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Patreon Reviews in September 2026: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

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Patreon Reviews & Ratings

1.5

Based on 517 ratings & 597 reviews

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Rating Distribution

Excellent

(47)

Very Good

(42)

Good

(12)

Poor

(14)

Terrible

(482)

Spotsaas Editor’s POV

Patreon is a membership and monetization platform built for creators who want predictable, recurring income directly from their audience. It works especially well for YouTubers, podcasters, artists, writers, and educators offering exclusive content, early access, or community perks. The platform handles payments, subscriptions, and member management, allowing ...Read more

Patreon pros and cons

  • Large, established platform with built-in audience trust

  • Supports multiple content formats (video, audio, posts)

  • Strong creator analytics and earnings visibility

  • Simple setup for tiers, benefits, and subscriber access

  • Less control compared to self-hosted membership sites

  • Discovery relies heavily on external audience traffic

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Showing 181-190 out of 597

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Florence

08/19/22

1 out of 5

On July 18th I joined on with Patreon

On July 18th I joined on with Patreon, and paid $20. Then because I decided not to be a part of Patreon based on my feelings about what I was hearing...my prerogative, and tried to cancel on August 15, so basically only two payments were made. I tried repeatedly to cancel, but the customer service wouldn't acknowledge my attempts. So, I went to my bank, and explained my dilemma, and then canceled my card.....end of story! Such is the day we are living in.

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Olha Nesterenko

08/04/22

5 out of 5

The best development of music portal

Date of experience: August 05, 2022

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pink

08/01/22

1 out of 5

If you're not a creator, you're SOL

I had a monthly pledge to a Patreon creator. She offered a free pattern but never responded. I cancelled but neglected to remove my payment method AND neglected to cancel at Paypal. Patreon charged me for the next month. Disputed at Paypal. Patreon said I cancelled too late. My access to that creator's content is now blocked (since I cancelled, duh!) but I've paid for the next month. There is no way to get help from Patreon (only offers how-to for members; help only offered to creators) or ...

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Meehds

07/31/22

1 out of 5

They charged me again 8 hours later i subscribed to a patreon

I paid for a subscription just to be charged again 8 hours later. I made sure to start the subscription the first of the month to avoid that problem, but still, they charged me for another month... NEVER AGAIN!

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Henryk

07/28/22

1 out of 5

So far VERY unimpressed

So far VERY unimpressed. I am a creator, opened a Patreon account, they let me in no problems first couple weeks, then I get some subscribers, immediately, they want me to authenticate my email. No problems, but there are. The link they send for verification NEVER works. Tried five browsers, three machines, the link is always down. And the support, seems pretty clueless. May be looking for an alternative rather quickly, am not impressed at all.

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Lennie Lukienko

07/25/22

1 out of 5

Horrible

They don't give a refund!

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Leslie Bialik

07/25/22

1 out of 5

Patreon is a scammer

Patreon is a scammer. We signed up for an annual patronage. At the end of the annual subscription, they billed us for the renewal before notifying us. We'd planned to not renew the patronage. When we contacted them they refused to refund us and told us to contact the person we were supporting. But they'd cut off our access to him on our membership page, so there's no way to contact him. After a couple of weeks of back and forth, they still haven't refunded us. And getting in touch with them ...

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Allan Koburg Frederiksen

07/24/22

1 out of 5

When you sign up to a Patreon…

When you sign up to a Patreon membership they tell you that if you cancel in the middle of your membership period, you will always get acces until then end of the already paid period. but you get all acces removed at once. this is what I call cheating/scam

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Carl Duffin

07/24/22

1 out of 5

Patreon keeps cancelling my Patreon account…

Patreon keeps cancelling my Patreon account, saying it was by my request, then all my subscriptions to contributors are also cancelled and to get back in I have to create the account again and pay my Patreon contributions all over again. Load of rubbish I am finished with them.

LG

Lvl General

07/18/22

1 out of 5

BEWARE OF THESE ALL SCAMMERS

Date of experience: July 19, 2022

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