Free ad-supported streaming is one of the fastest growing areas in cord cutting in 2024. Now a new report from Gavin Bridge the FastMaster has added them all up and there are now 5,264 free ad-supported channels available across 18 streaming services worldwide. In the United States, there are just under 2,000 free ad-supported.
“The domestic FAST space is definitely maturing. As this report will show, the growth in available channels has begun to slow as the market approaches 2,000 unique channels across tracked services, but it still continues to grow month-to-month.” Said Gavin Bridge.
This report did not account repeat channels that show up on multiple services. According to the report In the United States there are 1,943 free channels.
This all comes as major entertainment giants like Warner Bros. Discovery have jumped all in on free channels, with now 46 free channels streaming on multiple services, including Tubi and The Roku Channel.
Paramount has also been very aggressive in launching a new free channel for its Pluto TV streaming service.
As cord cutters look for ways to cut costs increasingly free ad-supported streaming services have bee what they are turning to in 2024. To meet this demand world wide streaming services have been quickly launching new channels to meet the demand.
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