Subscription cost
How much is Paramount+ per year?
The service people add for one show and forget to cancel.
per year on the Essential (with ads) plan
That is $1,918 over 20 years, and that assumes the price never goes up again.
View data as a table
| Period | Total paid | Inflation-adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | $96 | $96 adjusted |
| 5 years | $479 | $509 adjusted |
| 10 years | $959 | $1,099 adjusted |
| 20 years | $1,918 | $2,576 adjusted |
What else could that money buy?
- a flight to Europe
- 3 × a weekend getaway
- 6 × concert tickets for two
- 15 × a nice dinner for two
About Paramount+
Paramount+ rounds out the streaming field with a sports, news and entertainment mix, sold in an ad-supported Essential tier and a pricier plan that bundles Showtime. It is frequently the service people add for one show or one season and then forget to cancel, which is exactly when the multi-year total starts to matter. Like every streamer here, Paramount+ has nudged its prices upward, so the inflation-adjusted line reflects a real trend rather than a guess. The standalone cost looks small monthly but compounds into a meaningful figure over a decade, especially at the Showtime tier. If you only watch seasonally, the projection here represents the cost of year-round access, worth comparing against simply resubscribing when there is something to watch. Use the calculator to model your tier across 1, 5, 10 and 20 years, then the cancel-vs-invest tool for the opportunity cost.
Plan prices last verified 1 month ago.
How to cancel Paramount+
- Sign in at paramountplus.com in a browser and open Account from the profile dropdown.
- Choose Cancel subscription in the subscription section.
- Confirm through the prompts and keep the confirmation email.
- If you subscribed through Apple, Google, Amazon, or a partner bundle, cancel with that provider; the account page shows who bills you.
Open the Paramount+ account page
Cancellation flows change. If a step looks different, the provider's own help pages have the current version.