the largest anime streaming service, it has more than 1 million paid subscribers and more than 20 million registered users. this milestone is based on the record growth achieved by the company in 2016: over the past 12 months, the number of paid subscribers has increased by 36 percent. crunchyroll users stream more than 1.5 billion minutes of anime per month on more than 1 billion devices worldwide. the service is available in all countries. crunchyroll operates under the freemium advertising model, offering both free and paid offers, and is a leading venue and platform for japanese anime and asian content, offering over 800 titles, 25,000 episodes, and 15,000 hours of licensed content from asian media producers.