Amazon is now showing 4 to 6 minutes of advertisements per hour on its Prime Video streaming service. That's about double the ad load from when the company introduced ads in January 2024 ...

Amazon has quietly increased ads while streaming content on Prime Video. The ads have reportedly increased from 2 to 3.5 minutes to 4 to 6.5 minutes of ads on an hourly basis.

Coughing up a subscription fee and tolerating commercial breaks feels significantly less appealing, but this is now streaming in 2025. Currently, a Prime Video subscription costs $14.99 per month ...