Spotify hikes monthly subscription price in the United States
Spotify has once again increased the monthly subscription price for users in the United States.
The price increase will also affect users of the streaming service in Estonia and Latvia. It is set to be rolled out over the next month for existing subscribers.
It will increase by a dollar to $12.99 a month for individual premium accounts. Duo plans are also set to increase from $16.99 to $18.99, family plans are going from $19.99 to $21.99, and student plans will rise from $5.99 to $6.99.
It comes after Spotify previously increased the price of a monthly subscription to $11.99 a month in 2024.
Spotify said in a social media post of the price hike, “Occasional updates to pricing across our markets reflect the value that Spotify delivers, enabling us to continue offering the best possible experience and benefit artists.”
Users in the United Kingdom saw the price of their subscriptions rise during late 2025, with it now costing £12.99 per month to have a premium account.
In November, Spotify posted record profits of $669 million for the third quarter of 2025. The streaming service also confirmed that it had achieved double-digit subscriber growth, which has taken it above 700 million monthly users for the first time.
Daniel Ek, Spotify’s founder and former CEO, who began a new role at the company earlier this month as their executive chair, said in a statement in November after the profits were published: “The business is healthy. We’re shipping faster than ever. And we have the tools we need – pricing, product innovation, operational leverage, and eventually the ads turnaround – to deliver both revenue growth and profit expansion.”
Notably, many artists have boycotted Spotify over the last 12 months, such as King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Deerhoof and Cindy Lee.
Additionally, in September, Massive Attack, whose music is still available on the streaming service, requested that their back catalogue be taken down from Spotify, told fans, “The economic burden that has long been placed on artists is now compounded by a moral & ethical burden, whereby the hard-earned money of fans & the creative endeavours of musicians ultimately funds lethal, dystopian technologies.”
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