In an email to customers, the popular streaming platform said standard monthly subscriptions would immediately rise more than 12 per cent from $15.99 to $17.99 per month for new customers, or from the next billing date for existing customers.
For standard subscribers who pay on an annual basis, plans will rise $20, from $159.99 to $179.99.
Premium monthly plans will be hiked from $20.99 to $24.99 a month, or an extra $30 for yearly subscribers – rising to $249.99.
It’s the second price hike the platform has passed onto Aussie customers in around 14 months.
Premium tier have increased from $17.99 to $24.99 in that time, after the plan was lifted by $4 last March to accommodate fresh ESPN and Hulu inclusions.
The price change coincides with the launch of a new budget-conscious Standard with Ads plan priced at $9.99.
Customers on promotional offers will not incur the increase, Disney+ said.
Almost all Aussie adults (91 per cent) used an online service to watch video content in a given week last year, according to research by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
More than two-thirds of Australians had a paid streaming subscription last year, the research found.
Of those, 31 per cent were subscribed to Disney+, down from 34 per cent in 2024.
Currently, a standard monthly Netflix plan costs $20.99, a Paramount Plus account is priced at $12.99 and Binge charges $19 a month for a standard plan.
An Apple TV account costs $15.99 a month and a Stan standard monthly subscription will set you back $17.
Disney+ is a streaming competitor to Stan, which is owned by Nine, the publisher of this website.
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