The study offers insights into streaming services to consider

Self Financial is a company designed to help people build their credit and savings to achieve financial goals. Well, the team recently shared a study they conducted on popular TV streaming services. They analyzed the content available on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV +, Disney +, HBO Max, Hulu, Netflix, Paramount +, and Peacock in an effort to figure out which platforms are best in different areas. I’ll do my best to analyze the highlights below.

The first thing that is shared is the sheer amount of content available on each service in the United States. Here, Netflix is ​​king with 6,475 titles and the second highest is HBO Max with 3,503. The nice thing about the graphics they shared is that it also breaks down the content based on IMDb scores. The duller the color, the higher the score. When you only watch a score of 8+ on IMDb, Netflix has 795 titles while HBO Max is still in second place with 463.

The next graphic explores which service is the best value for money. Here, they used the lowest monthly cost the service has available and looked at how many movies are available per dollar. When you watch it all, Paramount + wins with 458 movies for $ 1. However, if you only watch movies with an 8+ on IMDb, HBO Max wins with 23 and if you add 6+ IMDb scores, Netflix wins at 206. They then made the same thing with TV programs and here Netflix wins across the board.

If you are a fan of 4K content, you will love the next graphic. Netflix once again wins in the quantity department with 667 titles available in the premium format. However, Hulu has the highest average IMDb score of 7.32. That said, they only have 49 titles available in 4K, so it goes without saying that as more 4K content is available, the average scores could change dramatically. Something important to note here is that to access 4K content on Netflix (and many of those services) you have to pay more than the lowest level, which means the graphics above aren’t necessarily true.

If you’re looking for a streaming service for your kids and family, the team looked at content generally deemed appropriate for a 7-year-old using ratings such as TV-Y7 and PG. Here, it shouldn’t come as a surprise, but Disney + wins with 1,139 titles that meet the filtering criteria. Again, another service has a higher average rating (Apple TV + in this case), but has the least amount of content in this category with only 38 filters going through.

The last thing I’ll include here is the breakdown of IMDb ratings by genres on each streaming platform. HBO Max wins in 11 categories such as Biography, Film-Noir, History and Music.

There is a lot of fun information to look at here, and there are some extra graphics on Self’s site as well, so check it out. That said, it is very important to note that IMDb ratings are not always in line with our personal views and therefore, while this is one of the most objective ways to look at data, I would not recommend using it alone to make service decisions at to subscribe to. What services do you think are best for you?