Netflix faces engagement questions ahead of Q3 results

Netflix will report its third-quarter results on Tuesday, October 20, as investors look for signs that viewers are spending less time on the service.

Analysts expect revenue to rise 11.8% to $12.87bn, up from about $11.5bn a year earlier, according to LSEG data cited by Reuters. That would be Netflix’s slowest third-quarter growth in three years.

Several data sets point to weaker engagement. In the US, the rate at which users cancelled rose 16.6% from a year earlier in the…