a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order
Every major streamer compared — what it costs, how strong the originals are, and whether it carries live sports.
What counts: Library quality and value. Prices are the standard ad-free monthly tier and change often.
Max▲ Rising
HBO's bench: prestige TV nobody else can match.
Price / mo: $17Originals: 9/10Live sports: ✓
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Netflix▲ Rising
The deepest library and the biggest hits, now with live events.
Price / mo: $18Originals: 9/10Live sports: ✓
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Disney+▲ Rising
The family catalog — Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars.
Price / mo: $16Originals: 8/10Live sports: —
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Hulu▲ Rising
Next-day network TV plus strong originals.
Price / mo: $19Originals: 8/10Live sports: —
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Amazon Prime Video▲ Rising
Bundled with Prime, plus Thursday Night Football.
Price / mo: $12Originals: 8/10Live sports: ✓
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Apple TV+
Small catalog, absurd hit rate.
Price / mo: $10Originals: 8/10Live sports: ✓
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Paramount+▼ Falling
CBS, Star Trek, and NFL Sundays.
Price / mo: $13Originals: 7/10Live sports: ✓
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Peacock▼ Falling
NBC's vault plus NFL and Premier League.
Price / mo: $14Originals: 7/10Live sports: ✓
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Owned three of these — the ranking tracks my experience almost exactly.
Price-to-performance matters more than the spec sheet here.
The top pick is safe, but the value pick two spots down is the real winner.
Battery numbers on the box never survive real use, trust the crowd.