# Nebula 58 Hacker News commenters recommended Nebula and 17 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 12 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 2 years (5 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** People recommend Nebula as a curated alternative to YouTube where subscribers pay creators directly. Critics say its catalog is narrow, with few genres and languages. ## Why people recommend it - Pays creators directly (5 comments): "Nebula is actually quite a decent alternative/supplement to YouTube and worth the subscription IMHO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47056081)) "I use it enough that they're probably paying out more to creators than they're getting from me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49281294)) "properly allows me to pay the people who's content and reporting and art I like" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45848786)) - Curated, high-quality videos and channels (4 comments): "There's a lot of great stuff on there, and lately I have been watching it more than YouTube." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49985543)) "I like Nebula's curated content better than the ai-slop/clickbait slop Youtube provides" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49459764)) "it's just a bunch of high-quality videos and channels that I can watch with no fuss" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49451112)) - Good supplement to YouTube (4 comments): "Nebula is actually quite a decent alternative/supplement to YouTube and worth the subscription IMHO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47056081)) "I've been subscribed to Nebula for a couple years, as I watch a lot of video essayists on Youtube" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49455489)) "I ended up culling my streaming down to just Dropout, Nebula, severely modified Youtube" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360773)) - Built for creators over algorithms (2 comments): "Nebula has no comments section. I find this to be a big indicator that it is built to enable creators to deliver good videos to their fans" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49450588)) "Having a presence on a creative collective platform like Nebula affords a great deal more autonomy here" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47677325)) ## What people warn about - Narrow catalog, few languages (2 comments): "Nebula straight up doesn't have entire genres, or videos in languages other than English" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48719826)) "Nebula is a narrow thing for a narrow audience that likes one specific type of online video." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464748)) - Clunky app and TV buffering (2 comments): "My only complaint is the bad buffering on the TV versions of the Nebula app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49451611)) "I just never end up opening the Nebula app, which I honestly find harder to use than the Youtube app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49455845)) - Invite-only, exclusive creator list (2 comments): "Nebula is an exclusive invite only platform where no creators outside of English mains and hard left ones are present." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47023265)) "Nebula is an invite-only clique and they invite people who look like them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49461721)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [YouTube Premium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/youtube-premium.md): 197 recommend - [Netflix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netflix.md): 181 recommend - [HBO](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hbo.md): 32 recommend - [Amazon Prime Video](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-prime-video.md): 29 recommend - [Disney+](https://hackerapproved.com/p/disney-plus.md): 23 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://nebula.tv/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Nebula", https://hackerapproved.com/p/nebula/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).