The Best Streaming Services to Give as Gifts for the Holidays 2024

Disney Plus is the only streaming platform where you can find the majority of Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel titles, as well as Disney Vault movies, fun documentaries and plenty of TV shows. Gift your loved one a Disney Plus gift card, which they can put toward a subscription to the service. Disney Plus gift cards can be purchased online at various retailers, like Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Walmart.

A Disney Plus subscription costs $10 per month for the ad-based plan. The ad-free version costs $16 a month. Disney also offers five bundles: the Duo Basic combines Disney Plus with Hulu With Ads for $11 a month, while the premium version costs $20 a month; the Trio Basic combines Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN Plus With Ads for $17 monthly and the Premium no ads version costs $27 monthly and gets you all three streaming platforms. With this plan, ESPN Plus still has ads. 

You can purchase physical or digital Hulu gift cards through retailers like Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon, Kroger and PayPal. Hulu has a few different subscription tiers to choose from like basic Hulu ($10 per month) and ad-free basic Hulu ($19 per month).

Hulu Plus Live TV now includes Disney Plus and ESPN Plus with multiple subscription tiers. You can get Hulu Plus Live TV with ads for $83 per month along with two semi-ad-free Hulu Plus Live TV options: The $88 per month plan gives you Hulu and ESPN Plus with ads and access to Disney Plus ad-free; The more expensive option costs $96 per month with ESPN Plus as the sole ad-based streamer in the bundle.

Hulu houses a huge catalog of movies, shows, documentaries and original content. 

Paramount Plus, formerly CBS All Access, includes content from CBS, BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, MTV and the Smithsonian Channel, as well as sports content from the NFL, SEC and more. Paramount Plus has two plans: the Essential plan (with ads) is $8 per month after a seven-day free trial, and the ad-free version, which comes with Showtime, is $13 per month after the free trial. 

You can purchase a Paramount Plus gift card in-store or online through retailers like Best Buy, GameStop, Walmart, Sam's Club and more. 

Though it's not as popular as Netflix or Hulu, Peacock is a formidable streamer with content that appeals to all tastes. Whether it's Yellowstone, House, or Real Housewives you want, Peacock has it. The streamer features more than 80,000 hours of entertainment. NBC faves like The Office and Parks and Recreation are here.

Fans of live sports can dig into NFL Sunday Night Football, MLB, Premier League matches and the US Open. Subscribers also get early access to late-night talk shows The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers. Since this is NBC's streamer, you can find content from sister brands Bravo, USA Network, Syfy, Oxygen, E!, CNBC, MSNBC and Universal Pictures here too.

Peacock offers two subscription tiers: A Premium account for $8 monthly (or $80 per year) and the ad-free Premium Plus option for $14 a month (or $140 a year).

Peacock gift cards are available for $25, $50, $100 and $150 and can be purchased directly on the website.

Bribox is one of my favorite niche streaming services. You can check out original content like The Long Call, riveting mysteries like Luther, The Fall, Poirot, classic comedies like Keeping Up Appearances and the Vicar of Dibley, dramas like Downton Abbey and MI-5 and so much more. Britbox costs $9 per month or $90 annually after a seven-day free trial. 

You can gift a one-year subscription to Britbox this season with just a few clicks on the website.

No more breaking the bank buying theater tickets or scouring the dark corners of the internet for a bootleg. BroadwayHD includes musicals, Broadway classics, Tony Award winners, Shakespeare, ballet and more. 

You can give one month of BroadwayHD for $20 or an annual subscription for $200. 

Apple TV Plus -- Apple's $10 per month streaming service -- has released some popular exclusive shows like Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, Severance and Shrinking. The service also has original documentaries and movies like Finch, starring Tom Hanks, Coda and Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry.

Apple TV Plus doesn't offer a dedicated gift card, but you can purchase a regular Apple gift card that the recipient can put toward their subscription. 

