# Patreon

Standing (still-up). Founded 2013-05-01.
Site: [patreon.com](https://patreon.com)

Jack Conte, 2013. Still the word for 'pay me monthly to make the thing'.

## Why it lasted
- Monthly membership for creators is a category they named in public.
- The 2-5% of fans who pay is a real business even when the feed is elsewhere.

## Near deaths
- Fee protests, OnlyFans adjacency, and YouTube/Twitch adding their own buttons. Creators still embed the Patreon link.

## What would finish it
- The platforms owning the paid membership end-to-end so the fan never leaves. Always one policy away.

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