Connecting to an Indian VPN is not usually something that we get a lot of requests for….usually that is. Over the last few days, many of our readers have asked for the best VPN with reliable servers in India. Digging a bit deeper it seems like these readers are trying to get Youtube Premium at a massive discount.
The normal subscription cost in Australia for Youtube Premium is A$14.99/month for a single account or $22.99/month on a family plan (up to 6 users). This is where this Indian Youtube Premium hack comes in. Youtube India’s premium plan is only INR ₹129/Month (~A$2.81/month) for a single plan or INR ₹189/Month (~A$4.12/month) for a family plan.
That is a huge saving and even greater when you consider the cost over a year.
| Youtube Australia | Youtube India* | Savings | |
| Single Plan | $179.88 | $33.72 | $146.16 (saving of 81%) |
| Family Plan | $275.88 | $49.44 | $226.44 (saving of 82%) |
*Exchange rate as of 3rd April 2020
The hard part: finding a reliable Indian VPN server
I’ll be honest, the first step in getting this discount is connecting to an Indian VPN server and this was a lot harden than I expected. Here at VPN Authority we do a range of speed tests, day in and day out. However, we rarely do any speed tests on Indian servers. We don’t actually get too many people wanting to connect to Indian servers and therein lies the problem. Quite likely due to the lack of demand, even the big name VPN’s seem to have limited capacity in India.
I’ve detailed my experience with NordVPN below:
NordVPN Indian Servers
On selecting “India” in the NordVPN desktop app you are presented with 2 options for regions: Chennai (India) or Mumbai (India).
I first selected Mumbai as the region and proceeded to connect to a server named India #46, with the VPN connected I proceeded to https://www.youtube.com/paid_memberships . The connection was extremely slow but did eventually load up Youtube, however there was 1 major issue. Youtube had me down as being in AE – Dubai.
I tried this again with a few other servers in Mumbai with the same result and very low speeds. I decided to switch regions to “Chennai” and this is where I finally had some success. With a faster connection and the magic “IN” next to the logo I was ready to sign up.
After this initial hiccup the rest of the process was very smooth. As a previous Youtube Premium member the details of my past subscription showed up along with the INR price to renew.
WARNING: You may be breaching Google’s Terms of Service by signing up via this method. This is purely a guide in respect of finding reliable Indian VPN servers and we do not condone the use for circumventing Youtube local pricing.
