Subscription cost
How much is YouTube Premium per year?
Ad-free video plus YouTube Music, a bundle that quietly replaces a separate music plan.
per year on the Individual plan
That is $3,358 over 20 years, and that assumes the price never goes up again.
View data as a table
| Period | Total paid | Inflation-adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | $168 | $168 adjusted |
| 5 years | $839 | $891 adjusted |
| 10 years | $1,679 | $1,925 adjusted |
| 20 years | $3,358 | $4,511 adjusted |
What else could that money buy?
- a high-end laptop
- 3 × a new flagship phone
- 9 × a pair of premium headphones
- 27 × a nice dinner for two
About YouTube Premium
YouTube Premium removes ads, enables background play, and bundles YouTube Music, a combination that quietly replaces a separate music subscription for a lot of people. The Individual plan is the common choice; the Family plan covers a household and changes the per-person math considerably. Premium has seen notable price increases, and because it is tied to a platform most people use daily, it tends to stick once added. The multi-year totals are larger than the monthly price suggests, particularly if you are also paying for Spotify or Apple Music and not using the included YouTube Music. Over a decade the Individual plan runs well into four figures. Use the calculator to chart your specific plan across 1, 5, 10 and 20 years with the inflation-adjusted line on, and the cancel-vs-invest tool to weigh the long-run cost against investing the difference.
Plan prices last verified 2 weeks ago.
How to cancel YouTube Premium
- Go to youtube.com/paid_memberships while signed in to the Google account that pays.
- Select Manage membership, then Deactivate.
- Choose Continue to cancel rather than the pause option, and confirm.
- Benefits stay active until the end of the current billing period. If you subscribed through Apple, cancel in your Apple subscription settings.
Open the YouTube Premium account page
Cancellation flows change. If a step looks different, the provider's own help pages have the current version.