Skip to content
Patreon
Membership platform where creators earn recurring income from fans through paid tiers, alongside free memberships, video and community features.
What Patreon does
Patreon lets creators offer paid membership tiers and free follows, then deliver posts, video and other content to their supporters. Patreon takes a 10% platform fee on income, with payment processing charged on top. In 2026 it focused on short-form clips, topic-based discovery and better earnings analytics for creators.
ForCreators
Products
- MembershipsPaid and free membership tiers that fans join monthly or annually.
- Clips and QuipsShort-form clips cut from creators' videos and short posts for discovery.
- NichesTopic-based communities around interests and fandoms.
- Earnings and payouts analyticsBreakdown of income by tier and billing cadence, and a full payout history.
Milestones
- Founded by Jack Conte and Sam Yam.
- Raised $155 million Series F at a $4 billion valuation.
- Passed $10 billion in cumulative creator earnings.
- Laid off 93 people, about 20% of staff.
- Launched about 30 new or revamped creator features, including clips and new discovery.
Sources
- About Patreon (opens in a new tab), Patreon
- Patreon pricing (opens in a new tab), Patreon
- Patreon launches 30 new creator features (opens in a new tab), TechCrunch, 20 Aug 2026
- Patreon lays off 20% of staff (opens in a new tab), The Next Web, 24 Jul 2026
- Patreon Fuels the Future of the Creator Economy with $155 Million in Additional Funding (opens in a new tab), PR Newswire via StreetInsider, 7 Apr 2021
- Two creator funding platforms just crossed $10 billion in payouts (opens in a new tab), Tubefilter, 7 Aug 2025
- File:Jack Conte 2014.jpg (opens in a new tab), Wikimedia Commons