--- title: The creator economy can't rely on Patreon. — Joan Westenberg description: Creators in the modern landscape struggle to rely solely on Patreon or other direct funding platforms for income. The average conversion rate from follower to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-creator-economy-can-t-rely-on-patreon-joan-westenberg-aan2z86gp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The creator economy can't rely on Patreon. — Joan Westenberg | daily.dev og:description: Creators in the modern landscape struggle to rely solely on Patreon or other direct funding platforms for income. The average conversion rate from follower to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-creator-economy-can-t-rely-on-patreon-joan-westenberg-aan2z86gp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AAn2z86Gp.png og:image:alt: The creator economy can't rely on Patreon. — Joan Westenberg 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. # The creator economy can't rely on Patreon. — Joan Westenberg **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Creators in the modern landscape struggle to rely solely on Patreon or other direct funding platforms for income. The average conversion rate from follower to paying fan is low, and building a substantial fanbase is difficult. Market saturation and the availability of free content also pose challenges. Creators should diversify their income streams and prioritize meaningful audience engagement over revenue generation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#creator-economy](https://daily.dev/tags/creator-economy) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-creator-economy-can-t-rely-on-patreon-joan-westenberg-aan2z86gp) ```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":"The creator economy can't rely on Patreon. — Joan Westenberg","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-creator-economy-can-t-rely-on-patreon-joan-westenberg-aan2z86gp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-creator-economy-can-t-rely-on-patreon-joan-westenberg-aan2z86gp"},"datePublished":"2024-02-27T07:56:14.554Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:21:59.549Z","description":"Creators in the modern landscape struggle to rely solely on Patreon or other direct funding platforms for income. The average conversion rate from follower to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/429098025fa96f2959839e501c313d17?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/429098025fa96f2959839e501c313d17?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-creator-economy-can-t-rely-on-patreon-joan-westenberg-aan2z86gp","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"creator-economy","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The creator economy can't rely on Patreon. — Joan Westenberg"}]} ```