Pricing

The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021

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.

Guide · Streaming · Pricing · Consumer · Netflix

Google AI Mode shows same products 21.6% more expensive than traditional search

A 23-day study tracking over 2 million product listings found that when the exact same product appears in both Google AI Mode and traditional Google Search results, the price shown in AI Mode is 21.6% higher on average. The research also found that only 1.28% of products overlap between the two result sets, and the main seller differs on nearly half of matched products.

Research · Google · AI · Search · E-Commerce