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Title: Patreon is raising its fees for new creators this summer

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:15:46 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/social-media/patreon...

After August 4, creators setting up a paid membership page on Patreon will
have to pay a 10 percent fee on their earnings under the platform's new
standard plan. While Patreon currently offers Pro and Premium plans, which
carry fees of 8 percent and 12 percent of creators' income, respectively,
it's merging the two into a single option moving forward. The price increase
only applies to creators publishing a new page; Patreon says it will continue
to honor the lower Pro rate for anyone who has locked it in by August 4.

Once the change is in place, things will also get a bit cheaper for creators
who were operating under the Premium (12 percent) plan. Rather than
continuing to pay 12 percent, Premium creators will be shifted to a custom
"Pro + merch" plan that will come with an 11 percent fee. If they remove the
merch option, the fee will drop to 8 percent.

Patreon also says it's increasing the amount of free storage it'll provide
for creators using Patreon Video. While it previously said it would provide
storage for up to 100 hours of video across the account's lifetime and charge
for anything beyond that, Patreon now says it will begin offering 100 hours
of video per month for free later this summer. The move comes shortly after
the platform teased new tools including a built-in livestreaming feature,
Live Video. Patreon began tests of Live Video among select creators this
spring, with plans for a summer rollout.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/patreon...
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