How to Watch Vice Online Without Cable For Free 2026

You don't need a cable bill to keep watching Vice. Here's every way to stream it online, and how to do it for free.

Reviewed and updated October 2026 by our cord-cutting team · 7 options

Vice may be young, both in terms of establishment and tone, but it's already made a name for itself as a source of hard-hitting and fearless storytelling. Their reporters rarely sensationalize their stories, but they're also not afraid "to go there" as they touch on everything no matter what the subject and where the location. 

You can watch Vice on Sling TV Blue, Sling TV Orange, Philo, Hulu with Live TV, Tubi, Sling Select, Spectrum TV Stream, Samsung TV Plus, or Local Now.

The cheapest option to watch Vice is Local Now for $0/month.

Vice overview

The fastest ways to watch Vice without cable, at a glance

Best free option
Philo
7-day free trial · $25/mo after

Philo's free week covers Vice with no sports or news tier attached, which is why it ends up the cheapest thing to keep afterwards.

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Cheapest way to watch
Philo
$25/mo · 7-day trial

Nothing carries Vice for less each month, and Philo gets there by leaving out sports and news entirely.

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Most channels
Samsung TV Plus
220 channels

The widest lineup of the services carrying Vice, if you are replacing cable rather than chasing one channel.

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Budget live pick
Sling TV
$45.99/mo · no free trial

Sling TV carries Vice live.

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On-demand pick
Hulu + Live TV
$89.99/mo · 3-day trial

Hulu + Live TV carries Vice live.

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Also carries Vice
Tubi
Price varies · no free trial

Tubi carries Vice live.

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Also carries Vice
Local Now
Price varies · no free trial

Local Now carries Vice live.

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Compare every service that carries Vice

ServiceFromFree trial
Sling TV $45.99/mo None
Philo $25/mo 7 days
Hulu + Live TV $89.99/mo 3 days
Tubi – None
Local Now – None
Samsung TV Plus – None
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Sling TV

Our pick
Budget live pick

Not a sports or Disney fan? Instead of Orange, you can choose Sling Blue for more local news and entertainment channels, including Vice. There’s also the option of combining Orange and Blue into one subscription.

Sling TV logo Sling TV plans
Orange
$45.99 /mo
  • ESPN + Disney channels
  • 1 stream at a time
  • 30+ channels
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Blue
$50.99 /mo
  • Fox, NBC, USA
  • 3 simultaneous streams
  • 40+ channels
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Orange + Blue
$65.99 /mo
  • Both lineups combined
  • 4 streams
  • Most channels
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Philo

Cheapest
Budget pick

Out of all the paid streamers on the list, Philo offers the cheapest subscription. The price is kept low since there’s not much programming fees they have to pay for sports and local news they don’t have. But if you just want to watch Vice, you can stream it at around half the price of most subscriptions.

Philo logo Philo plans
Essential
$25.00 /mo
  • 70+ channels
  • Unlimited DVR
  • Entertainment & lifestyle
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Bundle+
$33.00 /mo
  • Everything in Essential
  • HBO Max, Discovery+ & AMC+ included
  • Unlimited DVR
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Hulu + Live TV

Third-cheapest
On-demand pick

Out of all the streamers on the list, Hulu with Live TV would be the most expensive. However, the plan comes with all of Hulu’s on-demand content and a hundred channels, including Vice. If you already have Hulu, it’s a no brainer to add live TV this way.

Hulu + Live TV logo Hulu + Live TV plans
With Ads
$89.99 /mo
  • 95+ live channels
  • Disney+ & ESPN+ included
  • Unlimited DVR
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No Ads
$99.99 /mo
  • Ad-free Hulu library
  • 95+ live channels
  • Disney+ & ESPN+ included
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Other Reality & Lifestyle channels on Hulu + Live TV

Tubi

Tubi is better known as the largest free on-demand streaming service, but did you know they also stream live channels? One of those channels happens to be Vice. While each stream comes with ads, you can stream Vice along with two hundred more channels for free.

Tubi logo Tubi plans
Monthly
Free
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    Other Reality & Lifestyle channels on Tubi

    Local Now

    Overwhelmed with too much options? If you just want to watch TV for your area, you can just check out Local Now. The Weather Channel’s streaming service airs a few channels for free depending on your area, as well as some films and shows on-demand. The best part? Vice is actually one of the channels available.

    Local Now logo Local Now plans
    Monthly
    Free
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      Samsung TV Plus

      Own a Samsung Smart TV? You don’t need to subscribe to any other streamer to enjoy Vice. Their streaming service comes free with every Samsung TV, but other Samsung phones and tablets, and even some TCL TVs can check their respective app stores for a free download.

      Samsung TV Plus logo Samsung TV Plus plans

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      Other Reality & Lifestyle channels on Samsung TV Plus

      Stream Vice for Free Online

      The honest way to watch Vice 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.

      Services with a free trial right now

      How to watch Vice from outside the US with a VPN

      Vice 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:

      NordVPN

      from $3.39/mo

      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 Vice with: Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, Philo

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      Surfshark

      from $2.19/mo

      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 Vice with: Hulu + Live TV, Philo

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      Whichever you pick, connect to a US city first, then sign in to Vice or the service that carries it as normal. Choose a VPN with a money-back window so you can confirm it un-blocks Vice before you commit.

      Can you watch Vice with an antenna?

      No. Vice 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.

      While the website has gone bankrupt, Vice lives on through its magazine, studio, and its TV channel, Vice TV. Teaming up with A&E, the channel airs their original docuseries and some acquired reality shows focused on young adult media. Not all streamers have Vice, so it can be hard for fans of the channel to hunt it down. It's why we write lists like these. If you've been missing the website, or you're simply curious about Vice, you can refer to this list for all the streaming services that include the channel in their line-ups.

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