How to Watch Your Favorite Cartoons Online for Free

There are a lot of streaming services out there, but a lot of them cost money. You might be wondering, then, if there's anywhere you can watch cartoons for free. Thankfully, the answer is yes! There are a number of places where you can watch cartoons online for free. In this article we go over them—read on to learn more.

Best Ways to Watch Cartoons Online for Free

Use a free streaming site to watch new or obscure cartoons.
Try a streaming service like Tubi or Pluto for classic cartoons.
Watch short episodes or clips on Cartoon Network and Nick's websites.

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Watch Cartoons Online

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Watch Cartoons Online. Watch Cartoons Online, or WCO, is a popular site to stream cartoons for free. WCO offers both anime and western cartoons, and you can find both old and obscure or new and trending shows there.
- WCO can be found at wco.tv and wcofun.net. These two streaming sites are both called WCO and are very similar, as they don't host the videos themselves but source them from the same video-sharing hosts.

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KissCartoon

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KissCartoon. KissCartoon is another free cartoon streaming site. This site only has western cartoons, and they have both cartoon series and movies. Their library is huge, with thousands of new and old cartoons alike.
- KissCartoon can be found at kisscartoon.nz.

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Tubi TV

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Tubi TV. Tubi TV is a legit free streaming service—that is, the content on the site isn't pirated. Tubi offers a ton of free movies and TV shows, including cartoons. There's even an entire Tubi Kids section to help you filter out the cartoons on the service aimed at younger audiences. It also has an extensive anime collection, if you're looking for Japanese cartoons.
- Tubi doesn't require you to make an account to start watching.

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Pluto TV

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Pluto TV. Pluto TV is another free streaming service with some cartoons. It has less of a selection than Tubi, and mostly offers cartoon movies. Just like Tubi, it has a tab just for kids to help you find most of their cartoons. It also has an anime section if you're interested in Japanese cartoons.
- Like Tubi, you can start watching Pluto without an account.

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Cartoon Network

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The Cartoon Network US site will direct you to watch their shows on Max, a streaming service. However, the UK site (cartoonnetwork.co.uk) has some videos on their website you can watch for free. These aren't full-length episodes like you'd watch on TV, but shorter episodes with one story per episode.

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Nick.com

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Nickelodeon also has clips and full episodes of some of their shows uploaded to the videos section of their site. Unlike Cartoon Network, however, you don't have to go to the UK version of the site to watch them!

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YouTube

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Some companies will upload some or all of their cartoon episodes on YouTube for free. Simply go to YouTube and search for your favorite cartoon to see if it's been uploaded for you to watch for free.

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Use free cartoon streaming sites at your own risk. In the United States, watching pirated content via a stream isn't illegal as long as you don't download it, but this may not be the case in all parts of the world.^{[1]
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When using free cartoon streaming sites, it's a good idea to use a VPN, adblocker, and antivirus to help keep your identity private and safeguard you from threats. One of the biggest threats on free streaming sites is malicious ads, and an adblocker extension can keep you safe from them.

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Free streaming sites sometimes have to change their URL due to shutdowns or DMCA takedowns. If the site you like to use has gone down, try Googling it to see if the site has moved to a new URL.

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