Earn Free Cash by Testing Apps
Legitimate online reward platforms like Freecash and market research companies offer points, rewards, or cash for completing simple, short tasks.
Companies pay these platforms for genuine user feedback and data. A few days of consistent use can easily earn enough cash to cover a month or more of YouTube Premium.
A few tasks that pay up to $2,500 per offer can be anything such as:
- Testing new mobile apps.
- Playing mobile games.
- Watching short videos (e.g., on Netflix or TikTok).
- Answering short surveys about your browsing or purchasing habits.
Even if you spend a small amount of time to do any of these tasks or activities, you effectively earn the equivalent of the subscription, granting you free YouTube Premium access.
Use VPN to find cheaper offers
The official price for a YouTube Premium subscription varies dramatically by country. You can take advantage of these regional differences.
YouTube sets different prices globally to remain affordable and competitive within local economic contexts.
Using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows you to virtually connect to a server in a region with a significantly lower official price.
Price Comparison Examples:
| Country | Price |
|---|
| USA | $13.99 |
| Argentina | $1.50 |
| India | $2.00 |
| Turkey | $3.00 |
Activate your VPN and set your location to one of these lower-priced countries to subscribe at the reduced local rate.
Pay for Student Pricing
YouTube offers verified students at eligible higher education institutions a massive discount, often nearly 50% off the standard monthly rate.
A problem you could face however is you need to confirm you are enrolled in a university to qualify.
Enrollment is typically confirmed through a third-party service like SheerID or UNiDAYS, which verifies your status using an official student ID or university email.
Start a Family Plan
If you have a group of friends or a household, the Family Plan significantly reduces the per-person cost.
A YouTube Premium Family Plan allows up to six individual accounts (the manager and five family members) to share a single subscription.
The crazy part that I really liked about The Family Plan is that it's priced at less than three times the cost of a single individual plan.
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Standard Individual Plan: $13.99/month
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Family Plan: $22.99/month
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Effective Cost Per Person (Shared by 6):$3.83 per person
Forming a group of six and splitting the cost, the Family Plan offers a drastic reduction, making it the most cost-effective way to get a cheap subscription for multiple people.
Use Free Trial Periods and New User Offers
YouTube frequently offers extended free trials often one to three months in length, to first-time subscribers or users who haven't subscribed in a significant period.
The goal of the free trial is to hook a user into the ad-free experience, hoping they will find the value compelling enough to continue paying once the trial ends.
But you can take advaantage of this yourself, and have a little bit of freedom from ads (or use an ad-blocker...).Â
