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📺 Best streaming credit cards — August 2026

Generated August 13, 2026 from 250 researched cards · 10 shown

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1
Blue Cash Preferred
American Express · $95/yr
6% on streaming.
Select U.S. streaming subscriptions (uncapped); billed by an eligible U.S. provider
Terms verified Jul 30, 2026 · issuer page
6%
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2
Cash Back Mastercard (US)
BMO · no annual fee
5% on streaming.
"5% Cash back" on "eligible streaming, cable TV and satellite services" — cable TV and satellite are bundled into this tier and do NOT fall under the…
Terms verified Jul 30, 2026 · issuer page
5%
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3
Custom Cashmust choose
Citi · no annual fee
5% on streaming — but only as a chosen category.
the issuer picks the category for you from where you actually spend · capped at $500 spend per billing cycle · 5% on TOP eligible spend category each billing cycle, first $500 spend, then 1%. ONE category per cycle, chosen automatically by Citi from spend — NO…
Terms verified Jul 30, 2026 · issuer page
5%
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4
Cash+ Visa Signaturemust choose
US Bank · no annual fee
5% on streaming — but only as a chosen category.
you must select "TV/internet/streaming" (quarterly) · capped at $2,000 spend per quarter · activation required every quarter — not retroactive, so activate before you spend
Terms verified Jul 30, 2026 · issuer page
5%
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5
Sapphire Preferred
Chase · $95/yr
3× on streaming.
select/top services only
≈4.5% at 1.5¢/pt — our researched value for Chase Ultimate Rewards · sources: TPG 2.05¢ (Aug 3, 2026), FrequentMiler 1.5¢ (Jul 23, 2026)
Terms verified Jul 30, 2026 · issuer page
3×≈ 4.5% at 1.5¢/pt
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6
Citi Strata Cardmust choose
Citi · no annual fee
3× on streaming — but only as a chosen category.
you must select "streaming" (self-select) · Self-select category, changeable once per calendar quarter, no cap
≈4.5% at 1.5¢/pt — our researched value for Citi ThankYou Points · sources: TPG 1.9¢ (Aug 3, 2026), FrequentMiler 1.5¢ (Jul 23, 2026)
Terms verified Jul 30, 2026 · issuer page
3×≈ 4.5% at 1.5¢/pt
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7
Autograph
Wells Fargo · no annual fee
3× on streaming.
Popular streaming services only · redemption: Wells Fargo Rewards; 1cpp cash/travel. Transfer partners (Choice, Avianca, AerClub, BA, Iberia, Flying Blue) require pa…
≈4.2% at 1.4¢/pt — our researched value for Wells Fargo Rewards · sources: TPG 1.75¢ (Aug 3, 2026), FrequentMiler 1.4¢ (Jul 23, 2026), UpgradedPoints 1.5¢ (Jun 17, 2026)
Terms verified Jul 30, 2026 · issuer page
3×≈ 4.2% at 1.4¢/pt
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8
Special Connections
Commerce Bank · no annual fee
4% on streaming.
"4% Cash Back: Streaming and Cable"
Terms verified Jul 30, 2026 · issuer page
4%
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9
Supreme Rewards Visa Signature
Andrews Federal Credit Union · no annual fee
4× on streaming.
redemption: Issuer does not publish a rate; redemptions are travel/gift cards/merchandise. 1cpp assumed, unverified. · membership required to hold the card
≈4% at 1¢/pt — our researched value for Andrews FCU Rewards Points · sources: FrequentMiler 1¢ (Jul 23, 2026) · single-source value — treat it as a floor, not a promise
Terms verified Jul 30, 2026 · issuer page
4×≈ 4% at 1¢/pt
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10
Daily Advantage Visa Signature
Bread Financial (AAA) · no annual fee
3% on streaming.
Terms verified Jul 30, 2026 · issuer page
3%
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How to read this

"Must choose" cards do not pay this rate by default. A 5% pick-your-category card earns 5% here only if you park it on this category (and on nothing else that month or quarter), and a rotating-calendar card earns it only while the issuer's published quarter includes this category — usually only after you activate. If you won't do that reliably, a flat-rate card lower down is worth more to you than the bigger number above it. "Conditions apply" means the rate needs something extra: a deposit balance, a wallet, a membership.

Rates are the published earn rate times the redemption value we researched for that card's currency — cash back at face value, points at the value in data/pointValues.json. That value is deliberately conservative: it is never higher than the lowest figure the sources printed on the row publish, so when The Points Guy says 2¢ and Frequent Miler says 1.5¢, every number here uses 1.5¢. Where only one source exists, the row says single-source value — rank it accordingly. Caps, portal-only bookings and activation deadlines are printed on the row because they routinely halve the real return. We exclude discontinued cards, store-only cards, cards whose terms we haven't verified, and points cards whose currency we could not value at all (see below).

This ranks card terms. It is not a recommendation to apply for anything. If you already hold something on this list, the win is using it in the right place — that's what the app is for.

Not ranked — and why

These cards advertise a high earn rate for this category, but they pay in a currency we tried to value and could not: no published redemption rate, no transfer partners, nothing to check. Ranking them at a made-up value would put them above cash-back cards on arithmetic we invented, so they sit here until a real number exists. (Every other points card on this page now ranks on a researched, sourced value — see the line under each row.)