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Quick Take

• Disney has increased the prices for both Disney+ and Hulu in such a way that a bundle of both is basically half off.
• An individual ad-free subscription to Disney+ or Hulu is now $21.49 per month, while a bundle of both is $21.99 total.
• Nerdist’s Take: This move seems less about taking in a lot more money and more about juicing the number of subscribes to both Disney+ and Hulu.
• Even More Streaming Nonsense: Disney+ will allow ads even in “ad-free” plans.

“Dog bites man” is the classic example of a common story not worthy of news coverage. Only, that’s never been true for the man who was bitten. That guy definitely cares about what happened to him. And that’s why, even though every day seems to bring another “streamer price increase” announcement we always report them. We’re the people being bitten! And the latest chunk being taken out of our bank account comes from Disney. The company is increasing the prices on both Disney+ and Hulu. It’s a move that clearly seems designed to make customers opt for a Disney+ and Hulu bundle.

Disney Here Are the Price Hikes Coming to Disney+ and Hulu

Bloomberg first reported Disney has raised the costs of its two streaming services exactly one year after the last bump. The ad-free tiers on both Disney+ and Hulu are each going up $2.50 per month. A subscription to either site’s ad-free option is now going to cost you $21.49 per month. The lower cost ad-supported tiers are increasing $0.50 cents per month to $12.49. That 50-cent increase also applies to the ad-free bundled package with ads. (You can see every streaming tier and option available here.)

Marvel Studios These Streaming Price Increases Are Meant to Drive You to Bundle

Disney doesn’t want you to pay for either Disney+ or Hulu alone. Those prices are so high they clearly want subscribers to opt for a bundle package. The Disney+ and Hulu bundle without ads went up $2 and is now $21.99 per month. That’s nearly 50% off the combined price of the two individual subscriptions. The same is true of the cheaper bundle with ads, which is now $12.99.

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For 50 cents more a month, a Disney+ subscriber can now get Hulu and vice versa. The bundles are basically a 2-for-1 deal. That’s something that seems likely to jack up the total number of subscribers of each. And that’s pretty clearly the point. It’s less about the amount of money these streaming sites are pulling in and more about how many subscribers they each have at the moment. Potentially, streamers also see subscribers as less willing to unsubscribe from a bundle, since they’d lose two streamers at once if they did. Perhaps Disney is hoping to combat the “subscribe and unsubscribe” model many users have been ascribing to.

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Or, at least these are the stories for Disney and its stockholders. For the rest of us, it really is about the money. The streaming dog just keeps taking bigger bites out of us.

Mikey Walsh is a staff writer at Nerdist. You can follow Mikey on Bluesky at @‌burgermike. And also anywhere someone is ranking the Targaryen kings.

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Quick Take

• Streaming costs are increasing all the time—in 2026, we’ll keep track of all the price hikes that streamers levy on their subscribers.
• So far, we’ve had five total streaming price hikes in 2026.
• Prime Video, Netflix, YouTube, Peacock, Apple TV, Hulu, and Disney+ have all increased costs this year.

Last year, we set out to chronicle the number of price hikes we’d see across streaming platforms. It had started to feel like every day, a streaming platform would raise its prices and increase its costs to subscribers. And that turned out to be… basically true. In 2025, we saw a total of SIX streaming price hikes — averaging out to about one cost increase every other month. While in a vacuum, streaming price increases can feel immaterial, taken altogether, the constant cost hikes are INTENSE. So this year, we’re doing it again. Join us as we take a look at every streaming price hike and cost increase in 2026. Will we be over or under the 2025 total? We’re already tied at 6 streaming price hikes in 2026 and 2025… So under is off the table… And over is looking likely.

Table of Contents; Jump To:

• All the Streaming Price Hikes in 2026
  • 9/23/26 – Disney+ and Hulu Raise Prices for the 4th Time in 4 Years
  • 8/26/26 – Apple TV Sets Price Hike
  • 8/18/26 – Peacock Raises Prices for All Tiers
  • 4/10/26 – YouTube Premium Raises Its Costs
  • 3/26/26 – Netflix Increases Costs Across All Subscription Tiers
  • 3/13/26 – Prime Video Increases Price of Ad-Free Tier
• How Many Streaming Price Increases Will We See in 2026?

