The company says that since it broadcast its first countdown in 2014, an average of five-million people have watched them every year on New Year's Eve.
Around 77% of US parents with children aged three to 13 prefer to stay at home on New Year's Eve, according to a Netflix survey last month, but only half allow their children to stay up until midnight.
A survey by British supermarket company Tesco found that 70% of people will stay at home on New Year's Eve and almost half of them will spend "a quiet night in front of the telly".
Meanwhile, the UK's equivalent of Woolworths, Marks & Spencer, has launched a "New Year's Eve special" of its "dine in" range of meals. For £20 (about R370) buyers get a starter, main, dessert, side dishes and alcohol.
TOP REASONS TO JUST STAY AY HOME
40%
To avoid crowds.
32%
Too expensive to go out.
29%
No desire to leave the house.
- Tesco, UK