Free (ad-supported) Pandora accounts receive 40 hours of free listening per calendar month.

TIP: To see how many free listening hours you have remaining, click here, or from the Pandora homepage, click the blue “account” link in the upper right corner. Your remaining hours will be displayed along the bottom edge of the “Your settings” panel in the default “Account” tab. In addition, a green alert will appear above the main Pandora controls when you run low on hours.

When you reach 40 listening hours within a certain calendar month, the music will stop, and a message will appear over the main Pandora controls that you have reached the monthly limit. You will then have three options: