{"id":115054,"date":"2018-12-03T20:28:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T20:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=115054"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:40:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:40:04","slug":"youtube-student-discount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/youtube-student-discount\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube has some excellent news for students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this year,\u00a0YouTube launched the paid subscription YouTube Music and YouTube Premium services<\/a> in 17 countries around the world. YouTube Music is a Spotify-like experience that gives users access to hundreds of thousands of songs<\/strong> as well as YouTube\u2019s impressive algorithms for sharing up new music it thinks you will like. YouTube Premium, as the name suggests, offers a subscribers an ad-free experience, the ability to download videos, and to gain access to YouTube Originals content.<\/p>\n

Both services come at a cost though, with YouTube Music costing $9.99 a month and YouTube Premium coming in $11.99 a month. It is worth noting though, that YouTube Premium subscribers get full access to the YouTube Music service, too. If the thought of shelling out at least $10 a month on a YouTube subscription sounds a bit too rich for your blood, then we might have some good news for you. That is, if you are an officially registered student.<\/p>\n

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The student prices for both services offer heavy discounts against the full prices.<\/strong> For YouTube Music, students will gain full access for only $4.99 a month, which represents a massive 50% discount. Students will be able to access YouTube Premium for only $6.99 a month. If they manage to sign up before January 13, 2019, though, they\u2019ll be able to get a YouTube Premium subscription at an extra discounted price of $5.99 a month. For full details on the student pricing click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Now before you go running off to sign up to a free course at the local community college, you need to realize that it doesn\u2019t quite work like that. To be eligible for the student pricing plans you need to be a full-time student at an accredited college or university in the United States. (Sorry, rest-of-the-planet.) YouTube, however, has said that it does plan on introducing student pricing in other countries but is yet to announce when exactly it will do so.<\/p>\n

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In the meantime, what do you think about having the ability to download YouTube videos so that you can watch them <\/em>offline. Is that something you think is worth paying for? Let us know in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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