We all know that there are many streaming services, but did you know that there are over 100 here in the US? They all ask you to download, view, and pay (via your dollars, ads, or both) – and subscribing costs more than $ 900 a month. So how do you choose which services earn your time and money?
Enter me, a person with too much time and an obsession with streaming services:
I spent dozens of hours developing a rating system that felt fair and honest for every type of service, from the niche to the broadest, and then researched and awarded each item in five categories: price, originals, back catalog, Diversity and availability. It wasn’t easy, but in the end I feel like I ended up on a system that was fair enough (a big challenge when you ranked it 101 everything).
For reasons of transparency, we have shown the total number of points for each service in five practical graphics:
As mentioned in the video, I know that there are almost definitely services in yours personally S-tier that may have landed in a lower one on that list and that’s fine! So many services out there focus on a specific niche or genre, and while this may result in it not competing strongly with the world’s Netflixes and Amazons, they can still be excellent services with great content.
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Basically, everything depends on your personal taste, whether you receive TV FOMO or not and how much you are willing to spend. The world of streaming services is your oyster, and there are tons of pearls out there!