{"id":75172,"date":"2026-04-10T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75172"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:42:15","slug":"youtube-premiums-new-price-hike-is-bad-news-for-gamers-already-drowning-in-subscriptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75172","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Premium’s New Price Hike Is Bad News For Gamers Already Drowning In Subscriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like everything else in life, the price of YouTube Premium is going up in the US. Google has announced that a YouTube Premium individual plan will increase from $14 to $16 per month, while a family plan that allows for up to six accounts to be connected will go up from $23 to $26 per month. The increases will also be hitting YouTube Music plans, with individual and family accounts rising an extra dollar to $12 and $19 per month, respectively. YouTube Premium Lite will also increase from $8 per month to $9.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time YouTube Premium prices have gone up. Google last raised prices in July 2023. In a statement to Variety<\/a>, Google said it is “updating” YouTube Premium plans to provide a “high-quality experience that supports creators and artists” on the platform.<\/p>\n

YouTube Premium and Music 2026 subscription pricesYouTube Premium Individual: $16 monthly (was $14)YouTube Premium Family: $26 monthly (was $23)YouTube Premium Lite: $9 monthly (was $8)YouTube Music Premium: $12 monthly (was $11)<\/p>\n

The big draw to YouTube Premium is that it allows for ad-free viewing of videos, as well as other perks like background viewing, offline downloads for mobile, higher streaming quality, and full access to its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like everything else in life, the price of YouTube Premium is going up in the US. Google has announced that a YouTube Premium individual plan will increase from $14 to $16 per month, while a family plan that allows for up to six accounts to be connected will go up from $23 to $26 per…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":75174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-gamespot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75175,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75172\/revisions\/75175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}