Monthly Market Report
UK Streaming Market Report — May 2026
Updated daily from our catalogue of 729 titles across 21 services.
Report date: 2026-05-08
Market Overview
Total titles tracked
729
Free titles
398
Across free services, deduplicated
Paid / Free services
10 / 11
Active in the UK
Avg catalogue size
42
Per service
Catalogue Size Ranking
How many films and series each UK streaming service offers right now.
Subscription services
- Amazon Prime Video£8.99/mo149 titles113 films36 series
- Netflix£4.99/mo124 titles80 films44 series
- Disney+£4.99/mo69 titles53 films16 series
- NOW£9.99/mo24 titles12 films12 series
- Crunchyroll£4.99/mo20 titles1 films19 series
- Paramount+£6.99/mo18 titles13 films5 series
- HBO Max£4.99/mo9 titles5 films4 series
- Apple TV+£9.99/mo7 titles1 films6 series
- MUBI£11.99/mo6 titles6 films0 series
- MGM+£6.99/mo3 titles2 films1 series
Free services
- PlexFree123 titles110 films13 series
- Rakuten TVFree81 titles79 films2 series
- FilmzieFree51 titles50 films1 series
- BBC iPlayerFree50 titles21 films29 series
- 5Free32 titles6 films26 series
- All 4Free32 titles4 films28 series
- Pluto TVFree26 titles18 films8 series
- ITVXFree23 titles7 films16 series
- UKTV PlayFree15 titles1 films14 series
- TubiFree7 titles6 films1 series
- STV PlayerFree4 titles0 films4 series
Quality Comparison
★ Highest average quality: BBC iPlayer (avg IMDb 7.33)
| Service | Avg rating | Highly rated titles | Highly rated % |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBC iPlayer | 7.33 | 27 | 54.0% |
| All 4 | 6.99 | 9 | 28.1% |
| STV Player | 6.97 | 3 | 75.0% |
| UKTV Play | 6.97 | 5 | 33.3% |
| HBO Max | 6.96 | 5 | 55.6% |
| Crunchyroll | 6.89 | 7 | 35.0% |
| MUBI | 6.87 | 4 | 66.7% |
| Apple TV+ | 6.67 | 4 | 57.1% |
| Disney+ | 6.67 | 22 | 31.9% |
| 5 | 6.64 | 5 | 15.6% |
| NOW | 6.60 | 10 | 41.7% |
| ITVX | 6.56 | 6 | 26.1% |
| Netflix | 6.35 | 43 | 34.7% |
| Paramount+ | 6.21 | 5 | 27.8% |
| Pluto TV | 6.06 | 6 | 23.1% |
| Rakuten TV | 6.05 | 13 | 16.0% |
| MGM+ | 5.80 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Amazon Prime Video | 5.77 | 31 | 20.8% |
| Filmzie | 5.74 | 7 | 13.7% |
| Plex | 5.19 | 11 | 8.9% |
| Tubi | 4.26 | 1 | 14.3% |
Highly rated = IMDb 7.0+
Value Comparison
£ Best value: Netflix (25 titles per pound)
| Service | Monthly cost | Total titles | Titles per £ | Highly rated per £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netflix | £4.99 | 124 | 25 | 9 |
| Amazon Prime Video | £8.99 | 149 | 17 | 3 |
| Disney+ | £4.99 | 69 | 14 | 4 |
| Crunchyroll | £4.99 | 20 | 4 | 1 |
| Paramount+ | £6.99 | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| NOW | £9.99 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| HBO Max | £4.99 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Apple TV+ | £9.99 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| MUBI | £11.99 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| MGM+ | £6.99 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Calculated as total titles divided by monthly subscription cost.
Genre Breakdown
Genre distribution across the five largest UK catalogues.
Amazon Prime Video
- Drama40%
- Comedy22%
- Action19%
- Thriller17%
- Horror12%
- Romance12%
Netflix
- Comedy35%
- Drama27%
- Documentary17%
- Crime13%
- Romance11%
- Action9%
Plex
- Drama31%
- Horror24%
- Comedy23%
- Action20%
- Thriller20%
- Science Fiction10%
Rakuten TV
- Drama37%
- Thriller26%
- Comedy22%
- Action15%
- Horror12%
- Crime11%
Disney+
- Documentary26%
- Drama25%
- Animation22%
- Shorts13%
- Comedy12%
- Science Fiction7%
Free Streaming Spotlight
You can access 398 titles completely free across 11 UK services.
Top-rated titles streaming free
1IMDb9.6Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change
- Living in the Shadow of World War II2IMDb8.9
Living in the Shadow of World War II
2018
3IMDb8.7The Repair Shop
4IMDb8.4The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs
5IMDb8.4Sansho the Bailiff
1954
6IMDb8.3Buffy the Vampire Slayer
7IMDb8.3Prime Suspect
8IMDb8.3Doctor Who
2024
9IMDb8.2Great Continental Railway Journeys
10IMDb8.2Helicopter ER
Shareable Stats
Standalone facts you can copy to share on social media.
Free streaming
There are 398 films and series streaming free in the UK right now.
Best value
Netflix offers the best value at 25 titles per pound.
Highest quality
BBC iPlayer has the highest average IMDb rating (7.33) of any UK streaming service.
Netflix UK
35% of Netflix UK's catalogue is rated 7.0+ on IMDb.
Total catalogue
WhereToStream tracks 729 titles across 21 UK streaming services.