--- title: Patreon lays off 20% of its workforce | daily.dev description: Patreon is laying off 93 employees, representing 20% of its workforce. CEO Jack Conte cited the need to adjust cost structure and respond to market changes,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/patreon-lays-off-20-of-its-workforce-v4axm6d62 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Patreon lays off 20% of its workforce | daily.dev og:description: Patreon is laying off 93 employees, representing 20% of its workforce. CEO Jack Conte cited the need to adjust cost structure and respond to market changes,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/patreon-lays-off-20-of-its-workforce-v4axm6d62 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/V4axm6d62.png og:image:alt: Patreon lays off 20% of its workforce og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Patreon lays off 20% of its workforce **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 3 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Patreon is laying off 93 employees, representing 20% of its workforce. CEO Jack Conte cited the need to adjust cost structure and respond to market changes, while explicitly stating AI is not replacing the affected workers. The company is also flattening its organizational structure and refocusing teams. Affected employees receive at least 16 weeks of severance, healthcare through year-end, and a $1,500 laptop stipend. This is Patreon's largest round of layoffs since cutting 17% of staff in 2022. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many employees did Patreon lay off in its latest round of cuts? Patreon laid off 93 employees, representing 20% of its workforce, as announced by CEO Jack Conte in a staff memo. This marks the platform's largest layoff round since it cut 17% of staff in 2022, when it also closed offices in Berlin and Dublin. Affected employees receive at least 16 weeks of severance, additional pay per year worked, healthcare through year-end, and a $1,500 laptop stipend. _Developers tracking tech industry layoff trends follow company-specific severance and restructuring details on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@echthroi** · 0 upvotes > Et tu, Jack? 😂 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [An important update on our team](https://daily.dev/posts/an-important-update-on-our-team-5kcamvqpz) · Atlassian · 0 upvotes · 1 comments - [Pinterest to lay off 15% of staff to redirect resources to AI](https://daily.dev/posts/pinterest-to-lay-off-15-of-staff-to-redirect-resources-to-ai-ypku3lkw1) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Building for the future](https://daily.dev/posts/building-for-the-future-sqrkfpecd) · Cloudflare · 4 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/patreon-lays-off-20-of-its-workforce-v4axm6d62) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Patreon lays off 20% of its workforce","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/patreon-lays-off-20-of-its-workforce-v4axm6d62","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/patreon-lays-off-20-of-its-workforce-v4axm6d62"},"datePublished":"2026-07-23T20:33:58.551Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T20:42:32.061Z","description":"Patreon is laying off 93 employees, representing 20% of its workforce. 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