Price evolution of HBO's Add-free Plan in the United States

1. Relevance of the price of HBO's Add-free Plan
2. Price evolution of HBO's Add-free Plan
   1. Absolute price of HBO's Add-free Plan per year
   2. Inflation adjusted price of HBO's Add-free Plan per year
3. Conclusion
4. FAQs about HBO's Add-free Plan's price in the the United States
5. Price evolution table and full chart

HBO has changed the name of it's platform several times since 2014. This was due to strategic and marketing reasons, but the platform remained pretty much the same through said changes, and therefore it makes sense to study the price evolution of it's monthly subscription regardless of whether the platform was called HBO, HBO max, HBO now...

Price evolution of HBO's Add-free Plan

The average price of a monthly subscription to HBO's Add-free Plan between 2014 and 2023 was $15.09, with the lowest price being $14.99 in 2014 and the highest $15.99 in 2023 (at least within the timeframe we have data for).

Yes, I'm sorry to say, but HBO's Add-free Plan in the United States has never been as expensive as it is today. And that's not all. I promise I'm not trying to depress you here, but in 2023 HBO's Add-free Plan also saw they biggest price increase since we have data, jumping $1, or 6.67% from the previous year. Let's see how the price evolves from here.

However, if you look at the inflation adjusted price, a monthly subscription to HBO's Add-free Plan actually peaked in 2014 at $19.82 (in today's money).

Let's take a closer look at the data in the tables below:

Absolute price of HBO's Add-free Plan per year

Our data source for this article was: Variety.com .

The absolute price of HBO's Add-free Plan in the the United States has gone from $14.99 in 2014 to $15.99 in 2023. That's an absolute increase of $1, or 6.67% in a period of 9 years. (go to the next section for inflation-adjusted values).

Now, if you are hoping for a decrease in the price of HBO's Add-free Plan in the future, don't hold your breath. Considering that the price has only increased during a period of 9 years (like literally every year), there's no reason to believe that trend will change any time soon.

The biggest price increase was $1, or 6.67% in 2023.

Inflation-adjusted price of HBO's Add-free Plan per year

As accurate as the information above might be, it can also be somehow deceiving. This is because the value of money changes over time, usually decreasing. That means that $1 of today's money cannot buy as much as $1 in the past. This phenomenon is called inflation, and can make it complicated to compare historical pricing data. Luckily, we can adjust for it and calculate what a dollar value of the past would be equal to in today's money.

So let's not take a look at the evolution of the price of HBO's Add-free Plan in the the United States, in that same 9 years period between 2014 and 2023, but adjusting prices to inflation (aka. in today's money).

When we adjust for inflation, we see that the price of HBO's Add-free Plan actually peaked in 2014, when it cost $19.82 (in today's money), and was at its lowest in 2023 when it sold for $16.83.

The biggest spike in adjusted price was in when it jumped by - (0%).

The average price of HBO's Add-free Plan during this period of time, adjusting for inflation, has been $18.50, and the most current price of $15.99 is 13.57% below that average. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Conclusion

The absolute price of HBO's Add-free Plan has increased by $1 ($6.67%) since 2014. But that comes as no surprise, as prices always tend to increase over time due to inflation.

Now, as we've explained earlier, the absolute price of a product does not necessarily represent its affordability fairly. For that we have to look at its inflation adjusted price, or in other words, the price evolution in today's money.

When we look at the inflation-adjusted price of HBO's Add-free Plan, we see that it has varied ± 8.08% over this period of time, and is currently 13.59% cheaper than the average over these years.

So not everything is bad news after all!

Even at $15.99 (per monthly subscription), HBO's Add-free Plan is actually more afordable in 2023 than it was in 2014.

So if there had to be one single take away from this article it would be this: The average person has to make less of an economic effort to purchase HBO's Add-free Plan today than in the past.

We can consider that the price of HBO's Add-free Plan has remained maily stable over this period of time. It sure had some ups and downs, like in 2023 and , but considering the magnitude and complexity of the global economy its price has mainly kept up with inflation.

FAQs about the price of HBO's Add-free Plan in the the United States