Nine Streaming Services Now Cost $154 a Month, Up 61% Since 2021
The increases differ by service, so how much a viewer actually pays depends less on the total than on which plans they happen to combine.
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HonestlyRanked compared representative plans for Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Peacock, YouTube Premium, and Spotify. Total monthly fees for the nine services went from $95.91 in March 2021 to $154.41 in September 2026, a rise of about 61 percent, or $58.50 a month and $702 a year. Every service rose. Apple TV+ had the largest jump, roughly tripling from $4.99 to $14.99.
HonestlyRanked picked one representative plan per service: Netflix Standard, Disney+ ad-free Premium, Spotify Premium Individual, and similar tiers for the rest. The March 2021 total was $95.91 a month. By September 2026 it was $154.41, a difference of $58.50 a month and $702 a year.
Apple TV+ posted the largest increase, from $4.99 to $14.99 a month. Disney+'s ad-free plan went from $7.99 to $18.99, Peacock's ad-free Premium Plus doubled from $9.99 to $19.99, and Netflix Standard rose about 43 percent to $19.99. Hulu's ad-free plan rose about 58 percent, Paramount+ Premium about 40 percent, and HBO Max's ad-free Standard about 23 percent.
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