A continuously updated data guide tracks the price of nine major streaming and music services — Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Apple TV+, Paramount+, Peacock, YouTube Premium, and Spotify — from their 2021 prices to today. The same basket now costs $154.41 per month versus $95.91 in March 2021, a 61% increase representing $702 more per year.
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HonestlyRanked maintains a dated, source-linked record of price changes for nine streaming and music services since March 2021, the first month all nine existed simultaneously. Each entry in the guide is dated and linked to its source, and each service has a dedicated timeline of all its price changes.
The overall basket moved from $95.91 a month in March 2021 to $154.41 today — a $58.50 monthly increase, or $702 annually, for the exact same nine services at comparable standard tiers. Nothing in the basket was cancelled or downgraded.
Key points
The nine-service basket rose 61% from March 2021 to September 2026, from $95.91 to $154.41 per month
That represents $702 more per year for the same services at comparable tiers
Largest per-service increases: Apple TV+ +200%, Disney+ +138%, Peacock +100%
Smallest increases: Spotify +30%, YouTube Premium +33%, HBO Max +23%
Every price change is dated and linked to a source; per-service timelines are available
YouTube TV and Prime Video are excluded as non-comparable bundle/membership products
Why it matters
The guide provides a clean, source-linked baseline for discussions about streaming affordability and the ongoing shift from a single-subscription cable model to a fragmented multi-service landscape. With each service pricing independently, the aggregate cost to a household maintaining a full complement of services has grown substantially faster than general inflation, making the guide a useful reference for consumer and policy discussions alike.