Cord-cutting has brought about an interesting trend: free streaming. You'll likely have to watch a couple of ads, but you won't have to pay a cent for a subscription.
The best free on-demand streaming service is undeniably Tubi, which is full of great movies, especially smaller ones. Meanwhile, the best free live TV service has to be Pluto TV, which carries 200 channels. Although to be fair, most of those are made-up channels that repeat the same show.
If you're looking for more choices, we've also made a list of the best free trials in streaming. You can find that
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Which free streaming service doesn't have made-up channels?
The catch with free streaming services is that you'll often find channels that either play one show on repeat, like the Seinfeld Live 24/7 Channel (delightful as that may sound to some), or channels that seem entirely made up, like "The Show Business Channel." This is likely to be the case for streaming services that promise to have the
most number of channels.
Which free streaming service is the most popular?
According to
similarweb.com, Tubi is the most popular because it's visited by 29 million people every month. This is followed by Pluto TV with 26 million visits per month and Crackle with 1.6 million visits per month.
What is the most popular free streaming service on Roku?
Tubi and Pluto are some of the most popular free streaming services on Roku, but the Roku Channel also deserves a mention seeing as it is, for obvious reasons, the easiest to get to. You'll have no trouble going directly to this channel and its many films and TV shows via a button on the Roku stick.