All the Streaming Price Hikes in 2026 9/23/26 – Disney+ and Hulu Raise Prices for the 4th Time in 4 Years

Disney+ and Hulu saw all these other streamers raising prices and thought, hey, why not. The streamers have now officially raised prices for the fourth time in four years. Our least favorite annual event.

This time, Disney wants to push people to subscribe to its Disney+ and Hulu bundle and keep them from subscribing to each streamer separately by raising individual prices. This could be because people are less likely to unsubscribe from bundles or because having people suddenly subscribe to Hulu will look good for the streamer. It’s hard to say. But regardless, Disney+ and Hulu have raised prices.

Disney+ Premium and Hulu Premium, the supposedly ad-free plans, are seeing prices increase from $18.99 to $21.49/month, which means the costs are up 13%. Hence, to subscribe to both separately would be foolish when the Disney+ and Hulu bundle is just 50 cents more expensive. (But it did also see a price increase.) The Disney+/Hulu Premium bundle raised its price by $2/month, from $19.99 to $21.99.

Meanwhile, ad-supported plans for Disney+ and Hulu, where the streamers clearly want you to be, also increased in price, changing from $11.99 to $12.49/month each. Only the Disney+ and Hulu (with ads) bundle saw no price hike and remains at $12.99/month.

In 2023, the ad-free Disney+ plan cost $10.99 a month, which means it has basically doubled in cost in three years. The Hollywood Reporter notes that since 2022, streaming inflation has risen about three times faster than the broader inflation rate—which considering the times we live in, is a wild fact. And, of course, all of this comes on the heels of Disney+ blurring the lines of what an “ad-free” plan even means. We live in a society.

8/26/26 – Apple TV Sets Price Hike Apple TV

Apple TV’s latest subscription cost increase adds to our total of streaming price hikes in 2026. While we have loved Apple TV’s recent offerings, including Widow’s Bay and Severance, we’re not sure we love any one program enough to keep paying more and more.

Apple TV will now cost $14.99 per month, which is $2 price hike from its previous price of $12.99. The annual plan also rises to $119.99, a $20 increase in cost from its previous price of $99.

Apple’s bundle offering, Apple One will also become more expensive. Individual plans will see a price increase of $2, from $19.95 to $21.95 per month. Apple One bundles Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, storage, and other features.

8/18/26 – Peacock Raises Prices for All Tiers NBC

There was a quiet stretch of no streaming price hikes from April to August in 2026, but Peacock broke that peace by instituting price increases across ALL its tiers. This is Peacock’s fourth increase in streaming prices in four years.

Here is the damage of this streaming price hike:

• A Peacock Select monthly subscription is now $8.99/month (up from $7.99). This is an increase of $1 per month.
• A Peacock Premium monthly subscription is now $12.99/month (up from $10.99). This is an increase of $2 per month.
• A Peacock Premium Plus monthly subscription is now $19.99/month (up from $16.99). This is an increase of $3 per month.
• A Peacock Select annual subscription is now $89.99/year (up from $79.99). This is an increase of $20 per year.
• A Peacock Premium annual subscription is now $129.99/year (up from $109.99). This is an increase of $20 per year.
• A Peacock Premium Plus annual subscription is now $199.99/year (up from $169.99). This is an increase of $30 per year.

Why is Peacock increasing its prices? Here’s what Peacock has to say about these price hikes: “These price changes allow Peacock to continue to create the best experience for its viewers, remain competitive in the marketplace, and deliver unique content across all genres. Current annual subscribers, or any users on active promotional offers, will continue at their current prices until those plans or offers expire. Subscriptions will then renew at the new price.”

In sum, the usual—the streamer needs a price hike to deliver unmeasurable content and use experience upgrades, while the consumer pays more in measurable cash.

4/10/26 – YouTube Premium Raises Its Costs

In April, it was time for the THIRD price increase of the year. Joining the streamers increasing their subscription cost is YouTube Premium and all its offerings: YouTube Premium, YouTube Premium Lite, and YouTube Music. Here’s the damage:

• YouTube Premium sees a $2 per month price increase, from $13.99 to $15.99.
• YouTube Music sees a $1 per month price increase, from $10.99 to $11.99
• YouTube Premium Lite sees a $1 per month price increase, from $7.99 to $8.99 
• The YouTube family plan is increasing by $4 per month, from $22.99 to $26.99. This tier allows up to six people in the same arbitrary household to access the account.

This is YouTube Premium’s first increase since 2023. YouTube cites new improvements to Premium as the reason for the cost increases… But ain’t that always the way.

