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Paramount+ price history (US, 2021–2026): every increase

Tracked since October 19, 2026 · Last snapshot October 19, 2026

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Paramount+ price history (US, 2021 to 2026)

Paramount+ replaced CBS All Access on March 4, 2021, with an ad-free plan at $9.99 a month, and added a $4.99 ad-supported Essential plan that June. After three increases to each plan, Essential is $8.99 and the ad-free Premium plan is $13.99, both raised on January 15, 2026.

What Paramount+ costs now

• Essential: $8.99/month
• Premium: $13.99/month
• Essential (annual): $89.99/year
• Premium (annual): $139.99/year

Latest changeOn Jan 15, 2026, Paramount+ Essential went from $7.99 to $8.99 and Premium from $12.99 to $13.99 a month. Annual plans rose more: Essential from $59.99 to $89.99 a year and Premium from $119.99 to $139.99. (Variety)

Paramount+ Essential

Effective	Price / month	Change
Jun 7, 2021	$4.99	Launch
Jun 27, 2023	$5.99	+$1.00 (+20%)
Aug 20, 2024	$7.99	+$2.00 (+33%)
Jan 15, 2026	$8.99	+$1.00 (+13%)

Paramount+ Premium

Effective	Price / month	Change
Mar 4, 2021	$9.99	Launch
Jun 27, 2023	$11.99	+$2.00 (+20%)
Aug 20, 2024	$12.99	+$1.00 (+8%)
Jan 15, 2026	$13.99	+$1.00 (+8%)

Paramount+ Essential (annual)

Effective	Price / year	Change
Jun 27, 2023	$59.99	Annual price with the 2023 change
Jan 15, 2026	$89.99	+$30.00 (+50%)

Paramount+ Premium (annual)

Effective	Price / year	Change
Aug 20, 2024	$119.99	Unchanged in Aug 2024
Jan 15, 2026	$139.99	+$20.00 (+17%)

• Premium was called Paramount+ with Showtime from June 27, 2023 (it replaced the $9.99 ad-free plan at $11.99) until 2025, when it was renamed Paramount+ Premium.
• The $4.99 Essential plan replaced CBS All Access's $5.99 plan with commercials and, unlike it, left out live local CBS stations.
• In August 2024, existing monthly Essential subscribers kept $5.99; the $7.99 price applied to new subscribers.
• After Paramount Skydance completed its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, David Ellison said on October 7, 2026 that Paramount+ and HBO Max will be run separately for now and combined over time. No new Paramount+ price has been announced.
• Current monthly prices ($8.99 Essential, $13.99 Premium) confirmed on paramountplus.com on October 19, 2026.

US list prices for new monthly subscribers, before tax, in nominal dollars. Compiled from the sources below and last verified October 19, 2026. Spotted an error? The sources are linked so you can check.

Sources

• Variety, Nov 2025 (Jan 15, 2026 prices)
• CNET, Jan 2026
• Variety, Jun 24, 2024 (Aug 20, 2024 prices)
• The Verge, Jun 27, 2023
• TechCrunch, Jun 3, 2021 ($4.99 Essential, $9.99 Premium)
• Variety, Feb 24, 2021 (Mar 4, 2021 launch)
• Paramount+ plans (current prices)
• ComingSoon citing Deadline, Oct 13, 2026 (post-merger plans)

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Quick answers

How much does Paramount+ cost per month in the US?
As of October 19, 2026, Essential is $8.99/month; Premium is $13.99/month; Essential (annual) is $89.99/year; Premium (annual) is $139.99/year.

When did Paramount+ last raise prices?
On Jan 15, 2026: Paramount+ Essential went from $7.99 to $8.99 and Premium from $12.99 to $13.99 a month. Annual plans rose more: Essential from $59.99 to $89.99 a year and Premium from $119.99 to $139.99.

How much has Paramount+ gone up?
Paramount+ Premium went from $9.99/month on Mar 4, 2021 to $13.99/month, an increase of 40% across 3 price changes.

Pages we monitor

• Pricing https://www.paramountplus.com/

Changelog

No changes detected since tracking began on October 19, 2026. This page updates automatically when Paramount+ changes a tracked page.

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