sep |> It ' d depend on the place I imagine . I work seasonally for Jimmy Johns and someone absolutely could be fired for something like this .