--- title: Audible launches a cheaper ‘Standard’ subscription plan,... description: Audible has launched a new 'Standard' subscription plan at $8.99/month, $6 cheaper than its existing Premium plan at $14.95/month. The Standard plan includes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/audible-launches-a-cheaper-standard-subscription-plan-challenging-spotify-hpipsznqm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Audible launches a cheaper ‘Standard’ subscription plan, challenging Spotify | daily.dev og:description: Audible has launched a new 'Standard' subscription plan at $8.99/month, $6 cheaper than its existing Premium plan at $14.95/month. The Standard plan includes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/audible-launches-a-cheaper-standard-subscription-plan-challenging-spotify-hpipsznqm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HpIPsznQM.png og:image:alt: Audible launches a cheaper ‘Standard’ subscription plan, challenging Spotify og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Audible launches a cheaper ‘Standard’ subscription plan, challenging Spotify **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Audible has launched a new 'Standard' subscription plan at $8.99/month, $6 cheaper than its existing Premium plan at $14.95/month. The Standard plan includes one audiobook per month from Audible's catalog and unlimited listening from a curated library including Audible Originals, but subscribers lose access to audiobooks upon cancellation. The plan also bundles access to nearly 200 popular Wondery+ titles. Available in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, and France, the move is seen as a direct response to growing competition from Spotify, which has seen 36% growth in audiobook listeners and recently raised its own subscription prices. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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