EntertainmentStreamingIt’s official: Apple TV+ shows are better than Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime VideoFor the second year running, IMDb users say the best shows to stream are streaming on Apple TV+When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
EntertainmentStreamingIt’s official: Apple TV+ shows are better than Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime VideoFor the second year running, IMDb users say the best shows to stream are streaming on Apple TV+When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
For the second year running, IMDb users say the best shows to stream are streaming on Apple TV+
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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I get a real kick out of recommending things to my friends. Most recently I’ve raved about the epic space drama For All Mankind, the gripping time-travel thriller The Shining Girls, the fast and funny spy drama Slow Horses, the brilliant and NSFW The Boys and the utterly unique and genuinely disturbing Severance. And I hadn’t really thought about it, but they all have the same thing in common – other than being really, really brilliant shows, that is. All but one of them is onApple TV+.
When I first looked atApple TV+ I wasn’t particularly impressed, because I didn’t think the library was as impressive as thebest streaming servicessuch as Netflix or Amazon Prime Video. But while myNetflix,Disney+andAmazon Prime Videosubs individually and collectively deliver a much more massive selection of shows, it’s the little Apple TV+ icon on my TV that I keep coming back to.
It looks like I’m not the only one. For the second year running, a US study has analysed the average IMDb scores for each of the main streaming services and found Apple to be the winner.
Which streaming service has the best shows?
I’m always wary of studies based on numbers as they rarely show their working, butthis oneseems solid enough: it tells you how many titles each service has (in its standard version; content costing extra isn’t included) and how the ratings fare not just per service but for specific genres. So it makes it clear that while Apple TV+ has the highest average user rating for its shows, in terms of value for money it’s not as good asNetflixin terms of the number of shows and movies rated good or excellent that you get for each dollar of your subscription fee. And while Apple scores highest in family friendly entertainment, it’s not a huge surprise thatDisney+ is the better streamer for kids' content thanks to its much more massive library.
The full study is worth a read. It shows that HBO Max is the highest rating platform across 11 genre categories, while Apple has the highest rated but smallest library of content in the action, adventure and war genres. Apple’s average rating for drama is up from 3.9 in 2021 to 7.34 in 2022, andAmazon PrimeVideo has the top spot for animations. Meanwhile Disney+ has the highest-rated reality TV shows thanks in part to its inclusion of National Geographic titles.
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