Starlink now has more than 10 million active customers, according to a new update from the company's official account.
The February 13 announcement puts the service across 160 countries, territories, and other markets. That last distinction matters: this isn't a claim that Starlink operates in 160 separate countries.
It's quite a change from our coverage of the Albania launch in April 2024, when the company described Albania as its 73rd market.
Market expansion and customer growth are related, but they're different measures. Opening a country makes more households eligible to order; it doesn't tell us how many can afford the kit or monthly bill.
We've seen that tradeoff before in Starlink's cheaper European plans. A satellite network can reach a place where the price still limits demand.
For existing users, a larger customer total also raises a more local question: how much capacity is available where they actually live?
Ten million customers spread across the world won't place the same load on every part of the network. Our speed improvement guide covers household installation issues, which remain separate from congestion in an area.
The r/spacex thread about the milestone includes discussion of growth and pricing. It's useful community context, although the company announcement is the source for the customer figure.
Starlink hasn't provided a country-by-country customer breakdown in this short update. Without that, the headline total tells us the scale of adoption, while leaving the distribution of demand much less clear.
