January, 2010:------------ 250,000 paying subscribers
March 17, 2010:----------- 320,000
July 20, 2010: ---------------- 500,000
December 8, 2010: ------ 750,000
March 8, 2011:--------------- 1,000,000
July 14, 2011: -----------------1,600,000
Sept 21, 2011: --------------- 2,000,000
Nov 23, 2011: ----------------2,500,000
Jan 26, 2012: -----------------3,000,000
July 31, 2012:-----------------4,000,000
Dec 6, 2012: ------------------5,000,000
March 12, 2013:---------------6,000,000
May 21, 2014:----------------10,000,000 paying subscribers
Jan 12, 2015: ----------------15,000,000 paying subscribers
June 10, 2015: --------------20,000,000 paying subscribers
http://www.billboard.com/articles/bu...illion-funding
It only took about 1 year to go from 10 million to 20 million paying subscribers. Thanks Taylor for help spreading the words. Even $10 million advertisement campaign won't be able to buy that kind of publicity.