Streaming services tend to struggle when it comes to Black Friday deals. Is he The best time to sign up for most streamers, hands down, as you can usually get significant savings on monthly membership fees.
But here’s the thing: the prices of almost all streaming services increase dramatically every year (honestly, it’s getting out of hand). And this year is no different. We’ve seen Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, HBO Max, Apple TV+, Peacock, Fubo, and YouTube TV increase their costs in 2025, making us skeptical about what kind of streaming deals we’ll see this holiday season.
Still, we’re holding out hope that our favorite streaming deal from 2023 and 2024 will return in 2025: 99-cent Hulu subscriptions.
Will price increases affect Black Friday streaming deals in 2025?
There’s really no direct answer to this question, as in previous years we’ve seen some streamers adjust their Black Friday discounts to match price increases and others revive the same deals despite them. For example: In 2022, Peacock offered users a full year of ad-supported streaming for just $1 a month. In 2023, they increased the price to $1.99 per month for one year. Then last year, after a price increase, they cut it in half and only offered six months of ad-supported streaming for $1.99 a month.
On the other hand, Hulu raised the cost of its basic plan last year from $7.99 to $9.99 per month, but still abandoned the best streaming deal for the second year in a row: ad-supported subscriptions for just $0.99 per month for an entire year. This gives us hope that despite the price increase in 2025 (from $9.99 to $11.99 per month), the 99 cent deal will be resurrected once again.
The Black Friday offer we hope to see on Hulu
If Hulu does the unthinkable and revives the best streaming deal of 2023 and 2024, you could get a full year of streaming for less than $12. After the latest price increase, that would mean you’d get a full year of streaming for less than the price of a single month. Unreal.
Since the streamer kept the same deal alive after a $2 price increase last year, we’re hopeful the same thing will happen in 2025. But to be honest, even if they inflate the Black Friday deal to $1.99 per month for a year, we’d still be satisfied. That’s still less than $24 for a full year of streaming.
Crushable Offers
In addition to the recent price increase, another thing that could complicate Hulu’s Black Friday plans is the expected merger with Disney+. By 2026, disney plans about bringing the Hulu app to Disney+ to create a “fully integrated, unified app experience.” Users will still be able to sign up for Hulu as a standalone service, but it’s not yet known how overall pricing will be affected when the full integration rolls out.
Why we love Hulu
Hulu is the streaming home of Mashable’s favorite show of 2024, Shogunas well as one of our favorites of 2025, Dying for sex. It’s also where you’ll find FX originals (like the bear), episodes of ABC shows the day after they air, neon movies fresh out of theaters, and plenty of Hulu original series we love, like Only murders in the building and Chad powers. It remains one of the most comprehensive streaming services you can get. At $11.99 per month, it’s one of the most expensive ad-supported streamers, so we’d love to see the 99-cent Black Friday deal revived.
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