More than 8 billion devices were connected to the web by the end of 2015, according to fresh data from IHS, averaging four devices per household around the world. And Netflix has a presence on many of them.

The market research firm said 8.1 billion connected smartphones, tablets, personal computers, TVs, "TV-attached devices" and audio gadgets were in service last year. Roughly 500 million new smartphones come to market every year, IHS said, and while sales of tablets and set-top boxes "are growing quickly" they are still outpaced by smartphones.

Smartphones will outsell tablets by a nearly ten-to-one ration by 2020, IHS predicted.

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