Spotify has announced that it is "updating" the price of its service over the next month for subscribers in the US, Estonia, and Latvia.

ZDNET's key takeaways Spotify is raising prices for its paid plans.Most are increasing $1 a month, but some users will pay $2 more.Premium, Student, Duo, and Family plans are affected. Your Spotify subscription is about to get a little more expensive.

For years, Spotify subscribers enjoyed stable prices, but today’s announcement marks Spotify’s third price hike since July 2023. Spotify last raised prices in July 2024. Premium individual subscriptions went from $11 to $12, Duo subscriptions went from $15 to $17, and Family subscriptions increased from $17 to $20.

In the U.S. — Spotify’s largest market — the company’s most recent price hike was in July 2024, following a cost increase in July 2023, which was the first time Spotify raised fees since debuting in the U.S. in 2011.

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