400+ Free Roku Channels List 2025 - Complete Guide

June 15, 2025

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Roku users can access hundreds of free channels without paying monthly fees. This complete guide lists all the free channels available on Roku in 2025, helping you find entertainment without breaking the bank.

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What Are Free Roku Channels?

Free Roku channels are streaming services that don’t require subscription fees. These channels show ads to generate revenue, letting you watch content at no cost. Most free channels include movies, TV shows, news, sports, and live programming.

Top Must-Have Free Roku Channels

The Roku Channel

Genre: Mixed Content
Description: Roku’s official free channel offers thousands of movies and TV shows. You’ll find classic films, popular series, and live news channels all in one place.

Pluto TV

Genre: Live TV & On-Demand
Description: Pluto TV has become a leader in the world of free ad-supported content. With over 250 live channels and thousands of movies, it’s one of the most comprehensive free streaming services available.

Tubi

Genre: Movies & TV Shows
Description: Tubi offers the largest free movie and TV library with content across all genres including horror, comedy, drama, and popular TV series.

Crackle

Genre: Movies & Original Content
Description: Sony’s free streaming service features movies, TV shows, and original programming with regular content updates.

Complete List of Free Roku Channels (USA) – 2025

Based on the most current information available for March 2025, here’s the comprehensive list of ALL free channels available on Roku in the United States:

Entertainment & Movies

The Roku Channel
Pluto TV
Tubi
Crackle
Freevee (Amazon)
Vudu Movies On Us
FilmRise Free Movies
Popcornflix
Xumo
Plex
Redbox
Cinema Epoch Free Movies
Cinevault
Miramax Movies
MovieSphere
Gravitas Movies
Free Movie Channel
Movies For Free
Midnight Pulp
ScaryFlix
Free Horror Movies
Free Action Classic Movies
Free Comedy Movies
Free Western Movies
Free Silent Movies
Free Sci-Fi Movies
MGM’s Free Sci-Fi Movies & Series

Lifestyle & Cooking

Food Network Kitchen (select content)
Tastemade
Tastemade en Español
Bon Appétit
Martha Stewart Channel
This Old House
Jamie Oliver
Kitchen Nightmares
Hell’s Kitchen
DIY Daily
At Home with Family Handyman
FitOn Free Fitness Workouts
Free Workout Channel

Documentary & Educational

Smithsonian Channel (select content)
PBS
PBS Antiques Roadshow
PBS Food
Kanopy
Hoopla
Love Nature
National Geographic (select content)
BBC Earth
Discovery (select content)
History Channel (select content)
A&E (select content)
Free Documentary
Voyager Documentaries
Magellan TV Now

International & Spanish Language

ViX: Movies and TV Free in Spanish
Canela.TV
Telemundo channels (multiple markets)
Univision content
Azteca Internacional
América TeVé
Cine Estrella TV
Lo Mejor de Telemundo
Sony KAL Hindi
SinoVision
About K-Content by CJ ENM

Classic TV & Nostalgia

MeTV (where available)
Antenna TV
Decades
GetTV
Heroes & Icons
Start TV
Circle
Laff
Grit
Ion Television
Bounce TV
Court TV
True Crime Network

Reality TV & Competition

Game Show Central
Family Feud
Deal or No Deal
Supermarket Sweep
The Biggest Loser
Hell’s Kitchen
Kitchen Nightmares
American Ninja Warrior
Wipeout
Cheaters

Complete Alphabetical List of ALL Free Roku Channels

Here’s the complete alphabetical list of every free channel available on Roku as of March 2025:

A-E:

A+E Lively Place
ABC News Live (all local markets)
About K-Content by CJ ENM
ACC Digital Network
AccuWeather Now
Adult Swim
Adventure Sports Network
Afro Kiddos
AFV Español
AFV Family
All BLK Gems
All Real
All Reality WEtv
All Weddings WEtv
Always Funny Videos
Always On
AMC en Español
AMC Showcase
AMC Thrillers
Ameba
American Crimes
American Ninja Warrior
America’s Voice
América TeVé
Anger Management
Architectural Digest
At Home with Family Handyman
Axmen
Azteca Deportes Network
Azteca Internacional
Bad Girls Club
Barney
Barney & Friends
Battery Pop
Baywatch
BBC Earth
BBC Kids
BBC Top Gear
beIN SPORTS Xtra
BET Pluto TV
Binge-Worthy
Black News Channel
BlackPix
Bloomberg Quicktake
Bob the Builder
Bon Appétit
Bounce XL
Brat TV
Bravo Top Chef Vault
Bravo Vault
Bravo: The Real Housewives: Vault
BULL
Buzzer
C4 en Alerta
Caillou
Canela.TV
CBC News
CBS News (all markets)
CBS Sports Golazo Network
CBS Sports HQ
Celebrity Name Game
Cheaters
Cheddar
Chisme No Like
Christmas Plus
Cine Estrella TV
Cine Y Series
Cinema Epoch Free Movies
Cinevault
CMT Pluto TV
College Humor
Come Dine with Me
Comedy Central Pluto TV
Comedy Dynamics
Complex
Confess By Nosey
CONtv
Cops en Español
Corazón
Court TV
Crackle
Crime 360
Crime and Unsolved Mysteries
Crime Thriller
Crimetime
Crunchyroll
CSS News Streaming
Dabl
Dataline 24/7
Dazn Ringside
Deal or No Deal
Democracy NOW
DistroTV
DIY Daily
Doctor Who Classic
Drag Race Universe
DUST
Dust Sci-Fi
E! Keeping It Up
Ebony TV by Lionsgate
EDGEsport
El Rey
Emeril Lagasse Channel
Estrella Games
ESTV
Euronews English

