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These articles seem to pop up from time to time, and the persons numbers seem roughly accurate in my experience. In my experience Patreon has been around 11% c

These articles seem to pop up from time to time, and the persons numbers seem roughly accurate in my experience. In my experience Patreon has been around 11% cut scenario, split very roughly between Payment Fees and Platform fees. But I am on the Founders plan, which is the same 5% platform fees as Patreon Lite, but with the extra features of the 8% Pro plans. I do think it is probably best for creators to diversify their platforms, but I still think that Patreon is worth it just because of it being a very well known platform outside of just tech circles.

agf 4y ago
I'm a fan of Patreon, but in my experience, it's not a well known platform outside of tech. I've mentioned it a number of times to a variety of different musicians, music producers, etc., and until maybe the past year none of them had ever heard of it, though recently one had. I think it does have the potential to be like Kickstarter and really broaden the appeal of this type of contribution, but from what I can see, it hasn't actually managed to do that part yet -- both based on articles like this one and my own anecdotal experience.
- dfinninger 4y ago
  As an anecdotal counterpoint from the people I talk to, anyone who watches YouTube videos regularly seems to know what Patreon is. That might not be a massive section of the population, but it’s not comprised of mainly tech workers.