{"id":594908,"date":"2025-05-15T19:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T17:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=594908"},"modified":"2025-05-15T19:48:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T17:48:39","slug":"netflix-quietly-increases-prices-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/594908-netflix-quietly-increases-prices-in-south-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"Netflix quietly increases prices in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Netflix has quietly increased the prices of its Mobile, Standard, and Premium plans in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone in South Africa who signs up for a new Netflix account and takes up one of the affected plans will pay between 13% and 20% more than at the end of April 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some existing subscribers have been informed by email that their monthly price is going up from June. However, several have not received the notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the emails MyBroadband has seen, Netflix is notifying customers a month in advance that their fees are increasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears that Netflix has staggered the price increases according to billing date. Netflix subscribers are charged monthly on the date they signed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers whose next billing date is before 7 June have not received an email, suggesting they will enjoy an additional month at the old price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those whose billing date is after the cutoff will start paying the new prices from next month on their billing date. The changes are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Netflix Premium is increasing by R30 per month from R199 to R229 \u2014&nbsp;a 15% increase.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Netflix Standard is going up by R20 per month from R159 to R179 \u2014 a 13% increase.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Netflix Mobile is receiving its first-ever price increase from R49 to R59, which is a 20% increase.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second time Netflix has increased its prices in South Africa since <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/151193-netflix-has-launched-in-south-africa.html\">its global launch in January 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netflix <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/418788-netflix-price-increases-for-south-africa.html\">last increased its South African prices<\/a> in October 2021. At the time, it explained the price changes were necessary to reflect improvements in the quality of its service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time round, Netflix provided no explanation ahead of the price change. Instead, its website only provides the following general statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPlans and pricing may change as we continue to improve our service and add more TV shows and movies,\u201d Netflix said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAdjustments can also happen in response to local market changes, such as changes to local taxes or inflation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The table below summarises the price change for Netflix in South Africa, effective immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Plans<\/th><th>Current price<\/th><th>New price<\/th><th>Increase<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Netflix Mobile<\/strong><\/td><td>R49<\/td><td>R59<\/td><td>+20%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Netflix Basic<\/strong><\/td><td>R99<\/td><td>R99<\/td><td>0%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Netflix Standard<\/strong><\/td><td>R159<\/td><td>R179<\/td><td>+13%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Netflix Premium<\/strong><\/td><td>R199<\/td><td>R229<\/td><td>+15%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global price increase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When Netflix first launched in South Africa, a Basic plan cost $7.99 (R126 at the time), Standard was $9.99 (R158 at the time), and Premium was $11.99 (about R190 at the time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netflix started <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/273205-new-south-african-rand-pricing-for-netflix.html\">billing South Africans in rands<\/a> in August 2018, which effectively decreased the monthly fee for Basic and Standard, while Premium remained about the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the new prices, Netflix Basic remains cheaper than at launch, whereas Standard and Premium have become more expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These price increases are not unique to South Africa. In fact, Netflix subscribers in South Africa have seen fewer price hikes than those in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netflix announced with its quarterly results in January 2025 that it was increasing prices in the US, Canada, Argentina and Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It announced a price increase for the UK in February, and New Zealanders saw their prices go up in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MyBroadband contacted Netflix for comment, and a spokesperson was not immediately available to provide feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has quietly increased the prices of its Mobile, Standard, and Premium plans in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":519681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594908"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594910,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594908\/revisions\/594910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}