Paramount+

Streaming service

Paid streaming service with CBS shows, live NFL and news, Paramount films, Nickelodeon and MTV series, and originals, with ad-supported and premium tiers.

Streaming serviceSince 2021

How it started

CBS All Access, renamed and expanded.

2021the year it started

ViacomCBS relaunched its 2014 CBS All Access service as Paramount+ on March 4, 2021, adding content from across the merged Viacom and CBS brands.

How big it is

How big is Paramount+?

82.2MPaid subscribersQ3 2026

$2.13BParamount+ revenueQ3 2026

$8.69Monthly revenue per subscriberQ3 2026

How it makes money Q3 2026

Mostly monthly subscriptions, plus ads on the cheaper plan.

Subscriptions
Advertising

Key moments

2014CBS All Access launches
2021Relaunched as Paramount+
2023Showtime joins Paramount+
2025South Park comes on board
2026BET+ merged in

Its place in Skydance

About three in ten Paramount dollars before WBD.

30.4%of revenues before WBDQ3 2026

Paramount+ is the centre of Skydance's Direct-to-Consumer segment beside HBO Max, and the main home for CBS, sports and Paramount studio content.

Who it competes with

Netflix

Disney+

HBO MaxPPeacock

What Skydance does not disclose

Paramount+ operating profit on its own (reported inside the Direct-to-Consumer segment)
Subscribers by country or by tier
Advertising vs subscription split of Paramount+ revenue
Viewing hours or monthly active users
Quarterly subscriber numbers after Q3 2026 (Skydance stops disclosing them from Q4 2026)

Questions

Paramount+: questions and answers

What is Paramount+?

Paid streaming service with CBS shows, live NFL and news, Paramount films, Nickelodeon and MTV series, and originals, with ad-supported and premium tiers.