It’s been deemed official, Hulu is getting a paid subscription service as early as next year but what does this mean for the number of users they carry? Hulu is looking at a major drop in the number of users and a massive drop in page views due to their newly devised plan. Lets look it over, shall we? Hulu is currently ranked number 36 among all other sites, and they get a great user percentage, 21.5 million global people a month to be exact.

These numbers have the possibility of almost being cut in half when their paid subscription service goes live, which means most of the users who are currently on Hulu are only here for the free content, ready to leave as soon as payment comes into effect. This spells out a bad future for Hulu in terms of user numbers and page views, maybe not money-wise, because ad revenue and the paid subscriptions will drag in enough money for Hulu to still be one of the top streaming giants. This mixes Hulu in with other video streaming sites such as Netflix, forcing Hulu to step up in advertising and content variety. We’ll just have to wait and see how Hulu’s future plays out, it all depends on if their smart enough to pull through.