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YouTube offers YouTube Premium as a subscription. You can find out what costs you will incur here and what advantages the service brings with it in our article
YouTube Premium costs: Advantages for the price
YouTube’s Premium subscription includes other interesting features in addition to streaming videos:
- YouTube Premium gives you the option of downloading videos and accessing films and series marked with the “Premium” tag via YouTube Originals. This will cost you 11.99 euros a month.
- In addition, you can access a large music library for streaming via YouTube Music.
- You can try YouTube Premium for free for one month. Tip: If you don’t want to renew this free membership afterwards, it’s best to cancel it as soon as you sign up.
- YouTube Premium also allows you to watch videos on the platform without advertising blocks. In addition, you can also keep YouTube running in the background with the help of the subscription. This background playback is otherwise automatically blocked by YouTube.
- If you are only interested in streaming music, you can listen to YouTube Music for 9.99 euros a month without commercial interruption. This offer is also free to try for one month.
- Summary: With YouTube Premium, you can enjoy videos ad-free and you get to enjoy YouTube Originals. You also benefit from offline mode – videos and songs can be downloaded.
YouTube Premium as a student: These are the costs
As a student you drive cheaper. You can try YouTube Premium for free for one month and enjoy YouTube and YouTube Music without ads.
- You will be notified seven days before the trial expires.
- If you want to continue using the offer after that, you will have to pay a monthly fee of 6.99 euros. The offer is valid for a maximum of four years.
- To be eligible for the student rate, you must be a full-time student at a higher education institution in countries selected by YouTube. Whether this is the case is checked annually. You can check whether your university is recognised by YouTube at SheerID.
YouTube Premium Family: Here are the costs and benefits
You also have the option for a family subscription with YouTube Premium.
- Up to six family members together pay 17.99 euros per month.
- The individual members must be at least 13 years old. You can also choose this offer right now and then try it out for free for one month.
- If you are only interested in streaming music, the monthly cost of the YouTube Music family subscription is 14.99 euros.
Hidden costs with the subscription
Be careful when subscribing to YouTube Premium on an iPhone or iPad.
- The price increases to 15.99 euros per month. The family subscription then costs an impressive 22.90 euros. For YouTube Music you pay 12.99 euros alone and 19.99 euros in the family package.
- The reason lies with the Apple Store. Apple receives 30 per cent of the revenue from sales.
- The price is correspondingly higher so that Google still makes a profit here.
What’s behind YouTube Premium
To help you know exactly what you’re getting for your money, we explain what’s behind the YouTube Premium offer.
- The YouTube Music app lets you stream your favourite music. You can choose from several million music titles.You can also leave the music playing in the background while you use other apps. You can’t do that without a premium subscription. In addition, as a Premium user, the music is available to you offline.
- Background playback and offline mode also include videos. In addition, the videos are not interrupted by advertisements.
- YouTube produces films and series. These YouTube Originals are included in the Premium subscription. The YouTube Kids app is specially designed for children and its offerings are free of advertising.
For these people, YouTube Premium is worthwhile
YouTube Premium subscription can be interesting for music and movie fans.
- For those who only stream music and value freedom from advertising, it’s probably cheaper to use another streaming service, such as a Spotify Premium subscription.
- If you use YouTube regularly, the lack of advertising is certainly an argument in favour of the subscription. You also benefit from the offline mode.
- The subscription is most interesting for families who want to take advantage of the wide range of offers. The family rate for up to six people is relatively inexpensive. Whether music, films or games – the offer is extensive and with the YouTube Kids app there is also something suitable for children.
YouTube Premium – these payment methods are available
If you decide to use YouTube Premium, you can choose from various payment methods.
- The same payment options also apply to other YouTube services such as YouTube Music.
- YouTube is owned by Google, so you can use your Google Play balance to pay for YouTube Premium. Make sure you always have enough credit, as subscriptions are an ongoing cost.
- Possible payment methods are PayPal, Paysafecard or credit card.
- If you want to make someone happy with a premium subscription, simply give them a Google Play voucher. The
- recipient can redeem the Google Play gift card for a YouTube premium subscription.
