You don't need a cable bill to keep watching Disney XD. Here's every way to stream it online, and how to do it for free.
Reviewed and updated August 2026 by our cord-cutting team · 4 options
Unlike sister channel The Disney Channel, Disney XD is geared toward pre-teens, especially those with a predilection for sports. It airs a mix of old and new shows, but its primetime block is dedicated mostly to competitive gaming. Sports segments include the countdown series SportsCenter High-5, while notable reruns include Gravity Falls, Big Hero 6: The Series, and Phineas and Ferb.
You can watch Disney XD on Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, or YouTube TV.
The cheapest option to watch Disney XD is Fubo for $73.99/month.
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Yes, with a free trial. Disney XD is on Fubo, and you can watch it free for Fubo's 7-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
Given its roots as a soccer streamer, it’s no surprise that Fubo has Disney XD in its line-up. The channel, which has an esports block called DIXP, airs some tournaments like the Overwatch League, making it a good fit for the service. But other than sports, Fubo has a wide selection of general entertainment channels the family can enjoy.
It leans heavily on sports, and a regional sports fee of a few dollars up to about $17 by ZIP gets added on top.
Fubo plans
Yes, with a free trial. Disney XD is on Hulu + Live TV, and you can watch it free for Hulu + Live TV's 3-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
If you already have Hulu, you probably already know about their live TV option. The Disney-owned streamer, of course, has Disney XD in their channel line-up, as well as great parental control tools like kids profiles and PIN protection to keep things family friendly.
It caps you at two simultaneous streams, the fewest of the big live-TV services; lifting that cap costs about $10 more a month.
Hulu + Live TV plans
Our breakdown of Hulu + Live TV →
Yes, with a free trial. Disney XD is on DIRECTV, and you can watch it free for DIRECTV's 5-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
DIRECTV plans
Yes, with a free trial. Disney XD is on YouTube TV, and you can watch it free for YouTube TV's 7-day free trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
There’s a lot of perks to YouTube TV that makes the price worth it. The wide channel line-up, for one, includes Disney XD. But the features YouTube TV created for parents are quite handy as well. They have kids profiles, content filters, and access codes, but what puts the streamer above the rest is the screen time limit to avoid eye strain.
At around $83 a month it's one of the priciest options, and add-ons push the bill past $100 fast.
YouTube TV plans
No. Sling TV doesn't carry Disney XD.
No. Philo doesn't carry Disney XD.
No. Paramount+ doesn't carry Disney XD.
No. Peacock doesn't carry Disney XD.
No. Frndly TV doesn't carry Disney XD.
Yes, but on demand only. Disney+ carries Disney XD’s shows on demand, since Disney owns both. You get the back catalog to stream any time — you just don’t get the live feed or its schedule.
Disney+ merged with Hulu into one app in 2025, so everything Disney owns now streams here on demand.
No. HBO Max only streams the Warner Bros. Discovery family (HBO, Discovery, HGTV, TNT, CNN and the rest), and Disney XD isn’t part of it. The best way to watch Disney XD without cable is YouTube TV above (free-trial).
No. There’s no Prime Video Channels add-on for Disney XD, so Prime can’t stream it on demand or live. The best way to watch Disney XD without cable is YouTube TV above (free-trial).
The honest way to watch Disney XD for free is a free trial, and the trick is not to spend them one at a time. Start one, then start the next when it ends, and you can string together a few weeks of free live TV back to back, usually enough to cover a tournament or a playoff run without paying for a month.
If you're cutting cable for Disney XD, odds are you want ABC too. It's a sister channel, so every service above that carries Disney XD carries ABC as well, and the same free trials get you both. See our full guide to watching ABC without cable for the per-service breakdown.
| Service | From | Free trial | Plans | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fubo |
$84.99/mo | 7 days | 2 | Get it |
| Hulu + Live TV |
$82.99/mo | 3 days | 2 | Get it |
| DIRECTV |
$94.99/mo | 5 days | 4 | Get it |
| YouTube TV |
$9.99/mo | 7 days | 2 | Get it |
Disney XD and the US services that carry it are geo-locked to the United States, so your login stops working the moment you leave the country. A VPN fixes that: connect to a US server and the service sees a US address again. The catch is that streaming platforms actively block most VPN traffic, so the VPN you pick matters far more than the service does. These three reliably get back in:
A huge US server network (thousands of IPs across 15-plus cities) with SmartPlay DNS baked into every server, so streaming just works without extra setup. The best value of the top tier on a two-year plan.
Best for streaming Disney XD with: Hulu + Live TV
Get NordVPN →The budget pick, and the one to get if the whole household travels: it allows unlimited simultaneous devices on one account, plus a Smart DNS for TVs. Reliable with the on-demand and lifestyle services.
Best for streaming Disney XD with: Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV
Get Surfshark →Whichever you pick, connect to a US city first, then sign in to Disney XD or the service that carries it as normal. Choose a VPN with a money-back window so you can confirm it un-blocks Disney XD before you commit.
No. Disney XD is a cable channel and doesn't broadcast over the air, so an antenna can't pick it up. An antenna only gets the free broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, The CW), which pair nicely with one of the services above; check which of those reach your address here.
Every service that carries Disney XD runs on the major streaming platforms, so you can watch on just about any TV, phone, or console. Here's how, device by device:
On Roku, you can watch Disney XD through Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, and YouTube TV. To set it up, add the channel from the Roku Channel Store, sign in, and open Disney XD in the live guide.
On Amazon Fire TV, you can watch Disney XD through Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, and YouTube TV. To set it up, download the app from the Amazon Appstore, sign in, and open Disney XD in the live guide.
On Apple TV, you can watch Disney XD through Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, and YouTube TV. To set it up, install the app from the App Store, sign in, and open Disney XD in the live guide.
On Android TV & Google TV, you can watch Disney XD through Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, and YouTube TV. To set it up, grab the app from the Google Play Store, sign in, and open Disney XD in the live guide.
On Chromecast, you can watch Disney XD through Fubo and Hulu + Live TV. The gap: DIRECTV and YouTube TV don't offer a Chromecast app. To set it up, cast it from your phone or use the built-in Google TV app, sign in, and open Disney XD in the live guide.
On Samsung & LG smart TVs, you can watch Disney XD through Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, and YouTube TV. The gap: Fubo doesn't offer a Samsung & LG smart TVs app. To set it up, install the app from your TV's own store (Tizen or webOS), sign in, and open Disney XD in the live guide.
On phones & tablets, you can watch Disney XD through Fubo, Hulu + Live TV, DIRECTV, and YouTube TV. To set it up, download the app from the App Store or Google Play, sign in, and open Disney XD in the live guide.
On game consoles, you can watch Disney XD through Hulu + Live TV and YouTube TV. The gap: Fubo and DIRECTV don't offer a game consoles app. To set it up, download the app from the Xbox or PlayStation store, sign in, and open Disney XD in the live guide.
Cheapest is the question everyone starts with, and it's the wrong place to stop. A $35 plan that drops Disney XD the month after you sign up hasn't saved you anything. So the first number we pay attention to is the real one, what you owe after the introductory month ends, not the figure in the ad. From there it comes down to whether the channels you actually want sit in the base plan or get stranded in an add-on, how the service behaves day to day (a slow app and a useless DVR wear on you faster than you'd expect), and how much of a fight it puts up when you decide to leave.
Whatever lands at the top of a list like this is the service that gets most of that right for the most people. Once in a while that's also the cheapest one. Usually it isn't.
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