YouTube Premium Receives a Price Increase

Friday April 10, 2026 8:26 am PDT by Joe Rossignol

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.

Tags: YouTube, YouTube Premium

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Entilzha

7 weeks ago

A reminder that Brave Browser is free. Just saying.

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Bones402

7 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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Tim Jobs the 2nd

7 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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9640418

7 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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