Streaming Cost Per Hour
Real cost of every streaming subscription you have.
$/hour
$0.92
$/hour
$3.50
$/hour
$5.00
$/hour
$0.20
Blended cost per hour
$1
$59/mo across 91 hours
Anything over $1/hour is probably worth canceling. The classic move is to keep one or two services at a time and rotate. A 3-month annual binge is usually cheaper than 12 months of half-attention. Hours per month are easier to estimate over a 90-day window than week to week.
About
List your subscriptions, monthly cost, and how many hours per month you actually watch or listen. Get cost per hour for each and a blended average. Anything over $1/hour is probably worth canceling.
How to use
- List your subscriptions.
- Estimate monthly hours.
- See cost per hour.
FAQ
What hours should I count?+
Real watch or listen hours, not what's on. If you turned on Netflix for background noise but only saw five minutes of it, count five minutes. The whole point is figuring out where you're paying for inattention.