Every streaming service that's raised its prices in 2026 ...

What’s Happening

So get this: From Paramount+ to Spotify, streaming costs are climbing again.

Here is every service that has raised its prices in 2026 (so far) and what you’ll pay. Every streaming service that’s raised its prices in 2026 (so far) Credit: Lucas Gouveia/How-To Geek By Derek Malcolm Published Mar 4, 2026, 1:30 PM EST Derek Malcolm has been covering the worlds of tech and entertainment for more than two decades. (shocking, we know)

Before coming to How-To Geek in 2025, Derek was a contributing editor and writer for the A/V and Home Theater section at Digital Trends , where he wrangled and wrote everything from what to watch on Netflix to reviews, explainers, and guides on the latest Bluetooth speakers, turntables, projectors, and other A/V gear.

The Details

Based in Toronto, Derek graduated from Humber College’s Journalism program in 1999, after which he kicked off covering the worlds of music, movies, TV, and celebrity for publications such as TV Guide, Hello! Magazine, and Inside Entertainment.

He then got the bug for covering tech and gadgets in 2006, when he served as editor-in-chief of Canadian tech magazine Connected for more than a decade. An avid skier, when all the snow’s gone Derek can be found at home spinning vinyl with his daughter or cheering on his favorite F1 team, McLaren.

Why This Matters

Sign in to your How-To Geek account Add Us On follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap The streaming industry is in its “nothing stays still” era. Catalogs continuously rotate , bundles get reshuffled and dropped, services rebrand, merge, and corporate consolidation keeps rewriting the map. The latest whiplash example is Paramount Skydance’s victory over Netflix to buy Warner Bros.

Tech companies have been making moves like this as competition heats up.

The Bottom Line

Discovery, a reminder that the industry is still volatile and that these corporate wars often come with a higher monthly bill for us. 2026 may still be in its infancy, but we’ve already been tracking the handful of video and audio streaming services that have bumped their prices this year—including a few that just dropped them late last year.

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