September 2026 Subscription Price Increases: When Your Bill Goes Up
Peacock, ESPN, and the Disney bundles raise prices this month. Old price, new price, and the exact renewal your higher bill lands on, from the official notices. Updated as increases are confirmed.
Three price increases land on existing subscribers in September 2026, and all three use the same trick: the new price is announced in August, charged to new customers immediately, and applied to current customers only on their first billing date on or after September 17. That means your higher bill is not on the 17th. It is on your next renewal after the 17th, which for most people is sometime between September 17 and October 16.
This page tracks every confirmed increase with the exact wording from the company’s own notice. It is updated as new ones are confirmed; the date at the bottom is the last check.
The quick answer
- Three companies, one rule: Peacock, ESPN, and Disney all charge existing subscribers the new price on the first renewal on or after September 17, 2026, not on the 17th itself
- Peacock: Premium $10.99 to $12.99, Premium Plus $16.99 to $19.99, Select $7.99 to $8.99 (monthly). Added September 8: the Apple TV and Peacock bundles rose on September 1 (Premium bundle $14.99 to $17.99, Premium Plus bundle $19.99 to $22.99), and existing bundle subscribers move on their first bill on or after October 1, 2026
- ESPN: Select $13.99 a month, Unlimited $31.99 a month (up from $12.99 and $29.99 per press reports); grandfathered if you subscribed before August 20
- Disney bundles with ESPN Select: Basic $21.99, Premium $32.99, Legacy $27.99
- To dodge it: downgrade or cancel before your own first renewal after September 17, and not a day earlier than that renewal
The list, as of September 8, 2026
| Service | Plan | Old | New | New customers pay from | Existing customers pay from | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peacock | Select monthly | $7.99 | $8.99 | Aug 18, 2026 | First bill on or after Sep 17 | Peacock notice |
| Peacock | Premium monthly | $10.99 | $12.99 | Aug 18 | First bill on or after Sep 17 | same |
| Peacock | Premium Plus monthly | $16.99 | $19.99 | Aug 18 | First bill on or after Sep 17 | same |
| Peacock | Select / Premium / Premium Plus annual | $79.99 / $109.99 / $169.99 | $89.99 / $129.99 / $199.99 | Aug 18 | At the next annual renewal | same |
| Peacock | Apple TV and Peacock Premium bundle | $14.99 | $17.99 | Sep 1, 2026 | First bill on or after Oct 1 | same |
| Peacock | Apple TV and Peacock Premium Plus bundle | $19.99 | $22.99 | Sep 1 | First bill on or after Oct 1 | same |
| ESPN | ESPN Select monthly | $12.99 (reported) | $13.99 | Aug 20 | First bill after Sep 17 (subscribed before Aug 20) | ESPN plans page |
| ESPN | ESPN Select annual | not listed | $139.99 | Aug 20 | First bill after Sep 17 | same |
| ESPN | ESPN Unlimited monthly | $29.99 (reported) | $31.99 | Aug 20 | First bill after Sep 17 | same |
| ESPN | ESPN Unlimited annual | not listed | $319.99 | Aug 20 | First bill after Sep 17 | same |
| Disney | Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Select Bundle Basic | not listed | $21.99 | Aug 20 | First billing period on or after Sep 17 | Disney+ plans page |
| Disney | Disney+, Hulu, ESPN Select Premium | not listed | $32.99 | Aug 20 | First billing period on or after Sep 17 | same |
| Disney | Legacy bundle (Disney+ no ads, Hulu ads, ESPN Select), no longer sold | $24.99 (reported) | $27.99 | n/a | First billing period on or after Sep 17 | same |
“Reported” marks a prior price that comes from press coverage rather than the company’s current page, which lists only the new price. “Not listed” means the official page does not state the previous figure.
What each company actually wrote
Peacock raised every plan on August 18. Its notice says new and returning subscribers pay the new price from that date, existing subscribers “until their first billing date on or after September 17, 2026,” and annual or promotional subscribers stay at the current price until that term ends. The same notice carries a second, later increase: “Effective September 1, 2026, the prices of Apple TV and Peacock bundles will be changed,” with the Premium bundle “now $17.99/month (up from $14.99)” and the Premium Plus bundle “now $22.99/month (up from $19.99).” For bundle subscribers who signed up before September 1, “the new pricing will be effective on your next billing date on or after October 1, 2026,” two weeks after the standalone plans move. The cancel path and the retention screen are in the Peacock cancel guide.
ESPN lists the new prices on its plans page with one grandfathering sentence: “Anyone who subscribed prior to August 20, 2026, will retain that price until their first billing date after September 17, 2026.” The full cancel flow, including the no-refund and no-pause rules, is in the ESPN cancel guide.
Disney raised the bundles that include ESPN Select. Per its plans page, new subscriptions from August 20 pay the new prices, and existing subscribers on an ESPN Select bundle see the new price on their “first billing period on or after September 17, 2026.” Only bundles that include ESPN Select are affected. Bundle cancellation ends Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN together, covered in the Disney+ cancel guide.
The Disney legacy bundle is a one-way door
One line on Disney’s plans page changes the math for legacy bundle subscribers: “Please note this plan is no longer available to purchase or switch into on Disney+. Existing subscribers will be able to keep their plan so long as they do not cancel or change it.” The usual advice for dodging an increase, downgrade now and come back later, does not apply here. Cancel or change the legacy bundle to avoid the $27.99 charge and the plan is gone for good; the closest current equivalents are the Select Bundle Basic at $21.99 (both Disney+ and Hulu with ads) or the Select Premium at $32.99. Decide on the plan you would land on, not on the $3 difference. (Added September 4, 2026.)
Current official prices for nine services, not just this month’s changes, are kept in the 2026 streaming price table.
How to read your own date
- Open the account page and find the next billing date
- If it is before September 17, that bill is at the old price, and the one after it is the first at the new price
- If it is September 17 or later, that bill is the first at the new price
- To avoid the increase entirely, downgrade or cancel before that specific renewal, not before September 17. Canceling early forfeits nothing on these services since access runs to the end of the paid period, but there is no reason to give up the old-price days you already paid for
The general rules for price increases, including Apple’s consent requirement and Google Play’s opt-in behavior when the app store bills you, are in the price increase guide.
Not yet confirmed
Increases that have been reported but that we could not verify on an official page are not listed above. When a company’s own notice or plans page confirms one, it is added here with the date it was confirmed. If you received a price increase email from a service not on this list, the notice itself is the source to check: it will state the new price and the date it applies to your account.
Every price and date on this page is taken from the company’s official notice or plans page linked in the Source column. Last checked September 4, 2026 (Disney legacy bundle one-way note added). This page is updated when a new increase is confirmed; changes are noted with the date.