Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies vs PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies
Hulu, LLC
App Store
$9.29M/mo
~$111.45M/yr · 243.0M installs
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PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries
PBS
App Store
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 53.4M installs
Revenue winner
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies wins
+928743700% vs other
Installs winner
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies wins
+355% vs other
MAU winner
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies wins
+42% vs other
Rating winner
PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries wins
+7% 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 9287437× more per month than PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries - $9.29M vs $0.
- Subscription model. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies runs a $11.99/mo subscription that compounds; PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries relies on one-shot IAP or ads.
- Bigger install base. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies has ~243.0M lifetime installs vs PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries's ~53.4M - 4.6× the funnel top.
- Charts placement. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies ranks #24 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.
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Monthly revenue (est.)?
$9.29M
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$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$111.45M
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$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
243.0M
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53.4M
Monthly active users (est.)?
11.2M
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7.8M
App Store rating
4.57★
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4.89★
Total ratings
1.4M
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356K
US grossing rank
#24
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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
- Jun 25, 2026
- File size
- 214.7 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 9.35.0
- Languages
- English
- Category
- Entertainment
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Oct 25, 2010
- Last updated
- Jun 1, 2026
- File size
- 48.5 MB
- Content rating
- 17+
- Version
- 5.23.0
- Languages
- English
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies trajectory
PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies or PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries? v
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies earns about $9.29M per month, while PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$9.29M more per month for Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies). Annual revenue: Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies ≈ $111.45M/year, PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies or PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries? v
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies leads with about 243.0M estimated downloads vs 53.4M for PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries - a 4.6× gap. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies's App Store downloads are estimated from 1.4M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries's App Store downloads are estimated from 356K ratings.
Are Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies and PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries 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 Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies and PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries offer? v
Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies: IAP range 2 tiers detected. PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries: no IAP detected on the public listing. Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies runs a "Subscription (~$11.99/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #24" monetization model; PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries 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 PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries? v
PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries edges ahead with ★ 4.9 vs ★ 4.6 (gap of 0.3 stars). Rating volume: Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies 1.4M ratings, PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries 356K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies vs PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $9.29M for Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies and $0 for PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries 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 Hulu: Stream TV shows & movies or PBS: Watch TV & Documentaries to a different App Store app? v
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