About us and how we test

Best IPTV USA reviews and ranks IPTV services for viewers in the United States. This page explains who we are, how the testing works, and what our conflict of interest is — because we have a significant one.

The disclosure first

The eight services ranked on this site are operated by the same company that publishes it. We are paid when you subscribe to any of them. That is unusual, and stating it plainly at the start of this page is the minimum we owe you.

What that means in practice: our scores are honest measurements of things we actually tested, but the set of services being compared is not independent. If you want a genuinely third-party opinion, you should also read reviews from sites with no ownership relationship to the providers. Our full statement is on the ownership disclosure page.

How we test

Each service runs for 90 days on a normal US residential connection. Testing sessions are scheduled deliberately during peak evening hours — roughly 7pm to 11pm — because that is when a weak service reveals itself and when most people actually watch.

Every service is used across a mix of hardware: a smart TV, a streaming stick, a laptop browser and a phone. Support is tested by opening real tickets about real problems and timing the response. Guide and catch-up features are checked by sampling twenty channels at random rather than the popular ones.

How scoring works

Scores are out of ten. The heaviest weight goes to peak-hour stability, because a service that buffers between 7pm and 11pm is unusable regardless of anything else. Effective cost per month comes second, then support responsiveness, then guide and catch-up accuracy, then signup friction.

We deliberately do not score advertised channel counts. Those figures are self-reported, unaudited, and a list padded with dead feeds is worth less than a shorter working one.

What we cannot tell you

We cannot certify the licensing status of any service, including the ones we operate. We cannot predict which providers will still be running in twelve months. And no amount of testing on our connection tells you how a service will behave on yours — which is why every page here recommends taking the trial yourself.

Who writes this

Articles are written by Daniel Carter, Streaming analyst, and reviewed by Sarah Mitchell before publication. Questions and corrections go to our contact page.