“In November, Tubi made up 2.1% of total streaming minutes on The Gauge, Nielsen’s monthly analysis of viewing trends, ahead of NBCUniversal’s Peacock and Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO Max. Google’s YouTube holds the top spot in the viewership tracker.
Tubi said it has more than 100 million monthly active users and 1 billion hours of streamed content per month. For comparison, Netflix reported more than 300 million subscribers as of late 2024, the last time it reported the metric, while Disney+ reported 131 million subscribers as of the end of September.
Nearly 60% of Tubi’s audience is made up of millennials or members of Generation Z, and nearly half are multicultural, Tubi said, citing an MRI-Simmons Cord Evolution Study of its audience.”
dykethon on
I hate ads, but at least Tubi is honest about it. The other streamers charge me monthly and still show me ads, but Tubi respects the “free with ads” social contract. Also, there’s all kinds of weird and unique (usually bad, but sometimes decent, and always fun) shit on Tubi that you can’t get elsewhere.
livens on
I like Tubi (and tolerate the ads) because they rotate out decent movies every weekend. Netflix and others seem to just have the same stuff week after week and make a huge deal out of it when something good does show up.
Schuultz on
“Murdoch-owned streaming platform is great! Use it!”
Hurray.
RAITguy on
My favorite feature of Tubi – no forced login
Rare_Walk_4845 on
It’s a platform that is only suffering from very early stage enshitifaction, vs the rest that are in moderate to excessive stage enshtiifcation.
harlotstoast on
I’ve been watching Italian gallo movies on Tubi, and old Hammer horror movies.
crapspakkle on
My favorite Columbo and obscure horror delivery system
AcctAlreadyTaken on
I am conflicted that it’s owned by Fox but since they don’t own a paid streaming service they shouldn’t have a financial reason to ruin it.
DJMagicHandz on
Tubi has all of my favorite 80s shows.
redditsucks13131 on
Yo I canceled all my shit and pretty much only watch Tubi. Best decision.
Smithmw on
Tubi is fair with the ads. Most of the time, I get 1 or 2 30 second ad breaks for a 30 to 45 minute show or 4 or 5 ads for a movie
CntrBlnc on
“Here’s how it’s winning” it’s free with limited ads. That’s how it’s winning.
Netflix and other popular streaming services charge you AND give you ads. YouTube TV is cable.
It’s not a hard concept.
mekawasp on
I never heard about it before, so I wanted to check it out. Apparently it’s not available in my area.
sahilthapar on
Every now and then I start it up again for some movie / show but then I realize that I detest ads more than anything else in the world.
redvelvetcake42 on
It’s user friendly, fair and actually gives you new content to explore weekly. It also is where every show you used to watch but can’t find is located. Also the bad movie selection on there is extraordinary.
DrowningInBier on
It helps that there’s such a crazy wide catalog. This week alone I’ve watched the Drew Carey Show, Aguirre: Wrath of God, and Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten. The music doc section is crazy good.
BoldAsBoognish on
Tubi and Pluto has me canceling everything.
stelio_kontos_91 on
Horror is my thing and Tubi is loaded with all sorts of great b-rated horror which I love. There are some real stinkers too but it makes for great background noise at the very least. Use it every day.
YourFlyIsOpenMcFly on
Nothing against Tubi but every time I hear its name I think of this meme.
“Have you seen the new show? It’s on Tubu. It’s literally on Heebee. It’s on Poodee with ads. It’s literally on Dippy. You can probably find it on Weeno. Dude it’s on Gumpy. It’s a Pheebo original. It’s on Poob. You can watch it on Poob. You can go to Poob and watch it. Log onto Poob right now. Go to Poob. Dive into Poob. You can Poob it. It’s on Poob. Poob has it for you. Poob has it for you.”
Bluepass11 on
I wish it wasn’t owned by Fox. Can’t bring myself to watch it outside of a major event like the Super Bowl
zewkin on
Of movies I’ve watched on Tubi, I’ve been impressed where the ads are placed. They seem to find spots during the movie that feel like a natural break rather than just plunking the ad in mid-sentence.
Historical_Note5003 on
Sounds great, except it’s owned by Murdoch/Fox.
