Last Updated on June 21, 2025 by stlplace
I started keep track of my monthly subscription on various things. Here is the google sheet for that. It’s $231.11 total per month. I also pasted below.
| Subscription | monthly cost (updated 06-21-25) |
| Netlfix | $17.99 |
| Hulu, Disney ad tier | $3.99 |
| panera sip club | $10.00 |
| apple news | $12.99 |
| apple icloud | $3.98 |
| google drive | $1.67 |
| youtube | $22.99 |
| Peacock TV | $6.67 |
| AT&T | $70 |
| Medium | $4.17 |
| Strava | $6.67 |
| mint mobile | $55 |
| Amazon Prime | 15 |
| subtoal | $231.11 |
Also, last night (or this morning to be precise) I noticed since I downgraded my Netflix subscription a few month ago to a Ad-support plan $7.99 a month, and I happened to watch the Virgin River show last night as I could not fell asleep. And I really disliked the interruption of the ads. So I went ahead and switched back to the standard plan $17.99 a month. Besides no Ads, it also allows more screens or allows for popup screen on iPhone.
Streaming
I noticed this stat from the newsletter from Morning Brew, and I will copy a bit below.
Prime number: Streaming overtakes broadcast + cable (this is the subject)
All those Hot Ones interviews you watch while muted and off-camera during companywide calls are adding up. For the first time ever, more Americans watch streaming services on TV than broadcast and cable combined, per the latest Nielsen data:
As of May, streaming accounted for 45% of all TV viewing, while broadcast + cable represented 44%.
When Nielsen started measuring in 2021, streaming made up only 26% of TV time, while traditional TV dominated at nearly two-thirds.
The popularity of streaming among the youths is well documented, but this latest surge away from regular TV and toward free, ad-supported apps like YouTube and Tubi is driven by the elders. The fastest-growing cohort watching YouTube on a TV set is viewers over the age of 65, the New York Times reported.—AE