Tubi
Shares rank 11 of 20 streaming services by recommenders
A free, ad-supported streaming service with a large catalog of movies and TV shows, often compared favorably with paid services. Some titles leave the catalog over time.
A free, ad-supported streaming service with a large catalog of movies and TV shows, often compared favorably with paid services. Some titles leave the catalog over time.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Free to watch, no subscription
“the whole thing is free to watch on Tubi and the quality there is very nice”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube” “It's streaming, for free, on Tubi”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “The "Mad Men" in 4K on HBO Max Debacle” “a free service like Tubi or Pluto”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros” Good movies and shows
“there are a ton of very good movies on Tubi”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “The Case Against Gameplay Loops” “surprisingly had decent content on it”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Fox to Buy Roku Streaming Service in $22B Deal” “Tubi has better content than Disney+”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021” Free ad-supported alternative to paid services
“there's plenty of ad-supported content on YouTube, Tubi”
Comment from 1 Dec 2025 in “Netflix kills casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs” “a free service like Tubi or Pluto”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Titles get removed from catalog
“Tubi stopped carrying all of B5 this month.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch on YouTube”
Other streaming services people recommend
The four most recommended other streaming services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube Premium | 197 | 195 | 50% | 13 | 10 yrs10 owners | — |
| Netflix | 181 | 538 | 25% | 12 | 15 yrs10 owners | — |
| Nebula | 58 | 17 | 77% | 12 | 2 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| HBO | 32 | 32 | 50% | 7 | — | — |
| TubiThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it doesn't BS you about it”
“Tubi has better content than Disney+”
“surprisingly had decent content on it”
“there are a ton of very good movies on Tubi”
“Tubi stopped carrying all of B5 this month.”
“the whole thing is free to watch on Tubi and the quality there is very nice”
“a free service like Tubi or Pluto”
“It's streaming, for free, on Tubi”
“there's plenty of ad-supported content on YouTube, Tubi”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.