YouTube Premium Price Hike in India Announced for Individual, Family Subscription Plans

YouTube Premium’s Student plan remains the cheapest way to watch ad-free videos, even though the monthly price has been hiked by Rs. 10.

Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by David Delima | Updated: 27 August 2024 11:49 IST

YouTube Premium Price Hike in India Announced for Individual, Family Subscription Plans

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Highlights

YouTube Premium subscription is now more expensive in India
The family plan gets a price hike from Rs. 189 to Rs. 299 per month
The price hike affects both recurring and prepaid YouTube Premium plans

YouTube Premium — the ad-free paid subscription service offered by the Google-owned platform — has received a price hike in India. With this change, all subscription plans including individual, family and student, are now considerably more expensive. While the hike is minor for some plans, others cost significantly more than their original prices. It is currently unclear whether the streaming service will offer a grace period for existing subscribers before they must pay the new monthly subscription.

Notably, with YouTube Premium, subscribers get benefits such as ad-free streaming of videos, the ability to watch videos or listen to music in the background, picture-in-picture (PiP) mode, and enhanced high-definition video streaming.

YouTube Premium Price Hike in India Announced

The new YouTube Premium prices are already live on the company's website. It affects both prepaid and recurring subscription plans. The recurring Individual plan, which lets users stream YouTube content for a single user, now costs Rs. 149 per month compared to its previous price of Rs. 129 per month.

Meanwhile, users who have opted for the Family plan will now need to shell out Rs. 299 per month. This plan, which gives up to five users access to YouTube Premium, was previously priced at Rs. 189.

Even after the price hike, YouTube Premium's Student plan remains the cheapest way to watch ad-free videos. However, it has also received a minor price revision from Rs. 79 per month to Rs. 89 per month.

Prices of the prepaid plans have also been revised similarly. Notably, prepaid YouTube Premium subscriptions do not automatically renew. All the YouTube Premium plans and their revised prices are listed below:

Plan	Old Price (In Rs.)	Revised Price (In Rs.)	Increase (In Rs.)
Student (Monthly)	79	89	10
Individual (Monthly)	129	149	20
Family (Monthly)	189	299	110
Individual (Prepaid - Monthly)	139	159	20
Individual (Prepaid - Quarterly)	399	459	60
Individual (Prepaid - Annual)	1290	1490	200

New users can opt for a one-month trial of either an Individual, Family or Student YouTube Premium plan to experience all its benefits before enrolling in the streaming service, after which they will have to pay the revised prices for YouTube Premium.

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