Paramount+ and Peacock recently raised prices. Here are the streaming services that get you the most bang for your buck.

Making decisions on what streaming service to subscribe to can be trick, here is some information to keep in mind when doing so.

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• Streaming services like Paramount+ and Peacock have been raising prices.
• We looked at data to figure out how much content you get per dollar on various streamers.
• Prime Video and Discovery+ give you the most bang for your buck, per streaming search platform Reelgood.

At this point, the number of streaming services — and the cost of them — is reminiscent of cable.

Aside from the old guard of Netflix and Hulu, there's Max, Prime Video, Paramount+, Peacock, and Discovery+.

With so many options and streaming services often changing their pricing and content, users need to carefully select what they value most, whether that means critically acclaimed TV or the ability to watch both movies and live sports. 

So how exactly should you approach subscription decisions? By taking data into consideration of course!

Using data from streaming search engine Reelgood,  we put the major US streaming services into greater context.

We look at which service provides users with the biggest bang for their buck, in terms of movies and TV shows available per dollar spent, as well as the sheer volume of content across these libraries. 

Here are the most important things  to think about when subscribing to a streaming service:

Streaming services are getting expensive. Paramount+ and Peacock both recently raised prices.

Max is still the most expensive of the major, ad-free streaming plans.

Reelgood

Combined, the nine major streaming services' all-access, ad-free plans would cost consumers just over $100 per month.

Peacock and Paramount+ are the latest streamers to raise the prices of their ad-free plans, with both increasing by $2, from $9.99 to $11.99. The premium, ad-free plan for Paramount+ now includes Showtime and live access to subscribers' local CBS stations.

At the end of May, HBO Max became Max. It's the most expensive ad-free streamer at $15.99 per month — aside from Netflix's 4K plan, which is $19.99, but not as popular as Netflix's standard HD offering.

Here are the current costs of ad-free plans:

• Apple TV+ — $6.99/month
• Discovery+ — $6.99
• Prime Video (only) — $8.99
• Disney+ — $10.99
• Paramount+ with Showtime — $11.99
• Peacock Premium  — $11.99
• Hulu — $14.99
• Netflix (standard plan) — $15.49
• Max — $15.99

It can be difficult to know which streaming services to subscribe to.

Netflix has the most TV shows.

Reelgood

For those looking for a robust collection of TV shows, Netflix and Discovery+ have you covered — though if you're not a reality fan, the latter won't be for you.

Here's the total number of TV shows each streaming service offers:

• Netflix — 2,435
• Discovery+ — 1,932
• Prime Video — 1,960
• Hulu — 1,631
• Max - 1,279
• Peacock Premium — 1,030
• Paramount+ w/Showtime — 811
• Disney+ — 550
• Apple TV+ — 135

Discovery+ gets you the most TV shows per dollar, but if you aren't a reality-TV fan, Prime Video and Netflix may be a better bet.

Discovery+ gives subscribers the most TV shows per dollar.

Reelgood

Discovery+ merged with HBO to become Max this year, and a lot has changed as the two services combine HBO's catalog of premium scripted content with Discovery+'s lower-brow, reality fare. 

However, for the reality TV enthusiast or those that may be "Sopranos"-averse, users can subscribe to Discovery+ as a standalone service.

For now, here's how many TV shows you get per dollar on each streaming service:

• Discovery+ — 281
• Prime Video — 218
• Netflix — 157
• Hulu — 109
• Peacock Premium — 86
• Max — 80
• Paramount+ — 68
• Disney+ — 50
• Apple TV+ — 19

Prime Video offers more movies than any major streamer.

Prime Video leads in total movies.

Reelgood

The service has more than double the closest contender, Netflix.

Here's the number of movies available to stream on each platform:

• Prime Video — 11,529
• Netflix — 3,864
• Peacock Premium — 3,693
• Paramount+ w/Showtime — 2,967
• Max — 2,175
• Disney+ — 1,345
• Hulu — 1,325
• Discovery+ — 400
• Apple TV+ — 69

Prime Video also takes the crown for having the most movies per dollar, when accounting for the Prime Video membership and not the price of the full Prime plan.

Prime Video gets you the most movies per dollar.

Reelgood

It would make sense that Prime Video offers subscribers the most movies per dollar spent, given that their film library has three times as many movies as Netflix, which has the second biggest movie collection.

Max meanwhile, is at the back end of the five most valuable streaming services — at least when it comes to movies per dollar spent — due to its cost. But if it's Oscar nominees you're after, Max may be the best option: More than half of its movie collection received at least a 6.0 on IMDB. 

Total movies per dollar on each streaming service:

• Prime Video — 1,282
• Peacock Premium — 308
• Netflix — 249
• Paramount+ w/Showtime — 247
• Max — 136
• Disney+ — 122
• Hulu — 88
• Discovery+ — 57
• Apple TV+ — 10

Subscribers should keep in mind these numbers are based on the ad-free versions of the streaming services, many of which offer cheaper ad-supported plans. But those may not include all of the content that is on the more expensive plans.

 

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