3/26/26 – Netflix Increases Costs Across All Subscription Tiers Netflix

Nearly three full months into the year, we had our second streaming price increase. Netflix raised its costs across all streaming subscription tiers. Here’s the breakdown:

• Netflix’s Standard with Ads Plan went from $6.99 to $8.99/month.
• Netflix’s Standard (No Ads) Plan went from $17.99 to $19.99/month.
• Netflix’s Premium Plan went from $24.99. to $26.99/month. It inches VERY close to $30/month.

This time, we didn’t see any added perks associated with the 2026 price increase. AND this increase in Netflix cost comes just about ONE year after the last time the streaming platform raised its prices. You can read all about it here.

3/13/26 – Prime Video Increases Price of Ad-Free Tier Prime Video

We saw our first streaming price hike of 2026 in March. Prime Video raised the price of its ad-free tier for the first time. Nominally, we understand this increase to be aimed at driving subscribers toward subscription tiers with ads. But we have to ask. Once subscribers all move to ad-supported plans, will the subscription cost increases STOP? If not, then we again have to ask, where does it end?

Originally, the Prime Video ad-free tier cost an additional $2.99/month on top of the Prime subscription. Now, the Prime Video ad-free tier is seeing a price hike of $2/month, bringing the cost to $4.99/month. You can read all about it here.

How Many Streaming Price Increases Will We See in 2026?

So how will streaming price hikes stack up in 2026? It’s too soon to tell, but we’ve seen six price hikes already, the same as 2025 saw in total, so… right now, it’s looking like another year full of streaming cost increases. Will consumers finally have enough? Will moving to ad-supported tiers stop the price hikes from coming? Will we simply see a model where consumers subscribe and then unsubscribe? Only time will tell.

But what we can tell is that if you’re subscribed to most streamers, you’re paying AT LEAST around $15 more per month right now than you were in 2025. That may not seem like a lot… but there doesn’t seem to be a ceiling on price increases either.

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Rotem Rusak is the Editor-in-Chief at Nerdist. She is a great lover of the anti-hero and is always ready for a new ship to set sail. In her work, she likes to combine fandom passion with journalistic sensibilities. Follow her on Instagram.

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Quick Take

• Daredevil: Born Again is ending with its upcoming third season, but we highly doubt that’s the last we’ll see of Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock.
• As one of Stan Lee’s creations from Marvel’s foundational era, we don’t believe Marvel Studios plans on shelving Daredevil for very long.
• Whether it’s a fifth Spider-Man movie, a Marvel Special Presentation, or a final Disney+ limited series, we are confident Daredevil will protect NYC once again.

For the second time in live-action television, a Daredevil series has been canceled. The upcoming third season of Daredevil: Born Again, which continues the adventures of Charlie Cox as attorney/vigilante Matt Murdock, will be its last. No matter how good season two was, we honestly can’t really get too sad about it, because between his original Netflix series and Born Again, Daredevil has logged more hours of streaming content than any other Marvel hero. However, even with that in mind, we highly doubt this is the last we’ve seen of the character in the MCU.

It’s Unlikely Marvel Will Retire Charlie Cox as Daredevil for Good Just Yet Marvel Television

We’re convinced Daredevil will be back for a few reasons. For starters, whatever the viewership numbers may be, Daredevil remains an iconic character. He’s “A-tier” Marvel. Stan Lee co-created him back in the ’60s, along with Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. That makes him one of Marvel’s foundational heroes. So Marvel won’t place him on a shelf forever. All this means is that his current series, Born Again, is ending. But there are several options for how Daredevil can return in a post-Secret Wars MCU. And here’s how we think he might pop up again.

Daredevil Could Appear in Spider-Man 5 Marvel Television/Sony

The most obvious answer for where we see Matt Murdock again in the MCU is in a fifth Spider-Man movie. No Marvel Comics hero has been as frequent an ally to Peter Parker as Daredevil has. They are both acrobatic street-level heroes who defend New York City. And most importantly, they share a major villain—Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin. But because of rights issues, Fisk has never appeared in a Spider-Man movie. But in recent months, Marvel’s Kevin Feige has suggested those rights issues are really not that complex anymore.

With Born Again ending, that leaves the character of Daredevil free and clear to use in Spider-Man 5. Fans have been waiting years to see Tom Holland’s Spidey come face-to-face with Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin. A grittier adventure, one with the Punisher as a featured character, proved to be massive at the box office for Brand New Day. So why not let Daredevil finally share the screen in a significant way with his old pal Spider-Man? For many fans, it’s been a long time coming.