F-M:

Fail Army
Family Feud
FanDuel TV Extra
Fawesome
Fear Factor
FeeFlix
FIFA+
FilmRise (all variations)
FITE 24/7
FitOn Free Fitness Workouts
Food52
Forensic Files
FOX (all local markets)
Fox Live Now
FOX Sports
Fox Weather
Free Action Classic Movies
Free Arcade Games by PlayWorks
Free Cartoons for Kids
Free Cartoons Zone
Free Channels
Free Classic Comedy Shows
Free Classic Flix and TV Binge
Free Classic Movies
Free Comedy Movies
Free Comedy Movies and Shows
Free Courses and Tutorials
Free Documentary
Free Documentary Nature
Free Easy Keto
Free Fitness Friend
Free Flix on Demand
Free Found Footage Movies
Free Games by RI
Free Gospel Assembly of God
Free Grindhouse Videos
Free Horror Binge
Free Horror Classics
Free Horror Movies
FREE Horror Movies!
Free is Good
Free Keto Tips
Free Kids Activities
Free Kids Cartoons by batteryPOP
Free Kids Educational Shows batteryPOP
Free Kids Games
Free Kids Gaming batteryPOP
Free Kids Music Video by batteryPOP
Free Kids Shows batteryPOP
Free Kids Slime, Cooking and Craft Shows by batteryPOP
Free Live TV
Free Movie Channel
Free Movie Channel Docs
Free Movie Channel Family
Free Movie Channel Horror
Free Movie Channel Retro
Free Movies and More
Free Movies and TV
Free Movies Now
Free Movies Plus
Free Music
Free Musical Movies
FREE Piano- Piano & More Piano
Free Premium Yoga VNYSA
Free Preschool Shows and Songs by batteryPOP
Free Puzzle Games by PlayWorks
Free Radio and TV
Free Sci-Fi and Horror Channel
Free Silent Action Movies
Free Silent Movies
Free Spiritual Community
Free Sports
Free Sports Insights
Free Trivia Games by PlayWorks
Free TV
Free TV Action
Free TV Drama
Free TV Estelar
Free TV Plus
Free Vintage Cartoons
Free Western Channel
Free Western Classics
Free Western Movies
Free Workout Channel
Free World Network
Freebies
FreeFamilyFlix
FreeFlix Tonight
Freeform
FreeRadioTv
Freevee
FreeWorldNews.tv
fubo Sports Network
Funny or Die
Game Show Central
Games for Free by PlayWorks
Gameshow Central
Gardening with Monty Don
Glamour
Golf Pass
GOT Talent Global
GQ
Gravitas Movies
Great American Adventures
Great British Baking Show
Grit Xtra
Hallmark Movies and More
Happy Days
HappyKids
Haystack Local and World News
HBCU-Go Sports
Hell’s Kitchen
HerSphere by Lionsgate
Historias De Amor
Holiday Hits
Hoopla
Hot Ones
HSN
Ice Road Truckers
IFC Films Picks
IGN
iHeart (all variations)
Insider Edition
Ion
Ion Mystery
Ion Plus
Jail
Jamie Oliver
Just for Laughs Gags
Kanopy
Kartoon
Kevin Hart’s LOL Network
Kid Gamer TV
Kidoodle.TV
Kids and Family on The Roku Channel
KIDZ BOP TV
Kitchen Nightmares/Hell’s Kitchen
Kriminal Presented by A&E
La Saga
Laff More
Lassie
Latido Music
Latino Vibes
LEGO
Life with Derek
Like Nastya
Little House on the Prairie
Live Sports Coverage Stadium
Live TV on The Roku Channel
Lo Mejor de Telemundo
Local Now
Love Nature
Love Nature Spanish
Love the Planet en Español
LX News
Made in Chelsea
Magellan TV Now
Martha Stewart Channel
MAVTV Select
Mega Noticias
MGM’s Free Sci-Fi Movies & Series
Midnight Pulp
Midsomer Murders
Million Dollar Listings Vault
Miramax Movies
Mixible
Modern Marvels
Moonbug
MooviMex
MOOVIMEX by Pongalo
MotorTrend FAST TV
Movie Favorites by Lifetime
Movies For Free
MovieSphere
MrBeast
MTV Biggest Pop
MTV Block Party
MTV Pluto TV
MTV Reality
MTV Ridiculousness
Murder She Wrote
Must Watch

