Discovery Plus is raising its subscription prices in the United States, becoming the latest streaming service to increase its monthly fees as parent company Skydance evaluates the future of its streaming businesses.
The advertising-supported tier of Discovery Plus will increase by $1 to $7 per month, while the commercial-free subscription will increase by $2 to $12 per month. The higher prices take effect immediately for new customers. Existing subscribers will receive 30 days’ advance notice before their subscription rates increase. (Discovery Plus content is offered without extra cost through Philo’s Bundle Plus plan, which is $33 per month and includes more than 70 premium cable networks and content from HBO Max and AMC Plus.)
The changes come as Skydance, which recently completed its combination with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), prepares to consolidate its portfolio of streaming services.
Skydance Chairman and CEO David Ellison has already outlined plans to combine HBO Max and Paramount Plus into a single streaming application, although the company has not announced a timetable for completing that integration. Ellison has suggested that the company could offer a discounted bundle of HBO Max and Paramount Plus subscriptions while work continues on combining the two services.
The future of Discovery Plus, however, remains unclear: During a press conference earlier this month, Ellison and other executives did not address Discovery Plus or explain whether the service would remain available independently.
Discovery Plus primarily offers unscripted television programming from cable networks including Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet and Magnolia Network. The service also distributes selected CNN specials and other nonfiction programming.
Discovery Plus has maintained a separate identity from HBO Max, offering viewers access to lifestyle, home improvement, food, reality television and documentary programming without requiring a subscription to the company’s broader entertainment service.
The streaming platform has also developed a substantial subscriber base, although its parent companies have not regularly disclosed subscriber figures in recent years. Discovery Plus last reported 24 million global subscribers in March 2022, before the merger that created Warner Bros Discovery.
More recently, subscription research firm Antenna estimated that Discovery Plus had approximately 4.9 million paying subscribers in the United States as of August 2026. About half of those customers subscribed to the advertising-supported plan, according to Antenna.
