How Much Does It Cost to Have All Streaming Services in 2026?
Subscribing to the major US streaming services in 2026 costs between $96 and $235 per month depending on tiers. That is more than cable cost at its peak.
Subscribing to the major US streaming services in 2026 costs between $96 and $235 per month depending on whether you choose ad-supported or ad-free tiers, according to MyBundleTV's June 2026 streaming price tracker. The average American cable bill at its peak in 2022 was $83 per month according to Statista. Streaming, sold as the cheaper alternative to cable, now costs more if you want everything.
What the major services actually cost in 2026
These are current monthly prices for the ad-free tier of each major service, the version most comparable to cable's uninterrupted experience:
| Service | Ad-free monthly price |
|---|---|
| Netflix Standard | $17.99 |
| Netflix Premium | $22.99 |
| Disney+ | $13.99 |
| Hulu | $17.99 |
| HBO Max | $15.99 |
| Apple TV+ | $9.99 |
| Peacock | $13.99 |
| Paramount+ | $12.99 |
| Amazon Prime Video | $8.99 |
| ESPN+ | $10.99 |
Subscribing to all ten ad-free runs approximately $143 per month before taxes and regional fees. Add a live TV add-on through any of these platforms for sports and news, and the total climbs past $200.
Source: MyBundleTV June 2026
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How prices have moved
Streaming prices have not stayed static. According to Reviews.org's April 2026 analysis, streaming costs rose 18% on average in 2025 alone. Netflix raised its standard price from $15.49 to $17.99 in January 2026. Disney+ raised its ad-free tier by $2 in October 2025. HBO Max rebranded to Max and raised prices simultaneously. Peacock raised prices in July 2025.
The direction is consistent across every major platform: prices go up, not down.
Why content keeps fragmenting
The fragmentation is structural. When Netflix dominated streaming in 2015 and 2016, major studios were willing to license their content to a single platform. As streaming became more profitable, each studio decided to pull its content and launch its own service instead. Disney pulled its library to launch Disney+. NBCUniversal pulled its content to launch Peacock. Paramount pulled its library to launch Paramount+. Warner Bros pulled its library from Netflix to launch HBO Max.
The result is that content which used to be in one place for one price is now scattered across six to ten platforms each with their own subscription. According to Deloitte's 2026 Digital Media Trends report, the average US household subscribes to 4.5 streaming services, up from 3.4 in 2022. Most households are not subscribing to everything, they are rotating, subscribing for one show, cancelling, and resubscribing elsewhere. That rotation is itself a documented consumer behaviour born directly from the cost of subscribing to everything at once.
For the full breakdown of how streaming fragmentation created a system more expensive than the one it replaced, read the complete gotaprob analysis: Streaming Services Have Fragmented So Much That Watching What You Want Now Costs More Than Cable Ever Did.
Sources
- MyBundleTV — Streaming Services Price Tracker June 2026, current monthly prices for all major US services — https://www.mybundletv.com/streaming-services-prices/
- Reviews.org — Why Streaming Costs Are Rising 2026, 18% average price increase in 2025 — https://www.reviews.org/tv-service/why-streaming-costs-are-rising-2026/
- Deloitte — 2026 Digital Media Trends, average US household streaming subscriptions — https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/technology/digital-media-trends-consumption-habits-survey.html
- Statista — Average US cable bill historical data — https://www.statista.com/statistics/184763/average-cable-tv-bill-in-the-united-states-since-2000/
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Streaming services have fragmented so much that watching what you want now costs more than cable ever did