Google · Streaming · Individual plan · Monthly
YouTube Premium Individual ranges from $1.65/mo in Nigeria to $28.92/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 storefronts iOS App Store 17 verified rows Updated Oct 20, 2026 Price 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 $225.95 a year vs the US
Apple Account balance can be funded by redeeming App Store Card. Landed includes the median premium of 5.3% over face value at which SEAGM listed these cards on Oct 20, 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Nigeria | iOS App Store | $1.65 ₦2,200 | $1.65 tax incl. | −92% Cheapest | 2.4 h PPP $10.07 | Source Verified No gift cards | $232.07 | — |
| 2 Egypt | iOS App Store | $2.13 114.99 ج.م. | $2.13 tax incl. | −90% | 1.3 h PPP $13.91 | Source Verified No gift cards | $226.28 | — |
| 3 India | iOS App Store | $2.05 ₹195 | $2.16 tax incl. · +5% SEAGM | −90% | 1.5 h PPP $9.74 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | $225.95 | — |
| 4 Pakistan | iOS App Store | $2.34 Rs 649 | $2.34 tax incl. | −89% | 3.1 h PPP $9.29 | Source Verified No gift cards | $223.74 | — |
| 5 Turkey | iOS App Store | $3.23 ₺159,99 | $3.55 tax incl. · +10% SEAGM | −85% | 24 min PPP $7.60 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | $209.26 | — |
| 6 Indonesia | iOS App Store | $4.93 Rp 89.000 | $4.93 tax incl. | −77% | 1.9 h PPP $18.86 | Source Verified No gift cards | $192.73 | — |
| 7 Argentina | iOS App Store | $4.99 US$ 4,99 | $4.99 pre-tax | −76% | 41 min PPP $10.56 | Source Verified No gift cards | $192.00 | — |
| 8 Malaysia | iOS App Store | $6.59 RM 26.90 | $6.59 tax incl. | −69% | 1.1 h PPP $19.94 | Source Verified No gift cards | $172.81 | — |
| 9 Brazil | iOS App Store | $6.91 R$ 34,90 | $7.20 tax incl. · +4% SEAGM | −67% | 1.3 h PPP $13.43 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | $165.44 | — |
| 10 Poland | iOS App Store | $10.01 38,99 zł | $11.13 tax incl. · +11% SEAGM | −52% | 47 min PPP $20.41 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | $118.32 | — |
| 11 Japan | iOS App Store | $10.60 ￥1,680 | $11.86 tax incl. · +12% SEAGM | −49% | 33 min PPP $17.85 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | $109.55 | — |
| 12 Mexico | iOS App Store | $11.33 $209 | $12.04 tax incl. · +6% SEAGM | −46% | 1.7 h PPP $20.05 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | $107.42 | — |
| 13 Canada | iOS App Store | $12.05 $16.99 | $13.03 pre-tax · +8% SEAGM | −43% | 26 min PPP $14.37 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | $95.52 | — |
| 14 United States | iOS App Store | $20.99 $20.99 | $22.18 pre-tax · +6% SEAGM | US baseline | 28 min PPP $20.99 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | — | — |
| 15 Germany | iOS App Store | $22.42 19,99 € | $23.35 tax incl. · +4% SEAGM | +7% | 45 min PPP $27.80 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | -$28.29 | — |
| 16 United Kingdom | iOS App Store | $22.62 £16.99 | $24.28 tax incl. · +7% SEAGM | +8% | 50 min PPP $25.70 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | -$39.52 | — |
| 17 Switzerland | iOS App Store | $28.92 CHF 23.90 | $31.02 tax incl. · +7% SEAGM | +38% | 31 min PPP $25.78 | Source Verified Gift cards sold | -$120.39 | — |
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 $28.92/mo, a 17.5× price ratio. The mean ($10.22) sits 48% above the median ($6.91), pulled up by Switzerland. The standard deviation across 17 storefronts is $8.55 (σ/μ = 84%), a very wide band; 2 of them sit within 10% of the median, and the middle half spans $3.23 to $12.05.
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 (+7%); 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 +5.3% 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 +5.3% vs face value.
Across 17 storefronts the median is $6.91 and the mean $10.22, with a standard deviation of $8.55. 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 2026-10-20 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.