N-Z:

Nashville
National Lampoon Channel
Naturaleza Salvaje
NBC News Now
NBC Sports
New KPop
NewsmaxTV Live
NewsON
Newsy
NHL
Ninja Kidz TV
Nosey
Novelissima
Now This
OAN Encore
Outside TV
OutTV Proud
Oxygen True Crime Archives
PBS
PBS Antiques Roadshow
PBS Food
PBS Kids
PBS Retro
People Are Awesome
PeopleTV
Perfect Game TV
Pet Collective
PGA TOUR
Pickleball TV
Places & Spaces
Plex
Pluto TV
Pocket.watch
Polly Pocket
Pongalo Novela Club
Popcornflix
Power Rangers
Powernation
Project Runway
QVC
QVC+ and HSN+
Racing America
Radio-Canada INFO
Rainbow Ruby
RCN Mas
Real Madrid TV
Real Nosey
Reality Check
Redbox
Reel Truth
Reelz
Retro Crush
RetroCrush- Watch Free Anime
Reuters
Rev and Roll
Revry
Rig TV
Roku Channel Westerns
Ryan and Friends
Saved by the Bell
Scary Flix
Sci-Fi Faves
Series Central
Silent Witness New Tricks
SinoVision
Sky News
Slightly Off by IFC
SNL Vault
Sony KAL Hindi
So…real
SportsGrid
Stadium
STIRR
Stories by AMC
Super Mario
Supermarket Sweep
Swerve Combat
Swerve Sports
Tastemade
Tastemade en Español
Telemundo (all markets)
Teletubbies
Tennis Channel 2
TG Junior
The Asylum
The Best of Drew Barrymore
The Big Dig Dish
The Biggest Loser
The Block
The Bob Ross Channel
The CW
The Design Network
The Lone Ranger
The Only Way is Essex
The Roku Channel
The Walking Dead Universe
The Wiggles powered by Loop Media Inc
TheGRIO
This Old House
TMZ
TNBC
Toon Goggles
Top Gear
Transformers
Tribeca Channel
TruBlu Crime Channel
Tubi
TVA+
TYT-Go
Universal Crime
Universal Monsters
Universal Westerns
Unspeakable
Un’ TV
USA Today
Vanity Fair
Very Local
Vevo
Vevo Holiday
ViX: Movies and TV Free in Spanish
Vogue
Voyager Documentaries
VR+
Wapa+
Watchlist
WB at the Movies
WB Crime Scenes
WB Love and Marriage
WB Family
WB Mysterious Worlds
WB Ghosts are Real
WB How To
WB Welcome Home
WB Sweet Escapes
WeatherNation
Westerns Plus
Western’s Classics for Free
Wild West TV
WildEarth
Wipeout
WIRED
Women’s Sports Network
XUMO
Yahoo Finance
Yo! MTV
Yu-Gi-Oh
Zoomoo

Sample of the hundreds of channels available on Roku

Free Roku Channels Available in Canada

Canadian Roku users have access to a different but substantial list of free channels:

ABC News Live
AfroLand TV
America’s Test Kitchen
American Pickers
Baywatch
Caught in Providence
CBC News
CBC News Explore
Cheddar
Choppertown
COPS
Corner Gas Channel
Cowboy Way
Crimetime
CTV Laughs and Noovo Cinema
Dateline 24/7
Degrassi
Duck Dynasty
Encourage TV
FigTree TV
FilmRise Canadian
FilmRise Horror
FilmRise Sci-Fi
Forensic Files
Funny or Die
Game Show Central
GoPro Channel
Gravitas Movies
Hell’s Kitchen
Homeful
IMPACT! Wrestling
Jack Hanna
Johnny Carson TV
Kin
Loop Hottest
Magellan TV Now
Matlock
MAVTV Select
motorvision.TV
MTV Biggest Top
Nashville
NBC News Now
New K Movies
NHRA
Nosey
Origin Sports
Powernation
Qest TV Mix
Qwest TV Classical
Qwest TV Jazz and Beyond
Radio Canada INFO
Real Life
Real Madrid TV
Real Nosey
Recount TV
RedBull TV
Samuel Goldwyn Classics
Spark TV
Supermarket Sweep
The Asylum
The Carol Burnett Show
The Red Green Show
The Weather Network
This Old House
Total Crime
True Crime Now
True History Channel
TNA Wrestling
TSN The Ocho
Unsolved Mysteries
Vivaldi TV
WeatherNation
Western Bound
Wicked Tuna
YO! MTV

