Patreon:Artist Public Funding Platform Patreon is a public funding platform dedicated to raising development funds for artists; the biggest difference with Kickstarter, Indiegogo and other public funding platforms is that the projects on Patreon are not one-time launches.

Patreon's launch point is to provide ongoing funding for The role of Patreon is not simply to raise money from the public, but its greater value is to build a platform for artists to "sell their art" and earn income. It is more valuable in building a platform for artists to sell their art and earn income.

Open the Patreon page, we see not other public funding platform to recommend a variety of projects, but an individual "artists". That is, those video producers and independent musicians who want to raise funds for their own development through the Patreon platform.

Each artist will upload a video introducing themselves, describing their profile and work, and then describing where the funds will go and what they can expect in return for their support. The basic model is the same as the mainstream public funding platform.

In terms of funding thresholds, Patreon only requires $1. Then artists are free to set other amounts, such as $3, $10, and similar levels. So, unlike Kickstarter campaigns, which can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, Patreon's crowdfunding approach is just like its name implies: a small amount of sponsorship.

Currently, the 2,300 artists on Patreon raise around $100,000 a month to fund their development. The vast majority of these artists are independent musicians who lack professional distribution channels and record production capabilities, so communicating directly with supporters (or fans) on Patreon is a great way to do so. There are also video producers, photographers, game developers and other niche "artists".

Patreon has attracted 2,300 producers to the platform, and most of them are content producers from YouTube; and on YouTube, they have over 8 million fans and over 1.25 billion video views. In addition, a group of independent players who make paper games and sports game videos, as well as a comic book artist can also be on Patreon monthly income of more than 100,000 U.S. dollars; however, Patreon will take a 5% share of the platform as a fee.