Netflix Recommender System

Closed weights Netflix December 2015

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Netflix
Organisation type
Industry
Country
United States of America
Published
1 December 2015
Authors
CA Gomez-Uribe, N Hunt

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Recommendation
Task
Recommender system

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Why it is tracked
Highly cited,Significant use,Historical significance
Record confidence
Unknown
Citations
1,092

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
The Netflix Recommender System: Algorithms, Business Value, and Innovation
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

Background

Netflix Recommender System was published by Netflix, in United States of America, in December 2015. It comes out of industry.

It works in Recommendation, and is recorded as doing recommender system.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

Training and provenance

The reason it appears in this catalogue at all is highly cited,Significant use,Historical significance.

Answers

Netflix Recommender System — common questions

01

What is Netflix Recommender System used for?

Netflix Recommender System works in Recommendation, and is recorded as handling recommender system. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

02

What GPU do I need to run Netflix Recommender System?

None. Netflix Recommender System is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

03

Is Netflix Recommender System open source?

The licensing for Netflix Recommender System was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.

04

How many parameters does Netflix Recommender System have?

No parameter count has been published for Netflix Recommender System, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

05

Who created Netflix Recommender System?

Netflix Recommender System was published by Netflix, based in United States of America, categorised as industry.

06

When was Netflix Recommender System released?

Netflix Recommender System was published in December 2015. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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