Google · Streaming · Individual plan · Monthly
YouTube Premium Individual ranges from $1.65/mo in Nigeria to $28.96/mo in Switzerland: a 17.5× gap for the same plan. Ad-free YouTube, background play and YouTube Music Premium on the individual plan.
17 storefrontsiOS App Store17 verified rowsUpdated Oct 21, 2026Price history →
Card A · Absolute global floor
Source Verified$1.65/mo
🇳🇬 Nigeria · ₦2,200 on iOS App Store
−92% vs US list price $20.99/mo
Apple’s payment-methods page lists no gift-card redemption for Nigeria. Accepted there: Apple Account balance (from adding funds); Most credit and debit cards.
Landed (tax incl.): $1.65/mo
Card B · Cheapest gift-card route
Source Verified$2.16/mo landed
🇮🇳 India · ₹195 via iOS App Store
Saves $225.90 a year vs the US
Apple Account balance can be funded by redeeming App Store Card. Landed includes the median premium of 5.5% over face value at which SEAGM listed these cards on Oct 21, 2026.
Billing cycle
Switching plan or cycle re-sorts the table by 12-month difference versus the US. Landed cost is the list price, plus the reseller premium we observed for that store’s gift cards on gift-card routes. No tax is added: US, Canadian and Argentine list prices are pre-tax.
| Cheapest channel | Evidence · Payment | Checkout today | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nigeria | iOS App Store | $1.65₦2,200 | $1.65tax incl. | −92% Cheapest | 2.4 hPPP $10.07 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | $232.07 | — |
| 2Egypt | iOS App Store | $2.11114.99 ج.م. | $2.11tax incl. | −90% | 1.3 hPPP $13.91 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | $226.56 | — |
| 3India | iOS App Store | $2.05₹195 | $2.16tax incl. · +5% SEAGM | −90% | 1.5 hPPP $9.74 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | $225.90 | — |
| 4Pakistan | iOS App Store | $2.34Rs 649 | $2.34tax incl. | −89% | 3.1 hPPP $9.29 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | $223.77 | — |
| 5Turkey | iOS App Store | $3.23₺159,99 | $3.55tax incl. · +10% SEAGM | −85% | 24 minPPP $7.60 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | $209.27 | — |
| 6Indonesia | iOS App Store | $4.94Rp 89.000 | $4.94tax incl. | −76% | 1.9 hPPP $18.86 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | $192.55 | — |
| 7Argentina | iOS App Store | $4.99US$ 4,99 | $4.99pre-tax | −76% | 41 minPPP $10.57 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | $192.00 | — |
| 8Malaysia | iOS App Store | $6.59RM 26.90 | $6.59tax incl. | −69% | 1.1 hPPP $19.94 | Source VerifiedNo gift cards | $172.82 | — |
| 9Brazil | iOS App Store | $6.95R$ 34,90 | $7.26tax incl. · +5% SEAGM | −67% | 1.3 hPPP $13.43 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | $164.73 | — |
| 10Poland | iOS App Store | $10.0238,99 zł | $11.15tax incl. · +11% SEAGM | −52% | 47 minPPP $20.41 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | $118.09 | — |
| 11Japan | iOS App Store | $10.62￥1,680 | $11.87tax incl. · +12% SEAGM | −49% | 33 minPPP $17.85 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | $109.49 | — |
| 12Mexico | iOS App Store | $11.33$209 | $12.04tax incl. · +6% SEAGM | −46% | 1.7 hPPP $20.05 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | $107.39 | — |
| 13Canada | iOS App Store | $12.08$16.99 | $13.06pre-tax · +8% SEAGM | −42% | 26 minPPP $14.37 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | $95.10 | — |
| 14United States | iOS App Store | $20.99$20.99 | $22.18pre-tax · +6% SEAGM | US baseline | 28 minPPP $20.99 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | — | — |
| 15Germany | iOS App Store | $22.4419,99 € | $23.37tax incl. · +4% SEAGM | +7% | 45 minPPP $27.80 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | -$28.52 | — |
| 16United Kingdom | iOS App Store | $22.70£16.99 | $24.41tax incl. · +8% SEAGM | +8% | 50 minPPP $25.70 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | -$41.08 | — |
| 17Switzerland | iOS App Store | $28.96CHF 23.90 | $31.01tax incl. · +7% SEAGM | +38% | 31 minPPP $25.78 | Source VerifiedGift cards sold | -$120.29 | — |
Landed = list price ÷ FX, plus the median premium one reseller (SEAGM) charged for that store’s gift cards when the route is gift-card funded and a price was observed. No tax is added; “pre-tax” rows (US, Canada, Argentina) get tax at checkout or on the card statement.vs US compares spot prices with the lowest US list price ($20.99/mo).12-mo saving vs US = (US list price $20.99 − landed) × 12.Affordability = hours of GNI per capita (÷ 2,000 working hours) per month of use. Checkout votes are reader reports, one per route per day.
YouTube Premium Individual · Monthly · computed from 17 storefronts
YouTube Premium Individual is one of the most aggressively regionalised plans we track: Nigeria charges $1.65/mo (−92% against the US list price of $20.99) while Switzerland charges $28.96/mo, a 17.5× price ratio. The mean ($10.24) sits 47% above the median ($6.95), pulled up by Switzerland. The standard deviation across 17 storefronts is $8.56 (σ/μ = 84%), a very wide band; 2 of them sit within 10% of the median, and the middle half spans $3.23 to $12.08.
The three cheapest storefronts are Nigeria, India and Egypt; 3 storefronts charge more than the US, led by Switzerland and United Kingdom. That is the widest regional spread of the 4 products in this category, ahead of Spotify (16.1×).
By region, Sub-Saharan Africa is the cheapest bloc (median −92% vs the US) and Europe the dearest (+8%); North America ranks 8 of 9. Neighbours disagree most in Europe: Switzerland charges 2.9× what Poland does.
Only iOS App Store prices are observed for YouTube Premium Individual so far.
The Nigeria floor has no Apple gift-card redemption listed; the cheapest gift-card route is India (iOS App Store) at $2.16 landed, $0.51 a month above the floor (SEAGM +5.5% vs face value). Apple Account balance can be funded by redeeming App Store Card. 11 of 17 storefronts have gift cards for that store.
Measured in hours of GNI per capita (÷ 2,000 working hours), one month costs 28 min in the US but 3.1 h in Pakistan (6.6× the burden, at a price −89% below the US), worth $9.29 in IMF PPP dollars.
Spot USD price versus the US list price; hover a country for its local price.
Nigeria has the lowest nominal price at $1.65 per month through iOS App Store (−92% vs the US). Payment route: No gift cards.
India via iOS App Store: $2.16 per month landed. Source: Apple Account balance can be funded by redeeming App Store Card; SEAGM +5.5% vs face value.
Across 17 storefronts the median is $6.95 and the mean $10.24, with a standard deviation of $8.56. The most expensive storefront (Switzerland) charges 17.5× the cheapest (Nigeria).
28 min of GNI per capita in the US versus a cross-country median of 50 min, using GNI per capita divided by 2,000 working hours.
Prices are list prices read from each storefront or vendor page, converted at the 2026-10-21 exchange rate (open.er-api.com (latest) + currency-api archive (month-end history)). Only prices observed in the last 30 days are shown; storefronts we have not observed are left out rather than estimated. See methodology and data sources; download every row from open data.