Last updated Nov 29, 2025
If Dave Chappelle were to launch his own subscription streaming service for comedy, that service would attract roughly 10 million paying subscribers within its first two years of operation.
If Dave Chappelle were to create his own Netflix, I think it gets 10 million paid subscribers over the first two years overnight.View on YouTube
Explanation

As of November 30, 2025, Dave Chappelle has not launched his own standalone subscription streaming service for comedy. His major releases since 2016 have been through Netflix under a lucrative multi-special deal, including recent specials like The Closer (2021) and The Dreamer (2023), all distributed by Netflix rather than via any Chappelle-owned platform.(en.wikipedia.org) Searches for any Chappelle-branded or Pilot Boy–branded paid streaming service show no evidence of such a product; the only relevant historical reporting concerns him potentially doing a show for existing services like Netflix or Crackle, not building his own service.(digitalmediawire.com) Because the condition of the prediction (“if he were to create his own Netflix”) has never been met, there is no observed subscriber count to compare against the 10 million figure. The prediction is therefore neither confirmed nor falsified by real-world events and must be rated as ambiguous.