How to Find and Add Free Channels on Roku

Method 1: Roku Channel Store

Press the Home button on your Roku remote
Navigate to “Streaming Channels”
Select “Search Channels” or browse categories
Look for channels marked as “Free”
Select “Add Channel” to install

Method 2: Roku Website

Visit channelstore.roku.com on your computer
Sign in to your Roku account
Browse the “Free” category
Click “Add Channel” next to desired channels
Channels will appear on your Roku device automatically

Method 3: Roku Mobile App

Download the Roku mobile app
Sign in to your account
Tap “Channels” at the bottom
Browse free channels and tap “Add Channel”

Tips for Getting the Most from Free Roku Channels

Organize Your Channel List

Remove channels you don’t watch to keep your home screen clean
Move frequently used channels to the top of your list
Create a system for organizing channels by genre or family member preferences

Handle Advertisements Effectively

Most free channels include ads between content
Ad length varies from 30 seconds to 3 minutes per break
Some channels offer fewer ads during off-peak viewing hours
Consider the trade-off: free content in exchange for watching advertisements

Understanding Content Availability

Free channel content rotates regularly
Movies and shows may have limited availability periods
The same content often appears on multiple free services
Check several channels if you’re looking for specific content

Maximize Picture Quality

Most free channels stream in HD quality when your internet supports it
Internet speed directly affects streaming quality
Use ethernet connection instead of Wi-Fi for best performance
Close other internet-using applications while streaming

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need a Roku account for free channels?

Yes, you need a free Roku account to add channels to your device. Creating an account doesn’t require payment information for free channels, but you’ll need to provide an email address.

Can I watch free channels without internet?

No, all Roku channels require an active internet connection to stream content. Roku devices don’t store content locally, so everything streams in real-time from the internet.

Are there really no hidden fees?

Free channels are genuinely free to watch. However, some channels offer premium content or ad-free viewing for additional fees, which is clearly marked and optional.

How often do free channels add new content?

Content updates vary significantly by channel. Major services like Pluto TV and Tubi add new movies and shows monthly, while smaller channels may update less frequently or focus on specific niches.

Can I use free channels outside the US?

Channel availability depends entirely on your geographic location. Some channels work internationally, while others are restricted to specific countries due to licensing agreements and content rights.

Do free channels have the same quality as paid services?

Many free channels offer HD quality streaming comparable to paid services. However, content libraries may be smaller, and you’ll encounter regular advertisements that paid services often don’t have.

Alternatives to Roku Free Channels

Looking for more free streaming options across different platforms? Consider these related services:

Samsung TV Plus channels for Samsung smart TV users
Google TV free channels for Android TV and Google TV devices
Tubi TV channels for dedicated Tubi streaming across all devices
Freecast free channels for additional free streaming options
LG TV channels for LG smart TV free content

You might also want to compare with paid streaming services like YouTube TV channels or Hulu TV channels to see if the additional cost provides value for your viewing habits.

Getting Started with Free Roku Channels

Best Channels for New Users

If you’re new to Roku, start with these essential free channels:

The Roku Channel – Your gateway to free movies and TV shows
Pluto TV – Live TV experience with hundreds of channels
Tubi – Largest free movie library
PBS Kids – If you have children
ABC News Live – For current news coverage

Building Your Channel Collection

Add 5-10 channels initially to avoid feeling overwhelmed
Test different genres to discover your preferences
Remove channels you don’t use after a week or two
Gradually expand your collection based on your viewing habits

Making the Most of Free Content

Use channel search functions to find specific content
Check “recently added” sections for new content
Set up favorite lists within channels for easy access
Take advantage of channel recommendations based on viewing history

Conclusion

Roku offers an impressive selection of free channels that provide thousands of hours of entertainment without any subscription costs. With over 400 free channels available in the US and a substantial collection for Canadian users, there’s content for every interest and age group.

From major services like The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, and Tubi to specialized channels covering everything from cooking to classic westerns, the free channel ecosystem continues to grow. While these channels include advertisements, the trade-off provides access to extensive content libraries that rival many paid services.

The key to success with free Roku channels is strategic selection. Start with the major channels that offer broad content variety, then add specialized channels based on your specific interests. Remember to periodically review and organize your channel list to keep your Roku experience streamlined and enjoyable.

As the streaming landscape continues expanding, free channels represent an excellent way to reduce entertainment costs while still accessing quality content. Whether you’re cutting the cord from traditional cable or supplementing existing streaming subscriptions, Roku’s free channels provide a valuable entertainment solution.

400+ Free Roku Channels List 2025 – Complete Guide