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SAVE 49%: ExpressVPN is the best service for unblocking Hulu. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £82.82 and includes an extra three months for free — 49% off for a limited time.


Your Hulu subscription offers access to thousands of shows, movies, and Hulu originals, with premium channels like HBO and Showtime available for an extra fee. It's an impressive and popular service, but it's not perfect.

Hulu suffers from a common issue: it's only available in the U.S. due to copyright and licensing agreements. That's frustrating for subscribers who travel frequently, because Hulu will block access every time you attempt to sign in from abroad.

Fortunately, you can bypass this geo-restriction with a VPN.

How to unblock Hulu

VPNs can hide your real IP address and connect to a secure server in another country. That means you can connect to a U.S. server from anywhere in the world, making it look like you're connecting from home. This might sound complicated, but you can secure access to your Hulu subscription in just a few simple steps:

  1. Sign up for a streaming-friendly VPN

  2. Download the app to your device of choice (the best VPNs have apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux, and more)

  3. Open up the app and connect to a server in the U.S.

  4. Visit Hulu

  5. Access your Hulu subscription from anywhere in the world

There are plenty of VPNs that can reliably unblock Hulu, but ExpressVPN continues to lead the way. ExpressVPN offers an intuitive app, strong connection speeds, powerful encryption, and reliable unblocking of the most popular streaming sites including Netflix and Prime Video. Users can also connect up to five devices simultaneously with the same account, which is useful if you stream on a number of devices.

How to unblock Hulu for free

The bad news is that ExpressVPN is not free. The good news is that it does offer a generous 30-day money-back guarantee, meaning you can unblock Hulu without fully committing with your cash. This obviously isn't a long-term solution, but it does give you the opportunity to unblock Hulu for free.

A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £82.82, saving you 49% on list price. This heavily discounted plan comes with an extra three months and a year of unlimited cloud backup for free. All subscribers also get a 30-day money-back guarantee, so you can unblock Hulu when you're outside the U.S., and then recover your investment when you return.

Unblock Hulu for free with ExpressVPN.

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Joseph Green is the Global Shopping Editor for Mashable. He covers VPNs, headphones, fitness gear, dating sites, streaming, and shopping events like Black Friday and Prime Day.

Joseph is also Executive Editor of Mashable's sister site, AskMen.

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