Krail on
I’ve never used Tubi. How does it compare to Pluto?
art-is-t on
Doesn’t Rupert Murdoch own Tubi. I don’t want that man getting any richer
5aur1an on
found out that Tubi is owned by the right wing Murdoch, who owns Fox News. Killed it for me.
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“In November, Tubi made up 2.1% of total streaming minutes on The Gauge, Nielsen’s monthly analysis of viewing trends, ahead of NBCUniversal’s Peacock and Warner Bros. Discovery’s HBO Max. Google’s YouTube holds the top spot in the viewership tracker.
Tubi said it has more than 100 million monthly active users and 1 billion hours of streamed content per month. For comparison, Netflix reported more than 300 million subscribers as of late 2024, the last time it reported the metric, while Disney+ reported 131 million subscribers as of the end of September.
Nearly 60% of Tubi’s audience is made up of millennials or members of Generation Z, and nearly half are multicultural, Tubi said, citing an MRI-Simmons Cord Evolution Study of its audience.”
I hate ads, but at least Tubi is honest about it. The other streamers charge me monthly and still show me ads, but Tubi respects the “free with ads” social contract. Also, there’s all kinds of weird and unique (usually bad, but sometimes decent, and always fun) shit on Tubi that you can’t get elsewhere.
I like Tubi (and tolerate the ads) because they rotate out decent movies every weekend. Netflix and others seem to just have the same stuff week after week and make a huge deal out of it when something good does show up.
“Murdoch-owned streaming platform is great! Use it!”
Hurray.
My favorite feature of Tubi – no forced login
It’s a platform that is only suffering from very early stage enshitifaction, vs the rest that are in moderate to excessive stage enshtiifcation.
I’ve been watching Italian gallo movies on Tubi, and old Hammer horror movies.
My favorite Columbo and obscure horror delivery system
I am conflicted that it’s owned by Fox but since they don’t own a paid streaming service they shouldn’t have a financial reason to ruin it.
Tubi has all of my favorite 80s shows.
Yo I canceled all my shit and pretty much only watch Tubi. Best decision.
Tubi is fair with the ads. Most of the time, I get 1 or 2 30 second ad breaks for a 30 to 45 minute show or 4 or 5 ads for a movie
“Here’s how it’s winning” it’s free with limited ads. That’s how it’s winning.
Netflix and other popular streaming services charge you AND give you ads. YouTube TV is cable.
It’s not a hard concept.
I never heard about it before, so I wanted to check it out. Apparently it’s not available in my area.
Every now and then I start it up again for some movie / show but then I realize that I detest ads more than anything else in the world.
It’s user friendly, fair and actually gives you new content to explore weekly. It also is where every show you used to watch but can’t find is located. Also the bad movie selection on there is extraordinary.
It helps that there’s such a crazy wide catalog. This week alone I’ve watched the Drew Carey Show, Aguirre: Wrath of God, and Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten. The music doc section is crazy good.
Tubi and Pluto has me canceling everything.
Horror is my thing and Tubi is loaded with all sorts of great b-rated horror which I love. There are some real stinkers too but it makes for great background noise at the very least. Use it every day.
Nothing against Tubi but every time I hear its name I think of this meme.
“Have you seen the new show? It’s on Tubu. It’s literally on Heebee. It’s on Poodee with ads. It’s literally on Dippy. You can probably find it on Weeno. Dude it’s on Gumpy. It’s a Pheebo original. It’s on Poob. You can watch it on Poob. You can go to Poob and watch it. Log onto Poob right now. Go to Poob. Dive into Poob. You can Poob it. It’s on Poob. Poob has it for you. Poob has it for you.”
I wish it wasn’t owned by Fox. Can’t bring myself to watch it outside of a major event like the Super Bowl
Of movies I’ve watched on Tubi, I’ve been impressed where the ads are placed. They seem to find spots during the movie that feel like a natural break rather than just plunking the ad in mid-sentence.
Sounds great, except it’s owned by Murdoch/Fox.
I’ve never used Tubi. How does it compare to Pluto?
Doesn’t Rupert Murdoch own Tubi. I don’t want that man getting any richer
found out that Tubi is owned by the right wing Murdoch, who owns Fox News. Killed it for me.