Stop me if you've heard this one before: Netflix has announced a price increase – including on its cheapest ad-supported tier.
As revealed during its 2024 earnings letter to shareholders, Netflix is hiking the cost of monthly subscriptions across all four tiers (standard with ads, standard without ads, premium plan, and extra members).
While no figures were attached to the price increase, which is expected to roll out in the U.S. and Canada shortly, Bloomberg reported that the standard membership is going up by a full $2.50 to $17.99/month.
The standard ad tier is increasing to $7.99/month; premium plans now total $22.99/month, and extra members outside of primary households now cost $8.99/month extra. No price increases have yet been announced for the UK.
Netflix previously increased prices in October 2023, which came only a year after its first major post-COVID hike in 2022.
This all comes amid the backdrop of record subscriber growth for Netflix. The streamer's subscriber total had a 41 million year-on-year increase from 2024.
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