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YouTube Premium Receives a Price Increase

Google is raising prices for YouTube Premium. The increases take effect immediately for new subscribers and in June for existing subscribers.

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In the U.S., a YouTube Premium subscription now costs $15.99 per month or $159.99 per year, up from $13.99 per month or $139.99 per year previously. If you have a Family plan, the monthly price is increasing to $26.99, up from $22.99.

The discounted student plan also increased to $8.99 per month, up from $7.99 per month.

YouTube Premium offers ad-free videos, the ability to play videos in the background without having the YouTube app visible, the ability to download videos for offline playback, ad-free access to YouTube Music, and a few other benefits.

YouTube Premium Lite also increased to $8.99 per month, up from $7.99 per month. With this plan, ads are still shown on music videos, YouTube Shorts, and when you search or browse, and ad-free access to YouTube Music is not included.

The last YouTube Premium price increase was in 2023.

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22 weeks ago
A reminder that Brave Browser is free. Just saying.
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Bones402 Avatar
22 weeks ago
The average American spends around $230 a month on subscriptions. Take a look and cancel what you can. It's a nice raise.
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22 weeks ago
Of all the subscriptions, this is the one I find to be most valuable. I watch a lot of YouTube content and it is unwatchable with the ads. Browsers and extensions can help on the computer, but I watch it mostly on TV. Well worth it at least to me.

I have the Lite version FYI.
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22 weeks ago
I’ll still pay it. The value of having it on my TV and YouTube music as well is enough for me
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22 weeks ago
YouTube is getting to be like 90% synthetic content, with no ability to filter it out. Not the best value proposition.
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22 weeks ago
Adguard (free) gets rid of ads.

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Youtube will never get a dime from me
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