It's Official: Patreon Is Taking a Bigger Cut, and the Next Wave of RPG Creators Will Pay the Price

Patreon has expanded its options for creators, so it's taking a larger cut of new users' earnings - Tubefilter

If you’ve been thinking about launching a Patreon account but haven’t gotten around to it yet, you might want to launch your page by August 4. That’s when the creator monetization platform will roll out a new fiscal policy that will see it take a 10% cut of all on-platform earnings — though users who are locked into previous plans will be able to keep their current rates. Currently, Patreon offers two different pricing plans for its users: For P…

It's official: Patreon is taking a bigger cut, and the next wave of RPG creators will pay the price

Patreon, the financial backbone for thousands of independent RPG designers, cartographers, artists, and podcasters, has announced a significant overhaul to its fee structure. While the company is positioning the change as a “simplification,” the reality is stark: for anyone launching a new creative project after this summer, the path to sustainability has just become more expensive. The announcement, which sets a deadline of August 4th, 2025, cr…