Stream Hulu privately with a VPN

You won’t be able to use your Hulu account when traveling outside of the US or Japan. However, a VPN can help with accessing Hulu whenever you’re traveling. Simply connect to a server in your home country and enjoy your favorite shows and movies.

Hulu may not work with free VPN services, but it works well with most premium providers like Surfshark. However, Hulu doesn’t tolerate attempts to falsify your location. So make sure to only stream Hulu while you’re connected to a VPN server in your home country. 

Hulu is only available in the United States and Japan. Due to licensing agreements, it has to block all traffic coming from other countries, which includes VPN traffic.

The most common answer is Hulu sees its users’ IP addresses. Some of the provided IPs that belong to the VPN get blocklisted by Hulu. Also, if many different accounts try to sign in with the same IP address, Hulu assumes they’re using a VPN or a proxy server.

Other telltale signs of VPN use are:

• Your cache and cookies might have your original IP. Hulu checks them as a part of the access routine;
• The GPS location of your device and the IP address don’t match;
• You might leak your DNS and IP, revealing your actual address without knowing it (due to faulty VPN configurations or cache and cookie folders).

In some cases, Surfshark may not function properly with Hulu due to cache or cookie-related issues. Thankfully, this is really simple to fix:

1. Clear all cache and cookie folders on your device;
2. Connect to a different server in the US or Japan.

This should fix the problem. If it doesn’t, contact the Surfshark customer support team.

When choosing a VPN service for Hulu, look for a premium VPN with a vast server infrastructure, modern VPN protocols, and secure encryption. Surfshark has all of the above, which makes it a great option for Hulu.