# The Onion costs $30 a month now! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-costs-30-a-month-now/241725 "2004-04-23T23:21:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-costs-30-a-month-now/241725/1 "2004-04-23T23:21:06Z")
For The Onion “Premium”. What a load of crap. Who likes the Onion _that_ much? I went there a few times a week, and was entertained, but there’s no way in hell I’d pay $30 for the occasional chuckle. At least the ads are gone. :rolleyes: \ ---
**Author:** ![ElectricZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58f4c7/32.png) [@ElectricZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElectricZ)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-costs-30-a-month-now/241725/2 "2004-04-23T23:43:35Z")
It’s $30 a year, not a month… 🙂 Plus anybody can still read it for free. You just get ads, and won’t be able to read older stuff… But the occasional Onion reader probably won’t notice much difference. EZ ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-costs-30-a-month-now/241725/3 "2004-04-24T00:30:18Z")
A monthly subscription for people who sometimes enjoy the Onion: $7.00 A yearly subscription for people who really like the onion: $30.00 Not having to pay at all if you think the onion stopped being funny years ago: priceless. [https://subscribe.theonion.com/index.php](https://subscribe.theonion.com/index.php) ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-costs-30-a-month-now/241725/4 "2004-04-24T07:26:44Z")
Quite right. $30 per year, error on my part. Now, where do I go to view this “same as before” free version? My bookmark led me to the premium site, and I left quickly. Meh. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-costs-30-a-month-now/241725/5 "2004-04-24T15:17:25Z")
I went straight to [www.theonion.com](http://www.theonion.com). Got the normal site, with a new menu bar for subscribers. Otherwise, it seems to work the same. ---
**Author:** ![Improbability](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-costs-30-a-month-now/241725/6 "2004-04-24T19:24:39Z")
PHEW! I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read $30 a month. The Onion is so not worth that. I’m not even sure it’s worth $30 a year anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-onion-costs-30-a-month-now/241725/7 "2004-04-24T20:23:12Z")
It’s still a good 20-minute diversion once a week.