# Dropout

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/dropout/

8 people recommended Dropout in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 8 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for original independent comedy and as a paid alternative to mainstream streamers. One critic finds the app poor.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Interesting independent comedy content (3 comments in the sample): "no one outside of low-budget stuff like Dropout is making anything interesting in the US right now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46167312)) "high effort / high production comedy skits (e.g. DropoutTV" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46914341)) "Best comedy network in years, absolutely brilliant content." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50231187))
- Independent alternative to big streamers (2 comments in the sample): "stream content from independent content providers like Dropout and Nebula using their web-based UI" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48545070)) "I ended up culling my streaming down to just Dropout, Nebula, severely modified Youtube" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360773))

## Other streaming services people recommend

- [YouTube Premium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/youtube-premium/): 143 recommend, 38 mixed, 183 criticize
- [Netflix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netflix/): 82 recommend, 85 mixed, 517 criticize
- [Nebula](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nebula/): 28 recommend, 9 mixed, 14 criticize
- [PBS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pbs/): 23 recommend, 0 mixed, 8 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.dropout.tv/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Dropout", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dropout/ (8 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.