Patreon says it now has 7.6M paid podcast memberships across 47K podcasters and revenue generated by podcasters on its platform grew 33% YoY to $629M in 2025
Patreon says it now has 7.6M paid podcast memberships and revenue generated by podcasters on the platform hit $629M in 2025, up 33% YoY
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the platform paid out $10B+ to creators since its 2013 founding, creators now get $2B+ annually, and there are 25M+ paid memberships
@Patreon has crossed the $10B creator payout milestone since its 2013 launch — that's up from $1B in 2019 — Now more than 25M PAID memberships on its platform https://www.axios.com/...
Patreon says it now has 6.7M+ paid podcast subscriptions, generating $472M+ in 2024 revenue, up 35% YoY, and signs podcasting deals with Sony Music and Wondery
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg :
Patreon acquires Moment, which helps creators host live-streamed, ticketed experiences like podcasts and concerts and has raised $13.5M since its 2019 founding
Sara Fischer / Axios :
Patreon, Substack, and other “passion economy” startups are cutting staff and abandoning fundraising plans; Dealroom: investments fell 75% YoY to $801M in 2022
Patreon, Substack, and other “passion economy” startups are laying off staff and abandoning fundraising plans; Dealroom: investment fell 75% to $801M in 2022
Once high-flying start-ups that serve online creators and influencers have been forced into a painful retrenchment … Tweets: @pkedrosky Tweets: Paul Kedrosky / @pkedrosky : Good FT piece today on the ...
Several Patreon creators say Vimeo is forcing them to pay thousands of dollars per year for a custom plan, as Vimeo shifts its focus to large corporate clients
Mia Sato / The Verge :
Amazon's board of directors approve a 20-for-1 stock split and Amazon says it plans to buy back up to $10B in shares; stock rises 6% after hours
Market summary: 📊 — Another excellent … Robert Hum / CNBC : Amazon stock split could set it up for being included in the Dow Industrials Tim Levin / Insider : Amazon surges after announcing 20-for-1...
Patreon's Memberful, which helps manage subscriptions, debuts a newsletter feature that takes a 4.9% cut plus $25/month or $100/month depending on pricing plan
Between Facebook outages and Twitch data breaches, last week was bumpy for social platforms and the creators who build businesses on them.