Shudder is the ultimate streaming service for horror movie fans. With a subscription, you can watch classics like Children of the Corn and Carnival of Souls, as well as Shudder Originals, sci-fi, creature features, psychological thrillers and more. 

A Shudder subscription costs $7 per month or $72 per year after a seven-day free trial. Like some of the other services on this list, it doesn't offer a dedicated gift card, but you can buy a prepaid cash card for the recipient to put toward the subscription.  

You can find a good selection of anime on other streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu, but Crunchyroll is a well-known hub for manga, games and news, as well as popular anime shows like Attack on Titan, Bleach, My Hero Academia, Death Note and Inuyasha. You can use Crunchyroll for free, but the Premium tier unlocks an ad-free, HD-viewing experience across multiple devices. In addition, you'll get early access to anime titles within about an hour of the original broadcast in Japan, as well as discounts on DVDs and more. 

Crunchyroll offers three premium tiers: Fan ($8 a month), Mega Fan ($12 a month) or Ultimate Fan ($16 a month) after a seven-day free trial. You can give a premium subscription tier through the website. 

The film buff in your life will love a subscription to the Criterion Channel. The service includes more than 1,000 classic, contemporary, art-house, international and independent films. With a subscription, you can check out films like Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, An Affair to Remember, Bride of Frankenstein, Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush, Paris is Burning and Frances Ha. 

You can order a gift subscription to the Criterion Channel on its website. Choose a one-month subscription for $11, all the way up to a year for $100. 

Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime have plenty of Korean dramas (my heart personally hasn't recovered from Netflix's Crash Landing on You), but if you're looking for a dedicated service for Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese shows and movies, you can watch Viki for free with ads, or subscribe to Viki Pass Standard for $6 a month. Viki Pass Plus costs $10 a month or $100 a year after a seven-day free trial. Viki Pass unlocks more shows and movies, presents content in HD quality without ads, as well as first access to exclusives, originals and more. 

Unfortunately, the service doesn't have gift cards anymore, so if you want to buy a Viki Pass for a loved one, the best way is to buy a prepaid cash card for the recipient to put toward the subscription.  

Sundance Now offers collections of award-winning dramas, thrillers, documentaries, true crime, international movies and more. The service is a great spot to explore high-quality, off-the-beaten-path titles like One Million American Dreams, God's Own Country, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, She's Beautiful When She's Angry and more. 

The service costs $7 a month or $60 annually after a seven-day free trial. Sundance Now doesn't offer subscription gifting, but you can always buy a prepaid cash card for the recipient to put toward the subscription.  

In a similar vein to BroadwayHD, the theater-goer in your life might enjoy a subscription to Met Opera on Demand. The service includes full-length operas like Madama Butterfly, Die Walküre, Aida, Carmen and more. Met Opera on Demand also includes a Live in HD series, which adds new titles every month. 

A Met Opera on Demand subscription costs $15 per month or $150 per year. You can purchase Met gift cards through their website for any amount from $5 up to $2,000.

Spotify is the leader in the music streaming field, and for a reason. Aside from access to music and podcast content worldwide, the service features audiobooks and curated playlists for every genre. Not to mention the ability to create and share your unique music mixes with friends. You can listen to Spotify for free (and with ads) or subscribe to the Premium service for $12 monthly.

Unfortunately, gift cards can't be purchased directly through Spotify's website, so you'll need to head to a retail outlet like Target, Best Buy or Walmart to get one.

Apple's music streaming service is perfect for iOS users who want to combine their existing iTunes music library with tracks they don't own yet. The service features hi-res lossless audio and regularly updates its library of spatial audio albums. Music experts and big-name artists help curate playlists in every genre and taste. If you're shopping for a classical music lover, the service comes with a classical music app at no extra charge.

Students can access the service for $6 a month. The Individual plan costs $11 a month and the Family plan is $17 a month. You can head directly to Apple Music's site for info on gift cards or find them for purchase at retail stores like Target, Best Buy and Walmart.