YouTube Premium users around the world woke up to bad news today. In over a dozen countries, the price of YouTube Premium individual and family plans increased significantly. This is only the most recent sweep of price increases from Google, as many countries saw price jumps only months ago, with the United States being one of them last summer.

YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscribers in Singapore will soon be hit with price hikes come November 2024, with price increase as high as 56 per cent for the family plan. A notice was sent to subscribers on Sep. 21.

YouTube Premium has increased its subscription prices for Malaysian users, the first such increase for individual subscribers since the service was introduced in 2019 but the second in just over a year for those on the Family package.

Subscribers to YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium in Singapore are the latest to be hit with price hikes, some as high as 56 per cent, following similar moves in other countries. In a notice sent to current subscribers of the service on Sept 21,