Netflix Hikes Prices: New Rates & Plan Changes

0:00It's March 27th. Welcome to Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story. Netflix is hiking prices on all its subscription plans. The standard tier with ads now costs $8.99 a month, up $1 from before. The ad-free standard plan jumps to $19.99 and premium with 4K viewing and HDR hits $26.99. These changes follow a price bump back in January 2025. Extra member add-ons for sharing outside the household are rising to $7.99 for the ad-supported plan and $9.99 for ad-free. Standard ad-free users get one extra slot while premium allows too. Subscribers might feel the pinch as costs keep climbing amid competition from other streamers. Sharing accounts now carries a steeper fee, pushing more people toward paid add-ons instead of free household sharing. Earlier this year, Netflix dropped plans to buy Warner Brothers Discovery for about $83

1:04billion after Paramount made a rival bid. That deal fell through, shifting focus back to core operations like pricing tweaks. With updates already live on their site, Netflix aims to boost revenue while holding onto viewers in a crowded market.