Twitch announces a new increase in subscription prices on its site. This latest one comes only two months after the previous one price increase. Bad news for Twitch streamers and their subscribers. The company has just announced in a press release that the price of subscriptions on the site and mobile application will increase shortly. This change will be effective Starting October 1st for new subscribers and November 1st for subscription renewals: "Starting October 1st, we are increasing the price of Tier 1 subscriptions and gift subscriptions on the mobile app in 40 countries. We are in the process of notifying affected streamers and subscribers by email." This increase concerns, " at least the United States, but also other countries that have not yet been announced. The news, however, quickly caused some gnashing of teeth within the various streamer communities. 
Attention à celles et ceux qui prennent des subs Twitch sur mobile le prix va augmenter, le sub coûtera 6€49
(Privilégiez le PC pour prendre vos subs) https://t.co/GQfgffq46M pic.twitter.com/d3qrklorTc— Ponoki Chan ⛅️Vtuber FR ⛅️ (@Ponoki_Chan) August 21, 2024
It should be noted, however, that this increase currently only concerns subscriptions purchased via the Twitch mobile app on Android and iOS. This could be a way for Amazon, which owns Twitch, to offset the pricing of the two mobile operating systems.
The increase brings the price of the sub tier 1 to $7.99. The subscription price had already increased in early July from $4.99 to $5.99. This represents an increase of nearly 60% in just four months for the live streaming platform.