How much does Patreon take from a creator?
This page can answer part of the question. It works out Patreon's published platform fee on 100, 500, 1,000 and 5,000 US dollars of membership income, and lists the other fees Patreon says it charges for which no number could be read.
Patreon (partial). Only the 10% platform fee could be read. Patreon's pricing page adds: "Plus payment processing, currency conversion, and payout fees, and applicable taxes." Those fees are real but carry no number on the page read, so every row below understates what Patreon deducts. Your Patreon dashboard shows what was actually deducted.
The short answer
Patreon's pricing page shows a platform fee of 10% of what you earn on Patreon: 10.00 US dollars on 100, 50.00 on 500, 100.00 on 1,000 and 500.00 on 5,000. That is the floor, not the total: payment processing and payout fees come on top, and this site could not read their rates.
Platform fee: worked examples
| Provider and rate | Members pay | Fee | Effective % | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patreon platform fee, 10% (partial) | $100.00 | $10.00 | 10.00% | $90.00 |
| Patreon platform fee, 10% (partial) | $500.00 | $50.00 | 10.00% | $450.00 |
| Patreon platform fee, 10% (partial) | $1,000.00 | $100.00 | 10.00% | $900.00 |
| Patreon platform fee, 10% (partial) | $5,000.00 | $500.00 | 10.00% | $4,500.00 |
Source: Patreon Pricing Plans — Patreon (www.patreon.com), fees last verified 2026-10-06
One payment or many small ones
The platform fee has no fixed part, so it is the same share whether 1,000 US dollars arrives as one payment or as two hundred pledges of 5. The payment processing fee is different: Patreon's Terms of Use (dated May 27, 2026) describe it as a percentage plus a flat fee per successfully processed payment, without stating the numbers. A flat fee per payment weighs most on small pledges, which is where the table above is least complete.
Source: Patreon Pricing Plans — Patreon (www.patreon.com), fees last verified 2026-10-06
What the rows leave out
- Payment processing. Patreon states it applies in addition to the platform fee. The rate is published only in its Help Center, which refused automated reading (HTTP 403) on 2026-10-06. It is unknown here, not zero.
- Payout fee. Stated to exist and to vary by payout method; no rate could be read for the same reason.
- Currency conversion. Stated on the pricing page without a number.
- Taxes. Stated on the pricing page as applicable; not covered by this site.
- Older creator plans. Only the 10% platform fee shown on the pricing page is used here.
Source: Patreon Pricing Plans — Patreon (www.patreon.com), fees last verified 2026-10-06
What to charge to keep a round amount
To keep 100 US dollars after the platform fee alone, members have to pay 111.11; to keep 1,000, they have to pay 1,111.11. Because the Patreon figure is partial, the real amounts are higher. The calculator does this for any amount, and the calculator on the Patreon vs Ko-fi page lets you add the processing rate your own dashboard shows.
Source: Patreon Pricing Plans — Patreon (www.patreon.com), fees last verified 2026-10-06
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