Monthly price-rise report
Subscription price increases: April 2026
We recorded 2 subscription price increases in April 2026, in the US and Australia, averaging +17%. The biggest was Disney+ in Australia, up 19% to A$24.99 from Apr 21, 2026. Someone paying for every service that rose this month now pays A$48.00 and $24.00 more a year.
Rises this month
2
and 1 cut
Average rise
+17%
on the plans we track
Rises in 2026 so far
5
5 by the same date in 2025
Every rise in April 2026
- Disney+ · Australia · Apr 21, 2026A$20.99 → A$24.99 +19%
Premium (4K, ad-free; the original single plan before the March 2024 Standard/Premium split) · Same day as the $9.99 Standard with Ads launch. Annual $209.99 to $249.99; Standard $15.99 to $17.99 · disney.com.au
- YouTube Premium · US · Apr 10, 2026$13.99 → $15.99 +14%
Individual (monthly) · Live for new subscribers 10 Apr 2026; existing members billed at the new rate from June 2026 after 30 days' notice · 9to5google.com
Price cuts
- Xbox Game Pass Ultimate · US · Apr 21, 2026$29.99 → $22.99 -23%
Monthly · Price cut after subscriber losses; new Call of Duty titles no longer day-one · news.xbox.com
What streaming costs now against a year ago
The monthly total for the streaming services we track in each country, on the plans we track, at the end of April 2026 compared with twelve months earlier. Only services we tracked on both dates are counted.
Using these numbers
Free to quote or reuse with a link to this page (CC BY 4.0). Suggested credit: “Subgrove subscription price-rise report, April 2026, subgrove.com/prices/report/2026-04”. Each rise links to its source; the full dataset is a CSV. Dates are when new subscribers started paying the new price; existing subscribers usually follow a billing cycle or two later.