HBO MAX Raising Their Prices Again Effective Immediately

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It’s going to cost you more to watch HBO Max, after the streaming platform last raised prices on its plans without ads a year ago.

Warner Bros. Discovery announced that as of Tuesday, Oct. 21, the cost of HBO Max plans will increase to the following prices:

HBO Max Basic With Ads
Monthly: +$1/month increase, now $10.99
Annually: +$10/year increase, now $109.99

HBO Max Standard
Monthly: +$1.50/month increase, now $18.49
Annual: +$15/year increase, now $184.99

HBO Max Premium
Monthly: +$2/month increase, $22.99
Annual: +$20/year increase, now $229.99

The prices are effective immediately for new subscriptions. Existing monthly subscribers will be notified 30 days in advance of their plan renewing and see price increases starting from their next billing date on or after Nov. 20, 2025. Current yearly subscribers will not see an increase until their accounts are up for renewal and will be notified 30 days in advance of their plan renewing.

WBD most recently raised prices for the ad-free HBO Max streaming plans in June 2024. This past July, the company switched the name of the service back to HBO Max — two years after having rebranded it as just “Max.”

HBO Max’s latest price hikes come as many other streamers have also raised their prices, as companies look to boost the profitability of their direct-to-consumer services. Disney+ and Hulu price increases also go into effect Oct. 21, following increases by Pea****, Apple TV (which has dropped the “+” sign) and Netflix earlier in the year.

HBO Max’s content lineup includes series and films from HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Studios, Turner Classic Movies, A24, Studio Ghibli and more. 

The service includes all current and classic HBO original series including “The Sopranos,” “Game of Thrones,” “Succession,” “The Pitt,” “The Penguin,” “The White Lotus,” “The Last of Us,” “Peacemaker,” “Hacks” and “Task.” HBO Max includes TV shows like “Friends,” “Abbott Elementary,” “Rick and Morty” and “The Big Bang Theory.” On the movie front, the service is home to titles including “Superman,” “A Minecraft Movie” and “Sinners.”

In announcing the price hikes, WBD also touted upcoming series coming to HBO Max, including “IT: Welcome to Derry,” “The Chair Company” and “I Love LA” (each premiering later this year), plus “Game of Thrones” prequel series “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” and new seasons of “The Pitt” and “Industry” in January 2026.
 

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hbo-max-prices-increases-plans-2025-1236557671/

[JohnWayne92 2,272]

I’m so ready to just go back to cable and blockbuster

[Lord Mayhem 1,494]

Sheesh...everything is just getting more and more expensive 

[Economy 50,548]

19 minutes ago, Lord Mayhem said:

Sheesh...everything is just getting more and more expensive 

Tbf im surprised they didnt just raise with ads and no ads at the same time. If they raised one portion of subscriptions, it was only a matter of time before they raised prices on the other. And these increases arent huge

 

Theres many business sectors that price gouge. I never personally felt like streaming services were among them. You get a lot for what you pay for I feel

[Economy 50,548]

1 hour ago, JohnWayne92 said:

I’m so ready to just go back to cable and blockbuster

Cable was literally more money for restricted selection

 

unless prices were different where you lived but legit our families cable was $80 to $100 a month for a large channel option package and that was in like 2015 im not even adjusting for inflation

 

now you can choose 2 or 3 streaming services for less than that total

Edited 17 hours ago by Economy

[leedeegaga 357]

At this point, I’m not surprised people pirate everything… low the prices and people will watch. It’s all just greed at this point! 😒😒

[JSRD 254]

Woah.  I like having hbo but it’s harder and harder to justify it.  I kind of miss having a cable package 

[Knife 6,926]

I cancel and resubscribe when there's a show I need to see; House of the Dragon and The Gilded Age.

I've got enough subscriptions, babe. 

[Horny Chicken 9,246]

 

[Fantina 3,389]

LOL

There is absolutely no reason to justify the increases anymore. I don't care what new "shows" you are adding. They are all mostly boring and if you end up liking one, it will take 2+ years to film a 2nd season. Not worth it. Buy physical media and stop giving these bozos your money.

[JohnWayne92 2,272]

3 hours ago, Economy said:

Cable was literally more money for restricted selection

 

unless prices were different where you lived but legit our families cable was $80 to $100 a month for a large channel option package and that was in like 2015 im not even adjusting for inflation

 

now you can choose 2 or 3 streaming services for less than that total

I guess that isn’t what most people are doing that I know - everyone has Netflix, Disney, HBO, Paramount, etc and it ends up being $100 and you still have to rent the films you wanna see 

[Ilia Malinin 1,761]

5 hours ago, JohnWayne92 said:

blockbuster

[PartySick 162,184]

1 hour ago, Fantina said:

LOL

There is absolutely no reason to justify the increases anymore. I don't care what new "shows" you are adding. They are all mostly boring and if you end up liking one, it will take 2+ years to film a 2nd season. Not worth it. Buy physical media and stop giving these bozos your money.

Just pirate it honestly. You can watch whole ass movies on TikTok for free with no ads.

[JohnWayne92 2,272]

24 minutes ago, Ilia Malinin said:

[Economy 50,548]

2 hours ago, JohnWayne92 said:

I guess that isn’t what most people are doing that I know - everyone has Netflix, Disney, HBO, Paramount, etc and it ends up being $100 and you still have to rent the films you wanna see 

If u sign up for that many services to add up to $100 then u should still have way more selection available than when it was cable