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# Pandora Launches Paid Premium Service
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/pandora-2/
- Published: 2009-05-21T01:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-05-21T01:01:00.000Z
- Description: After attracting 27 million registered users with its free ad supported custom music streaming service, Pandora has launched its first major push for paid subscriptions with Pandora One. For $36. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/05/pandora-2.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

After attracting [27 million registered users](https://www.hypebot.com/panodra-claims-profits-close-adds-lyrics/) with its free ad supported custom music streaming service, Pandora has launched its first major push for paid subscriptions with Pandora One. For $36 a year users get six features:

- [![Pandora poster](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201156fa6b7a3970c-100wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201156fa6b7a3970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com) All audio and visual ads eliminated
- Higher quality 192kps streaming
- 5 hours before timeout. Turn it on and let it run.
- Desktop app that enables play without a browser
- Mini web based player
- Custom player skins