{"id":11092,"date":"2025-09-09T14:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/?page_id=11092"},"modified":"2025-09-10T21:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T21:41:26","slug":"how-to-audit-your-streaming-subscriptions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/how-to-audit-your-streaming-subscriptions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to audit your streaming subscriptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<div class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-metadata ngl-metadata\" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:#666666;text-align:center;font-size:12px\" data-padding=\"10px,10px,20px,20px\" data-margin=\"0px,0px\">\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-pic\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f90913d341018d607d40669240a3cf67eafc9b5137813ab1d0762959403220c?s=96&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" class=\"avatar avatar-32 photo\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-author\">Jared Newman<\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-sep\">|<\/div>\n<div class=\"ngl-metadata-date\" data-date-format=\"F j, Y\">September 9, 2025<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount-1024x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount-100x62.jpg 100w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount-200x124.jpg 200w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount-450x279.jpg 450w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount-600x372.jpg 600w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount-900x557.jpg 900w, https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/netflixaccount.jpg 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-table-of-contents-block ub_table-of-contents\" id=\"ub_table-of-contents-1c562e65-4641-4958-adbe-348aae65adfa\" data-linktodivider=\"false\" data-showtext=\"show\" data-hidetext=\"hide\" data-scrolltype=\"auto\" data-enablesmoothscroll=\"false\" data-initiallyhideonmobile=\"false\" data-initiallyshow=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header-container\" style=\"background-color: #587a6c; color: #FFFFFF; \">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-header\" style=\"text-align: left; \">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-title\">In this guide:<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-extra-container\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"ub_table-of-contents-container ub_table-of-contents-1-column \">\n<ul style=\"\">\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/how-to-audit-your-streaming-subscriptions\/#0-step-one-check-services-with-direct-billing\" style=\"\">Step one: Check services with direct billing<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/how-to-audit-your-streaming-subscriptions\/#1-step-two-audit-your-in-app-purchases-and-channels-marketplaces\" style=\"\">Step two: Audit your in-app purchases and &#8220;Channels&#8221; marketplaces<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/how-to-audit-your-streaming-subscriptions\/#2-step-three-make-sure-youre-not-missing-any-bundles\" style=\"\">Step three: Make sure you&#8217;re not missing any bundles<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/advisorator-guides\/how-to-audit-your-streaming-subscriptions\/#3-what-about-subscription-monitoring-apps\" style=\"\">What about subscription monitoring apps?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a perfect world, each of us would have ample time and energy to monitor all our subscription video charges. We could keep spreadsheets, regularly check our banking statements, and never forget to cancel.<\/p>\n<p>Reality, of course, is messier. With so many subscriptions available\u2014sometimes with multiple ways to pay\u2014it can be tricky to remember what you\u2019re paying for and where. If you\u2019re not careful, you might even wind up with duplicate subscriptions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f0f0f0;padding: 20px 20px\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Hold up!<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This article is for <a href=\"https:\/\/advisorator.com\/members\/subscribe-to-advisorator\/\">Advisorator&#8217;s paying members<\/a> only. 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