Netflix is having a pretty good start to 2026, all things considered, with huge successes and triumphant returns of some of its biggest shows, like One Piece with Season 2 and Bridgerton with Season 4, hit new releases like Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole and Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, and global smash films including Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
Well, the business side isn’t going quite as well, and subscribers are bearing the brunt of it. Consumers were hit with another price hike back in March, while Netflix was left stunned when Paramount Skydance rode in and stole away Warner Bros. Discovery from them at the eleventh hour. Well, customers at least have some good news now.
In a recent update for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Netflix explained how they’re looking to improve their accessibility features, after revealing that nearly a third of all subscribers employ these tools to enjoy their television. Currently, movies and shows come with subtitles, Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, audio descriptions, and dubbing in over 30 languages, with AD getting a big boost in 2025 with over 13,000 hours recorded and added across 34 languages.
However, Netflix was keen to make subscribers aware of the fact that their new Search by Language feature rolled out this year, which allows users to sort series not just by their original language, but also by the accessibility features they come with and in what languages those are available. U.S. viewers can now navigate those overseas sensations like Squid Game to current darlings like The Chestnut Man, based on what they’re in need of. Most interestingly, Squid Game and the Stephen Graham-smash Adolescence are two of the most commonly-watched shows with subtitles, while Wednesday and the K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines are among the most dubbed.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
The Matrix
Mad Max
Blade Runner
Dune
Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Netflix Has Plans To Further Expand Accessibility in the Future
The next big step for Netflix is implementing American Sign Language (ASL) into its accessibility slate, along with other currently missing languages.
Next up? American Sign Language (ASL) implementation. There’s been a huge demand for ASL to be better implemented, but options have generally been lacking, with only a few select titles getting special translations. Finally, the platform has brought back its Amplifying Accessibility Awareness collection to highlight some of the most authentic portrayals of life with disabilities on the platform. Included this year are the reality mainstay Love on the Spectrum, the WWII drama All the Light We Cannot See, and Mike Flanagan‘s horror series The Midnight Club, among many others.
Stay tuned here at Collider for more updates on Netflix.
