Roku vs Android TV vs Apple TV vs Google TV vs Fire TV

These are the most searched media streamers on Google Trends

Roku Vs Apple TV Vs Android TV vs Fire TV

Just for fun, we decided to compare today's popular media players. So we compared the amount of searches for Roku, against Android TV, Apple TV, Fire TV, and Google TV in Google Trends. To find which media streamers were getting searched for most.

Google Trends Shows Us the Search History for Many Years

To get the most information out of Google Trends, you can set the search parameters to show the search results clear back from 2004 to the present. This shows us a bigger picture of where things are in terms of search results for a particular media streamer.

They show search results in a nice graph format, with each media streamer shown on the graph represented by a different color.

Roku Continues to Rule Them All

It's no surprise to Roku fans, but their favorite streamer continues to lead the pack. They have continued to increase their market share, but we're not able to meet profit expectations, so they stock took a major hit recently. But so did many other technology companies, so this may be short-lived. Or a sign the competition is upping their game and catching up.

Apple TV Nipping at Roku's Heels

Apple TV has been gaining in popularity lately and is closing in on Roku. Apple released a new upgraded 4K media streamer model last year and the Apple TV platform has a lot to offer. Their $5/month streaming service AppleTV+ offer a good value in the paid streaming TV service segment.

Roku tightly controls which apps or channels they allow on their platform. Which is too bad because when Roku first released their media streamers, they were much less restrictive and even allowed many adult channels on their platform until recently when they eliminated private side loaded channels because of piracy concerns.

Apple TV, Fire TV along with Android TV and Google TV are all now much less restrictive than Roku with their platforms all offering multiple IPTV apps that can be installed on their media players. Roku does not, and strictly controls which content users can watch on their media streamer.

Fire TV, and Android TV also allow web browsers which let you watch TV from popualar web pages. But all media streamers including Roku will give you access to this content through mirroring using Chromecast, or with Apple AirPlay.

Media Players Ranked from Least Restrictive to Most Restrictive

Fire TV, Android TV, and Google TV Lag Behind

All three media players which use Android for their operating system lag behind Roku and Apple TV in search results. What's interesting is the lack of interest shown for Amazon's Fire TV media player. If anything, its popularity has waned over time as Apple TV has continued to grow.

This may be because the Apple TV is much easier to use. Out of all of them it has the least ads with a clean less cluttered user interface that is very fluid and smooth to use.

Roku is also easy to use, but their software like the Fire TV has many more ads. Android TV and Google TV is harder to use than Apple TV or Roku but they don't have as many ads as Fire TV or Roku.

For Android TV, there are many media players available. The one that rules them all is the Nvidia SHIELD. But it's expensive so it does not have the widespread use as cheaper Android TV boxes from China. But recently Google updated their Chromecast and installed Google TV on it. Which is Android TV based so it now comes with a real remote control and it is very affordable. Which means it's a great alternative to a Fire TV Stick.

Fire TVs have too many ads and bloatware, and their hardware can't keep up with the more expensive Nvidia SHIELD. If you want the best Android TV experience, the Nvidia SHIELD Pro is a media streamer that delivers.

You can't go wrong with any media streamer compared to a cable TV box. They can all help cut your monthly television budget by offering tons of lower priced streaming channels, which cost much less than a cable TV subscription.

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