Every season of The Real Housewives, Below Deck, Vanderpump Rules and Selling Sunset in one place, often the same day it airs on Bravo. That is Hayu, the NBCUniversal streamer built entirely around American reality TV, with more than three hundred shows on tap. Watching Hayu abroad trips on geo-licensing: it runs in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada and a handful of European markets, but step outside them and the catalogue locks.
A VPN like ExpressVPN fixes it: connect to a server back in the country where your account lives, the app reads a local IP, and the full library reopens in 1080p. Note that Hayu is not sold in the US, so American fans reach it through a UK or Australian account. ExpressVPN only changes your location, you still pay the subscription yourself.
Tested weekly by our team. Green: works, amber: partial, red: blocked.
| VPN Service | Price | Hayu | Tested | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 ExpressVPNBEST | From $2.79/mo | ✓ Works | August 22 | Try it |
 NordVPN | From $2.99/mo | ✓ Works | August 24 | Open |
 Surfshark | From $1.78/mo | ✓ Works | August 22 | Open |
 Private Internet Access | From $1.79/mo | ✓ Works | August 21 | Open |
 CyberGhost | From $1.75/mo | ~ Partial | August 24 | Open |
 IPVanish | From $2.19/mo | ~ Partial | August 19 | Open |
 ProtonVPN | From $3.59/mo | ~ Partial | August 19 | Open |
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Hayu is available in around 45 countries, including the UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada and much of Europe, but not in the United States, where its reality shows stream on Peacock instead. Outside its markets you’ll need a premium VPN like ExpressVPN.
Hayu works without a VPN in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in Canada, in Ireland, in Germany, in the Netherlands and in Austria, plus in 8 more countries.
Hayu is blocked in the United States, in New Zealand, in France, in Japan and in India, plus in 174 more countries. To access it, use a premium VPN like ExpressVPN.
hayu is NBCUniversal’s (Comcast) streaming service built entirely around US reality TV. Available outside the US in 15 markets, it has carried full box sets from the Bravo, E! and Oxygen channels since launching in 2016. Expect The Real Housewives, the Kardashians, Below Deck and Top Chef, often the same day as the US, with no ads — plus its first original, The Real Housewives of London, from 2025.
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