The membership provides four print issues per calendar year, roughly one per quarter. When you receive your first issue will depend on when you join, but generally, you can expect it to arrive within 4–8 weeks.

We are only shipping within the United States at this time. If you are international, please see the Digital-Only plan.

At this time, our print magazine is only available to members with U.S. shipping addresses while we work on expanding our print fulfillment to more countries. We know this is disappointing for our international community, and we’re actively working toward offering worldwide shipping in the future.

International members: You can still enjoy all the benefits of membership with our Digital-Only plan, which includes downloadable PDF editions of every print issue. When international shipping becomes available, you’ll be able to upgrade your membership to include the print magazine.

The Print + Digital membership is $144/year or $15/month. 

What’s included:

• Quarterly print magazines

• Unlimited access to all classes, plus a new class every two weeks

• Ad-free reading

• Early access to The Big Think Interview

• Exclusive event invites

• Special member discounts to the Big Think Store

The Digital-Only membership is $96/year or $10/month.

What’s included:

• Unlimited access to all classes, plus a new class every two weeks

• Ad-free reading

• Early access to The Big Think Interview

• High-resolution downloadable PDFs of all print issues

• Exclusive event invites

• Special member discounts to the Big Think Store

**Please note: We do not offer academic, senior, or veteran discounts at this time.

To purchase a membership: 

1. Navigate to the top of the Membership page.

2. Select your plan:

   1. Print + Digital (annual or monthly)

   2. Digital-Only (annual or monthly)

3. Create an account login, or sign in to an existing one.

4. Complete the payment form, and you are all set.