{"id":173264,"date":"2026-01-14T19:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/federal-data-underscores-meteoric-rise-of-streaming-subscription-prices-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T19:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:56:30","slug":"federal-data-underscores-meteoric-rise-of-streaming-subscription-prices-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/federal-data-underscores-meteoric-rise-of-streaming-subscription-prices-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal data underscores meteoric rise of streaming subscription prices in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The prices that Americans paid for subscription- and rental-based access to video streaming services and video games increased 29 percent from December 2024 to December 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/cpi.t07.htm#cpipress7.f.4\">according to data<\/a> that the US Department of Labor\u2019s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BLS, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/cpi\/questions-and-answers.htm\">BLS says<\/a> represents over 90 percent of the US population across the country, for all items \u201cincreased 2.7 percent before seasonal adjustment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CPI-U for \u201csubscription and rental of video and video games\u201d includes subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming services, like Netflix and Disney+, and &#8220;one-time rental of video and video game media. These may be rented or subscribed to through physical copy, streaming, or temporary download,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/cpi\/additional-resources\/entry-level-item-descriptions.htm\">BLS says<\/a>. For comparison, &#8220;cable, satellite, and live streaming television service [such as YouTube TV and Sling]&#8221; saw 4.9 percent inflation last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/01\/federal-data-underscores-meteoric-rise-of-streaming-subscription-prices-in-2025\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/01\/federal-data-underscores-meteoric-rise-of-streaming-subscription-prices-in-2025\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prices that Americans paid for subscription- and rental-based access to video streaming services and video games increased 29 percent from December 2024 to December 2025, according to data that the US Department of Labor\u2019s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released on Tuesday. 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