Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies vs Netflix
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies
Hulu, LLC
App Store
$7.60M/mo
~$91.25M/yr · 243.0M installs
VS
Netflix
Netflix, Inc.
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 3.5B installs
Revenue winner
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies wins
+760404800% vs other
Installs winner
Netflix wins
+1323% vs other
MAU winner
Netflix wins
+395% vs other
Rating winner
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies wins
+18% vs other
Why Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies earns roughly 7604048× more per month than Netflix - $7.60M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies runs a $11.99/mo subscription that compounds; Netflix relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Better app store reviews. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies sits at 4.57★ vs 3.88★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
- Charts placement. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies ranks #27 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - 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.
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies
vs
Netflix
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$7.60M
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$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$91.25M
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$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
243.0M
▶
3.5B
Monthly active users (est.)?
11.2M
▶
55.3M
App Store rating
4.57★
◀
3.88★
Total ratings
1.4M
▶
15.1M
US grossing rank
#27
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
$11.99
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
2 tiers
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0 tiers
- 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
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 5, 2011
- Last updated
- May 4, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies trajectory
Netflix trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies or Netflix? v
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies earns about $7.60M per month, while Netflix earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$7.60M more per month for Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies). Annual revenue: Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies ≈ $91.25M/year, Netflix ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store / Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies or Netflix? v
Netflix leads with about 3.5B estimated downloads vs 243.0M for Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies - a 14.2× gap. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.4M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Netflix reports 1,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies and Netflix in the same App Store category on each store 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 Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies and Netflix offer? v
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies: IAP range 2 tiers detected. Netflix: no IAP detected on the public listing. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies runs a "Subscription (~$11.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #27" monetization model; Netflix runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies or Netflix? v
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies 1.4M ratings, Netflix 910K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies vs Netflix revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $7.60M for Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies and $0 for Netflix are derived from App Store grossing rank / Google Play install ranges, 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 Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies or Netflix to a different App Store app? v
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