I don't know how common it is, but Patreon's biggest selling point to me is that I already have an account there. If there was a ton of competition, with creato

I don't know how common it is, but Patreon's biggest selling point to me is that I already have an account there. If there was a ton of competition, with creators I help support going to ten different platforms, I don't think I would follow them—certainly not all of them. I want as few companies as possible to have my billing information, and (all else equal) I'd prefer if that company had been around for a while. That's Patreon. And the centralization works for creators, too. I have several times discovered a creator on Patreon whose work I already appreciated, but who had not done a good job of communicating that they even had a Patreon, so I never knew about it. I only found them by accident, and pledged money to them, just because I was already on Patreon. 5% + 5% is a lot (10% if my math is right), but I'm not sure where artists get a better deal these days, at least on the internet. Further, the Patreon interface sucks for users, and I'm sure it sucks even more for creators who have to engage with it more frequently. But, not so bad that I, personally, am looking to find another alternative.