Patreon
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
7warn against
Dec 4, 2025first mention
Oct 22, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Crowdfunding. Services like Patreon, Kickstarter, GitHub Sponsors.”
“Patreon is improving massively year over year”
Caveats and dissent
“I ended up having to dispute credit card charges from Patreon because I couldn't solve captchas needed to log in or to talk to support.”
“I wish patreon wouldn’t be such a shitty website/app.”
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“I wonder if Patreon's 10% fee is commensurate with the negligible value that they provide?”
“where it became almost unusable”
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- Apple to Soon Take Up to 30% Cut from All Patreon Creators in iOS App 7 mentions
- The Program 2025 annual review: How much money does an audio drama podcast make? 3 mentions
- Quad9 to exit France 1 mention
- item 49035297 1 mention
- New York City to become first in US to ban deceptive subscription practices 1 mention
- PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform 1 mention
Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 22
“Crowdfunding. Services like Patreon, Kickstarter, GitHub Sponsors.”
“They have a lot of restrictions on what 18+ content you can publish.”
“I ended up having to dispute credit card charges from Patreon because I couldn't solve captchas needed to log in or to talk to support.”
“will still subscribe via pateron”
“I wish patreon wouldn’t be such a shitty website/app.”
“even do some Patreon for a few podcasts and YT channels”
“Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app”
“I use Patreon and I support a couple of tech content creators.”
“as an occasional user of patreon, as I say I am baffled that it's the sort of thing users will install an app for”
“Have you used the Patreon app? I use it regularly on Android”
“I wonder if Patreon's 10% fee is commensurate with the negligible value that they provide?”
“where it became almost unusable”
There's little assurance of safety or 'fitness for purpose' for apps in the App Store. Apple takes 30% for distribution, and you're basically on your own. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-betrayed-trust-says-iphone-081200226.html
“this is their choice and it's going to mean that I can no longer use their service”
“takes you to the membership page on Patreon.”
“My comment I feel stands for Dec 26, 2025, as an accurately reflection of their current state.”
“Patreon is improving massively year over year”
Genuine question: what's harming your experience in current podcasting apps? I've been using AntennaPod for a while and used a few different ones in the past. They all seemed to work well enough.
“which makes under $400 per month after Patreon's cut”
“I use substack and patreon”
“Patreon does for authentication”
“Patreon (consistent funding)”