Pandora Claims 'We Haven't Made This Decision Lightly' After Raising Prices

The SiriusXM service joins a long list of streamers that have increased rates this year.

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Following the lead of streamers everywhere, Pandora is instituting a price hike. In a September 2026 email, the music streamer announced that their subscriptions would increase by at least a dollar per month beginning in October. The announcement prompted a mix of surprise and outrage from many of Pandora's millions of paid subscribers.

The change comes just months after Spotify, one of Pandora's fiercest…