Crunchyroll vs Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll, LLC
App Store
$23.75M/mo
~$284.95M/yr · 350.0M installs
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Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies
Hulu, LLC
App Store
$15.03M/mo
~$180.34M/yr · 243.0M installs
Revenue winner
Crunchyroll wins
+58% vs other
Installs winner
Crunchyroll wins
+44% vs other
MAU winner
Crunchyroll wins
+46% vs other
Rating winner
Crunchyroll wins
+4% vs other
Why Crunchyroll is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Crunchyroll earns roughly 2× more per month than Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies - $23.75M vs $15.03M.
- Aggressive pricing. Crunchyroll undercuts at $9.99/mo vs $11.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- More monetization surfaces. Crunchyroll runs 10 IAP tiers vs 2 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. Crunchyroll ranks #10 on the US grossing chart vs Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies at #30 - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
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Monthly revenue (est.)?
$23.75M
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$15.03M
Annual revenue (est.)
$284.95M
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$180.34M
Lifetime installs (est.)
350.0M
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243.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
101.8M
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69.7M
App Store rating
4.77★
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4.57★
Total ratings
1.4M
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1.4M
US grossing rank
#10
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#30
Cheapest monthly sub
$9.99
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$11.99
IAP tiers detected
10 tiers
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2 tiers
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Dec 21, 2009
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 197.8 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 4.107.2
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian +8 more
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Jun 29, 2010
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- 213.5 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.32.0
- Languages
- English
Crunchyroll trajectory
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Crunchyroll or Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies? v
Crunchyroll earns about $23.75M per month, while Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies earns about $15.03M. That is a 1.6× revenue gap (~$8.72M more per month for Crunchyroll). Annual revenue: Crunchyroll ≈ $284.95M/year, Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies ≈ $180.34M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Crunchyroll or Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies? v
Crunchyroll leads with about 350.0M estimated downloads vs 243.0M for Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies - a 1.4× gap. Crunchyroll's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.4M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.4M ratings.
Are Crunchyroll and Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Entertainment category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Crunchyroll and Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies offer? v
Crunchyroll: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Crunchyroll runs a "Subscription (~$8.33/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #10" monetization model; Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies runs "Subscription (~$11.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #30". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Crunchyroll or Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies? v
Crunchyroll edges ahead with ★ 4.8 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.2 stars). Rating volume: Crunchyroll 1.4M ratings, Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies 1.4M ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Crunchyroll vs Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $23.75M for Crunchyroll and $15.03M for Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Entertainment) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Crunchyroll or Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies to a different App Store app? v
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