A deal on Hulu could be the high point of most people's Black Friday 2024 sales, given that the streaming service offered the best discount last year (by a landslide). With the sales season just a few weeks out, it's time to work out whether that'll happen again this year.
Hulu is one of the several streaming services owned by Disney, and it's generally aimed at an older audience: forget Marvel and Star Wars, with Hulu you'll get the likes of FX shows, true crime and Searchlight movies. It's chock-full of binge-worthy series as well as some fantastic movies too.
Given that it's not one of the biggest streaming services out there, there's a chance that you haven't tested out Hulu yet, and so a Black Friday deal discounting a subscription to the platform could be what changes your mind.
This year the Black Friday season starts around the beginning of November, ahead of the deal day itself on Friday, November 29. Typically the titular discount day doesn't bring new deals, so all the major ones will begin at the start of November.
While Black Friday is still some way out, we can't say for sure whether there will be a Black Friday deal on it or not, but we can make some guesses based on precedent. So let's So let's take a look as to whether there will be a Hulu deal over Black Friday.
More Black Friday options:
- Netflix Black Friday deals
- Apple TV Plus Black Friday deals
- Disney Plus Black Friday deals
- Paramount Plus Black Friday deals
- Prime Video & Channels Black Friday deals
- Max Black Friday deals
- Peacock Black Friday deals
- Hulu Black Friday deals
- ESPN Plus Black Friday deals
- Sling TV Black Friday deals
Will there be a Black Friday deal on Hulu subscriptions?
Based on precedent, it seems likely that there will be a Black Friday deal on Hulu subscriptions.
Last year Hulu offered a huge discount, reducing the monthly price of an ad-supported plan from $7.99 monthly to just $0.99 for an entire year, marking the best discount of the season.
That wasn't all, as there were two extras: you can add Starz to Hulu for an extra $0.99 monthly (for six months), or get the Disney Bundle (Hulu + Disney Plus) for $2.99 monthly for an entire year.
There's no confirmation that Hulu's Black Friday deal in 2024 will be as good, but it could; a mid-October price increase for Hulu means that the streamer will have even more motivation to offer a deal in order to encourage fans to sign up.
Last year's Black Friday Hulu deal
When could the Hulu deal begin and end for Black Friday?
If Hulu follows suit and offers a Black Friday deal this year, you might be wondering when it could begin.
In 2023, the Hulu deal began on Tuesday, November 21, which was three days before Black Friday itself. It wasn't the first streaming deal to begin but it came quite soon after the others.
Three days before Black Friday this year would make it Tuesday, November 26, so for now that's our prediction on when a Hulu deal could start.
The Hulu deal ended on Tuesday, November 28, or the day after Cyber Monday. If Hulu copies its pattern this year, the deal end date for Black Friday 2024 would be Tuesday, December 3.
Will there be more Black Friday streaming deals?
You can use Black Friday to catch up on lots of TVs and movies because there will likely be a good few discounts across various streaming services.
Last year Max, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Fubo and Philo also saw discounts, though in my round-up of them I flagged Hulu as the best.
Above you can find linked my guides on all the other streaming services and whether they'll see discounts over 2024's Black Friday.
How much does Hulu normally cost?
Forgetting Black Friday deals, how much do you normally need to pay for Hulu?
If you sign up for Hulu right now, you'll have to pay $9.99 per month for its ad-supported plan or $18.99 for ad-free. This is since a price increase on Thursday, October 17.
The annual price of the ad-enabled option also increased to $99.99, though the ad-free alternative doesn't have an annual option.