These Were the Top 5 Most Popular Deals of 2025

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Every year, a handful of deals manage to rise above the noise and become truly legendary on our site. These deals are typically rare savings opportunities on popular goods and services, which makes them both noteworthy and easy for the average shopper to get excited about.

Looking back at 2025, these were the community’s top-voted standouts, spanning streaming promos, a ridiculously generous PayPal offer, a major video game freebie and more.

It’s worth noting that all these deals have come and gone, but the details still make for a fun retrospective. Plus, you can always set a Deal Alert to stay on top of popular offers and fend off future FOMO.

Here are the top 5 most popular deals from the last year:

1. Disney+ w/ Hulu Bundle w/ Ads: $5/month

This Disney+ with Hulu Bundle was 2025’s most up-voted deal, closing out with a +1,543 deal score, 978 comments, and 414,733 views.It offered a one-year ad-supported bundle of the two streaming services for $4.99 per month.

This bundle typically costs $12.99 a month (or $156 per year), which made the promo price roughly 62% lower than the ongoing rate. If you could live with the ad-supported versions of these services, this deal was hard to beat. And, as one user pointed out, locking in the bundle helped protect against price increases that hit later in 2025, as this promo effectively froze a lower monthly rate for an entire year.

2. PayPal Pay Later Offer: 20% Cash Back

PayPal’s 20% Cash Back on Pay Later was a massive community draw in 2025 thanks to a simple value proposition: save 20% on eligible purchases of up to $1,250 when paying with PayPal Pay Later after saving the offer in the PayPal Rewards section. Over the course of this offer, PayPal limited it to one purchase per account, but at first this limitation wasn’t even in place.

Since this offer basically unlocked 20% cash back on a huge array of different potential purchases, it’s easy to see why so many people were excited about it. It ended up with a +1,213 deal score, 5,142 comments, and 733,423 views.

3. HBO Max Basic w/ Ads: $2.99/month

Streaming services are a pretty universal household expense, and something most everyone wouldn’t mind paying a little less for. As such, it makes sense why HBO Max Basic with Ads also made the 2025 highlight reel. This service offered a Black Friday-style price of $2.99 per month for one year for select eligible accounts.

With a standard price of around $11 per month, the promo was about a 70% discount. Final thread stats landed at a +1,120 deal score with 324 comments and 142,809 views. One top comment flagged an important limitation: the ad plan did not include live sports, which helped shoppers decide if the lower monthly price fit their needs.

4. Hogwarts Legacy (PC Digital Download): Free

While free games are a pretty common occurrence on our site, they’re often more obscure indie titles or decades-old blockbusters many have already played. Hogwarts Legacy (PC Digital Download), on the other hand, was one of the biggest releases of 2023, which made it all the more exciting to see Epic Games give it away for $0.

The related thread wrapped with a +908 deal score, 213 comments, and 50,599 views. One popular comment called out the Dark Arts expansion being only $1.99 at the time, which added extra buzz around the free pickup.

5. YouTube TV Base Plan for Existing Customers: $49.99/month

With pretty much all the major streaming services raising prices in 2025, it’s no wonder why these types of dicounts dominated our list this past year. YouTube TV’s 2-Month Base Plan Offer stood out in 2025 because it targeted select existing customers, dropping the base plan to $49.99 per month for 2 months.

Redemption was very specific: the instructions emphasized using a web browser, heading into YouTube TV settings and managing the base plan to view the offer if your account was eligible. The related thread closed at a +908 deal score with 430 comments and 137,826 views. One top commenter confirmed it worked for them as an existing subscriber and said the “save $66” offer showed up as a one-click option inside their plan settings.

Deals are inherently limited-time offers, and, unfortunately, all these top-voted 2025 moments are now in the rearview mirror now. If you want a better shot at catching the next wave of hot deals, setting up a Deal Alert can help you get notified when popular offers are reported.