A few streaming services give teachers a real price, and a few that people expect to don’t. The offers we confirmed are Peacock at $7.99 a month for 12 months, Paramount+ at 50% off any plan for its first 12 months, Fubo at $30 off each of its first two months, and, through YouTube, $15 off YouTube TV for 12 months plus NFL Sunday Ticket for $198. Each one needs you to verify that you’re a teacher before you pay.
Netflix, Hulu, Spotify and Apple Music don’t have a teacher price that we could find. Hulu, Spotify and Apple Music each run a plan for college students, and Netflix lists its plans with no discount for anyone. If you’re deciding which service to start with, the first four below are the ones to look at.
How To Get The Streaming Services Teacher Discounts
Every offer here starts on a page the service or its verification partner runs, and the steps differ a little. Peacock and Paramount+ use SheerID, and the Fubo, YouTube TV and NFL Sunday Ticket offers are verified through ID.me. Keep a school email handy, since Paramount+’s verification page says the address must be your school-issued email address.
The sections below give the price, who qualifies and the catch for each one. The brand name goes to its own page where we have one, and the offer links go straight to the service.
Peacock: $7.99 A Month For 12 Months
Peacock’s teacher page offers Peacock Premium for $7.99 a month for 12 months. It says you’re eligible if you’re currently employed as a teacher, faculty or staff member at a public or private K-12 school or university in the United States. You’re sent to SheerID to verify your educator status.
Two details are worth knowing before you click. The page says that after 12 months you’ll be charged $12.99 or the then-current retail price each month until you cancel, and it says anyone who already has a paid Peacock subscription may need to cancel it before redeeming the offer.
Paramount+: 50% Off For The First 12 Months
SheerID’s Paramount+ listing is titled Teachers Get 50% Off Any Plan and says annual verification is required. The verification page says new and returning educator subscribers get 50% off the regular price of any Paramount+ subscription plan for the first 12 months.
Paramount+’s own education offer page is written for students and doesn’t mention teachers, so don’t be thrown if you land there first. The teacher offer is the one on the SheerID pages.
Fubo, YouTube TV And NFL Sunday Ticket
Fubo’s offer page gives $30 off your first two months of Fubo to a list of groups that includes teachers. Its FAQ is more exact: eligible customers get $30 off each of their first two months after verifying through ID.me, and once you’re verified you’re redirected to sign up with the offer code applied. After the promotional period the subscription renews at the then-current monthly price, plus taxes and fees. It’s a discount on the start of a subscription, so it suits you if you’re new to Fubo.
The teacher offer page that ID.me hosts for YouTube carries two deals. The first is NFL Sunday Ticket for $198, open to eligible Teachers in the United States as verified through ID.me, and you don’t need to be a YouTube TV subscriber to buy it. The second is $15 off YouTube TV for 12 months, and that one is for new subscribers only. The page also lists a last day to redeem the Sunday Ticket offer, so read it before you plan around it. NFL Sunday Ticket has its own page here if football is the reason you’re looking.
Scribd, If You Read More Than You Watch
Scribd isn’t video, but it belongs on a teacher’s list. Its help center says it offers discounted subscription plans for students and educators in the US, and its educators page lists Premium Monthly for educators at $7.99 a month against $11.99. That page also says you’re billed after your free trial and can cancel anytime.
Plans That Are For Students, Not Teachers
Hulu’s student page says its offer is valid as long as you’re a college or grad student. Spotify’s student page says its offer is available only to students at an eligible accredited higher education institution. Apple Music’s page says its student plan is for college students only, with verification required. None of the three mentions teachers or educators in our read of it, so a teacher who isn’t also enrolled somewhere won’t qualify.
Netflix: No Teacher Price, But A Classroom Permission
Netflix’s plans and pricing page lists its plans with no teacher, educator, student or discount wording in our read of it. What it does have is a help center page on educational screenings. It says some Netflix original shows and movies are available for one-time educational screenings, and that a screening must be non-profit and non-commercial. It also says an educator who wants to show these films or series once a semester over multiple semesters is fine.
What We Couldn’t Confirm
We didn’t verify through SheerID or ID.me, and we didn’t place an order with any service, so we can’t tell you what the final checkout screen shows. We also can’t prove that a service has no teacher program, only that we didn’t find one on the pages above. Prices and offers change, so the page you click through to is the one to trust.
Q&A
Which streaming service has the best deal for teachers?
It depends on what you watch. Paramount+ takes 50% off for the first 12 months, Peacock is $7.99 a month for 12 months, and Fubo is $30 off each of its first two months.
Does Netflix give teachers a discount?
Not one we could find. Its help center does allow one-time educational screenings of some titles.
Can a teacher use Hulu’s student plan?
Hulu’s student page says the offer is valid as long as you’re a college or grad student, so only if you’re enrolled.
Do I have to cancel my current Peacock subscription first?
Peacock’s page says you may need to if you already pay for it.
Is the YouTube TV deal for everyone?
No. The $15 off for 12 months is for new subscribers only, and the NFL Sunday Ticket price is open to existing and new subscribers.
More Information:
The details above come from Peacock, Paramount+, SheerID, Fubo, ID.me, Scribd, Hulu, Spotify, Apple and Netflix as their pages loaded when we checked, and they change without notice. See more entertainment discounts for teachers.
