In recent years, revenues of content creators paid by supporters on the crowdfunding platform Patreon have experienced constant growth. In March 2016, monthly payments to creators on Patreon were estimated to be close to five million U.S. dollars. Five years later, the amount is supposedly up by more than 300 percent, reaching almost 22 million U.S. dollars. Between 2016 and 2021, the number of creators on Patreon has increased to more than 187 thousand.
Estimated monthly content creators revenues on Patreon as of February 2021
(in million U.S. dollars)
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Backlinko. (March 16, 2021). Estimated monthly content creators revenues on Patreon as of February 2021 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 05, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254356/patreon-estimated-monthly-payments-to-creators/
Backlinko. "Estimated monthly content creators revenues on Patreon as of February 2021 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 16, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 05, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254356/patreon-estimated-monthly-payments-to-creators/
Backlinko. (2021). Estimated monthly content creators revenues on Patreon as of February 2021 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 05, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254356/patreon-estimated-monthly-payments-to-creators/
Backlinko. "Estimated Monthly Content Creators Revenues on Patreon as of February 2021 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254356/patreon-estimated-monthly-payments-to-creators/
Backlinko, Estimated monthly content creators revenues on Patreon as of February 2021 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254356/patreon-estimated-monthly-payments-to-creators/ (last visited December 05, 2021)
