Spotify price increase: Can you beat the 2025 hike?

Spotify Premium is going up for the third time in two yeasr. Other tiers increase too.

Get ready to pay more for ad-free listening on Spotify, with at least an extra quid added to most plans from October 2025, though existing users should get another month at the current prices.

Here’s how much you can expect to pay, ways to save money and alternatives.

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New Spotify prices

On 24 October 2025, Spotify implemented a series of price increases. These apply straight away to new customers or anyone changing their plans.

PLAN	CURRENT PRICE	NEW PRICE	% increase
Premium	£11.99	£12.99	8.3% (+£1)
Duo	£16.99	£17.99	5.9% (+£1)
Family	£19.99	£21.99	10% (+£2)
Student	£5.99	No change	0%

This is the third increase in two years for Spotify Premium (though that 2023 hike was the first ever increase). As with the other hikes, it’s by £1.

It’s also £1 extra a month for Duo, the fourth increase in four years.

However Family is once again subject to a higher £2 monthly increase. It means that since April 2021, Family has increased by £7 a month (so £84 more a year)

There’s no change though for Student Spotify, which last increased by £1 in 2021.

It’s as yet unclear if there will be similar or any changes for existing customers on the Basic plan, which was introduced in early 2024 has since removed for new subscriber. However, I’d expect it’d follow the same pattern.

One month price freeze for existing customers

Emails from Spotify are gradually being sent out to existing customers. It’s likely you’ll get one just before your next billing date.

Those who have already had an email have been promised one more month at the current prices. The new charges will therefore come in to play from late November or December – depending on when you pay your bill.

For example, my Family pass renews in three weeks, so I’ll get another month at the current price. But when it renews again in late December, I’ll pay the higher price.

Can you beat the price hike?

Buy discounted gift cards – save up to £36 a year

Unlike some streaming services, there’s no annual plan to lock in prices. However, there are multi-month gift cards available for the individual Spotify Premium. For one year it still costs £120.

Though these are billed as 12 month gift cards, they still have a value based on the old £9.99 monthly fee. However, Spotify say that these can still be redeemed even if bought at a lower price.

If you are happy to commit to one year, this latest increase means you’ll save more, with a £35.88 discount (effectively 12 months for the price of 9 and a bit). That’s a saving of around 23%.

They’ll also only last 12 months from purchase, but they can be added to existing accounts as long as there’s not already more than six months of previous credit added.

So buy two of these now for £240 and you’re saving close to £72 over two years.

Sadly they won’t work on other tiers such as Duo and Family.

Share your account

Despite the prices going up on all the different options, the Duo and Family plans are still cheaper than solo accounts – if you live in the same household as the person you are sharing with.

Plan	1 person	2 people	3 people	4 people	5 people	6 people
Premium	£12.99 (£155.88)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Duo	£17.99 (£215.88)	£9 (£107.94)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Family	£21.99 (£265.88)	£12 (£144)	£7.33 (£87.96)	£5.50 (£66)	£4.40 (£52.80)	£3.67 (£43.98)

Duo is, as the name suggests, for two people. This new price works out as £9 per person. That’s an annual saving of £96, or £48 per person, versus buying your own separate Premium memberships.

This is also cheaper than the annual gift card trick. Plus with Duo you’lll have the flexibility to take a break or change your plan in the year if you wish.

Family is for up to six different accounts. At £21.99, that’s £7.33 each if there are three of you, down to £3.67 for six. Over a year, six people would each save £112. Combined that’s more than £670!

With both you get your own personal Spotify account, so you don’t get anyone messing with your algorithm. You can even add other’s existing accounts so they keep their existing playlists and log in details.

However they are all paid for by the lead account which means you’ll need to work out how or if you split the bill.

There’s also a rule that everyone must be at the same address. I’ve not heard of this being enforced, but there is a risk that Spotify could terminate your account if it finds you’ve breached these terms.

Listen for free

If you are happy with adverts you can use listen to Spotify Free. However you won’t be able to download music to listen to offline or use with a smart speaker. You also are forced in to shuffle tracks.

Alternatives to Spotify

If you aren’t keen on paying more, then you could use this as an opportunity to try a different streaming service.

The prices are broadly the same for each service, and it’s likely they’ll all follow Spotify and increase their prices in the coming months.

However, if you’re a new customer there are always free trials available. The length of these vary throughout the year, but it’s usually possible to get at least a month of Tidal, Amazon Music Unlimited, Apple Music, YouTube Premium and Deezer.

We’ve listed the best offers on our dedicated music streaming deals page.