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A lot of fans believed the inclusion of frequent Daredevil foes the Hand in Brand New Day meant we’d see Matt Murdock. Well, that obviously didn’t happen. But with Born Again ending, now is the perfect time. Besides, thanks to his cameo in No Way Home, we know Peter knows Matt already. Oh, and if it does happen, can we finally have Matt wear a truly comics-accurate costume for once? Look how much everyone loves seeing Spider-Man wear a “straight from the comics” Spidey suit in Brand New Day. It would be the same for Daredevil.

A One-Off Marvel Special Presentation for Daredevil Similar to Punisher: One Last Kill May Be Another Option Marvel Television

After a two-season run, Jon Bernthal got to return in his own Marvel Special Presentation recently with Punisher: One Last Kill. We could easily see a return for Charlie Cox as Daredevil in something very similar. Marvel could produce this in tandem with an appearance in a Spider-Man film. After all, Punisher: One Last Kill was released a mere few months before Brand New Day, possibly in order to remind audiences about him before his big-screen debut. We could see the same for Daredevil. But even if there’s no Matt Murdock in Spider-Man 5, we could see Daredevil return in his own Special Presentation.

One Final Daredevil Limited Series on Disney+ to Wrap Up Charlie Cox’s Time as the Character Barry Wetcher/Netflix

We think after three seasons of Daredevil, then three seasons of Born Again, we highly doubt we’re getting another three seasons again. We imagine Charlie Cox doesn’t want to be tied down to the character forever. But if they do a limited series designed to only last one season, we could see that happening. We could see Daredevil: Man Without Fear as one final long-form story for the character. Although, we think if such a thing were to happen, it would be several years away. But after six seasons on streaming, we could see one short season to close things out for the character. At least the Daredevil played by Cox.

In any event, we still have one full season of Daredevil: Born Again to look forward to on Disney+. And it’ll reunite the entire Netflix Defenders cast together with Matt Murdock. Maybe this is the end of the road for those characters, or maybe Marvel is cooking something up for all of them. We’ll all just have to wait and see.

Eric Diaz is a staff writer at Nerdist and a Swiss Army knife of fandoms. Eric loves DC, Marvel, horror movies, and even Star Wars and Star Trek equally.

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In this cursed timeline, we have been gifted with something so unfathomable that we could never have imagined it.

Quick Take

• The trailer for Nathan Fielder’s documentary about disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, You Can See Everything, is just as weird as you’d imagine.
• Fielder moved in with Holmes and her family the month before she began her jail sentence.
• Nerdist Take: Nothing about this movie sounds like it can possibly be real, but tickets are already on sale for select theaters.

It still seems impossible You Can See Everything is real because everything about it sounds completely made up. What do you mean the Theranos’s disgraced founder, convicted felon Elizabeth Holmes, allowed Nathan Fielder to move into her house so he and Lance Oppenheim could film a documentary about her and her family before she went to jail? Seriously, commercial pilot and the guy behind Nathan For You, Nathan Fielder? That’s who Holmes chose to try and make her look human? No, it can’t be. Right? Right? The mounting evidence continues to point to yes, because You Can See Everything now has a full trailer. And it promises to be one of the weirdest films ever made.

This is the most A24 trailer of all-time. This is like if a fever dream had a fever dream. Writer Kathryn Vanarendonk said it best on Bluesky when she wrote, “Nathan Fielder vs Elizabeth Holmes is like what if Wario had his own Wario.” Seriously, what has to be wrong with you to think Nathan freaking Fielder is the best choice to make you look sympathetic before you begin your lengthy jail sentence? I suppose that’s exactly what we’re going to find out when You Can See Everything releases. Maybe. Here’s the film’s official synopsis:

Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.

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A three-year journey that will apparently end with a truly surreal documentary that will likely haunt us for the rest of our lives.

Can’t wait.

Fortunately we don’t have to wait much longer. You Can See Everything will arrive in theaters on October 16. Tickets are already on sale in select theaters. They’ll be available to purchase everywhere starting on October 1. Which is more evidence that this movie that can’t be real really is.

Mikey Walsh is a staff writer at Nerdist. You can follow Mikey on Bluesky at @‌burgermike. And also anywhere someone is ranking the Targaryen kings.

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