Netflix
With more than 269 reported subscribers in 2024, Netflix comes in as the industry leader. Netflix subscriptions start at just $6.99 per month. This tier includes advertisements, and you can only stream on two devices at a time.
Upgraded Netflix tiers get up to $22.99 a month, removing ads and expanding your number of users and devices by 4 and 2, respectively. With any of these subscriptions, you can access Netflix’s most popular content, including shows like Squid Game and Arcane and live broadcasts like the NFL.
Amazon Prime Video
Prime comes in just behind Netflix with more than 200 million subscribers. Prime Video is a little different in that you gain access to it with a traditional Prime membership, which costs $14.99 per month. This subscription does include ads, which you can remove for an additional $3 per month.
You can also get a specific Prime Video subscription for $8.99 each month, removing the additional Prime shopping benefits. All of these subscriptions grant access to Prime’s most-popular shows, including “Wild Cards,” “High Potential” and “Tracker,” and you can enjoy up to six users with three simultaneous streams.
Disney+
Subscriptions here start at $10.99 and go up to $16.99 per month. Both tiers include Hulu and ESPN+, with the higher tier also including Max.
Disney does not release annual most-watched statistics. Instead, it shows the most popular content on any given day, which included “Hocus Pocus” in October, “Deadpool & Wolverine” later in the year, and “Inside Out 2″ in January.
All Disney subscriptions allow up to four different devices to stream at a time, but bundled services (like Max) will have their own rules.
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