Grab your sippy cups and clutch your stuffed animals tight, because CoComelon is peacing out of Netflix like a toddler who just discovered free will.
Yes, the sugar-coated, nursery-rhyme-powered juggernaut that’s been hypnotizing children and slowly driving parents to the brink since 2020 is officially leaving Netflix. Why? Well, apparently Netflix looked at the numbers and said, “Yeah… we’re good.”
According to The Hollywood Reporter (aka the bedtime storybook for Hollywood executives), Disney+ came through with a juice box full of cash and scooped up CoComelon, where it’ll start streaming in 2027. Yep, that’s not a typo—two whole presidential elections away, your kid’s favorite sing-songy brain candy will be Mouse House property.
Netflix, meanwhile, is acting like that one friend who gets dumped but insists they were gonna break up anyway. The streamer claims CoComelon’s viewership dropped 60% from the first half of 2023 to the second half of 2024—even though it launched FOUR new seasons last year. That’s like throwing four birthday parties and having nobody show up except your grandma and a balloon.
But don’t worry, fellow toddler-wranglers—Netflix isn’t ghosting your kids entirely. They’re still holding onto CoComelon Lane (aka the slightly fancier spinoff) and Blippi, who is either a genius or a warlock depending on how many episodes you’ve sat through.
CoComelon, for those who’ve somehow escaped its clutches, takes place in a pastel-colored utopia where Baby JJ and his siblings go on thrilling adventures like brushing their teeth, eating vegetables, and learning not to commit tax fraud (okay, maybe not that last one—yet).
It all started as a YouTube channel, probably created by a parent who just wanted five minutes of peace and accidentally created a global phenomenon that now sits on gold-encrusted toddler thrones across the world.
So what now? Well, if your kid’s a CoComelon stan, they’ve got a couple more years of Netflix cuddle time before the big move to Disney+. And for everyone else? Buckle up. Mickey Mouse just adopted Baby JJ, and bedtime is about to get even more corporate.
Stay tuned. Or don’t. Your toddler’s already in control of the remote anyway.
