Creator Finance · 5 min read

How Much Does Patreon Take From Creators in 2026?

Patreon raised its standard platform fee to 10% in August 2025. That's before Stripe, before Apple — here's what you actually keep.

Two Shares Research · Updated April 2026

The 10% fee

Patreon charges a platform fee on every transaction. For new creators joining after August 4, 2025, that fee is 10% of every patron payment, every month. Patreon calls it a “standard platform fee.”

For creators on the platform before that date, fees vary by plan (Pro at 8%, Premium at 12%). The trend is clear: it's going up, not down.

Stripe processing on top

After Patreon takes its cut, Stripe processes the payment. Standard Stripe fees: 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction.

On an $8 patron payment, that's $0.23 (2.9%) + $0.30 = $0.53 to Stripe, every month, for that one patron.

500 patrons at $8/mo = $4,000 gross
Stripe fixed fees alone: 500 × $0.30 = $150/mo

The iOS problem

When patrons pay through the Patreon iPhone app, Apple takes 30% first. Patreon absorbs some of this through their own margins — but the effective payout to creators on iOS transactions can drop significantly.

Patreon has been fighting Apple's in-app purchase requirement for years. Until that changes, mobile patrons are worth less than web patrons — and you have no visibility into which is which.

What you actually keep

Monthly grossPatreon (10%)Stripe (~3%)You keepEffective rate

$500−$50−$16$43486.8%

$1,000−$100−$32$86886.8%

$3,000−$300−$96$2,60486.8%

$10,000−$1,000−$320$8,68086.8%

The fee that compounds

These fees hit every month, forever. Most creators don't calculate the annual total until year two or three — at which point the number is jarring.

At $3,000/mo: $4,752/yr to Patreon + Stripe.

That's before taxes. That's just the platform taking its share of what your audience sent you.

What Two Shares does differently

Two Shares is structurally different. Your supporters pay a 5% access fee on top of what they send — it's not deducted from your payout. You receive 100% of what they intended.

At $3,000/mo on Two Shares:
Platform fee: $0
Stripe (paid by supporters): $0 from you
You keep: $3,000

Use the fee calculator to see your exact numbers at any income level.

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