Patreon fee calculator

Which plan am I actually on?

If your Patreon page was created after August 4, 2025, you're on Standard: a flat 10%, no exceptions.

If your page existed before that date and has stayed continuously published, you keep your old rate: Founders 5% (pre-2019), Pro 8%, or the former Premium tier — now called Pro + Merch — at 11% (drop the merch add-on and it becomes 8%, same as Pro).

The catch: unpublishing your page even once forfeits the legacy rate permanently. Republishing puts you on Standard at 10%.

Every Patreon page created after August 4, 2025 pays a flat 10% platform fee — the Standard plan, with no lower tier available.

Pages that existed before that date keep their legacy rate — Founders 5%, Pro 8%, or the former Premium tier (now Pro + Merch) at 11% — for as long as the page stays continuously published. Unpublishing forfeits the rate permanently.

Payment processing is 2.9% + $0.30 per pledge of $3 or more, and 5% + $0.10 on pledges under $3.

Apple takes 30% of an iOS subscriber's first 12 months, dropping to 15% after. Patreon's default is to raise the price shown to iOS fans by about 43% so a creator's take-home stays close to the web price — creators can instead choose to absorb the cost themselves.

Since a 2026 court ruling, US fans can choose web checkout from inside the iOS app, avoiding Apple's cut entirely.

What percentage does Patreon actually take in 2026?

It depends on when your page was created. Every page created after August 4, 2025 pays a flat 10% (the Standard plan). Pages that existed before that date keep their legacy rate — Founders 5%, Pro 8%, or Pro + Merch 11% — as long as the page has stayed continuously published.

I've had my Patreon since 2022. Am I still paying my old rate?

Only if your page has never been unpublished since. Patreon's legacy pricing is tied to the page staying continuously live — unpublishing it even once, for any reason, moves you to the 10% Standard rate permanently, even if you republish the same page.

Does Patreon really take 30% on iOS pledges?

Apple takes 30% of an iOS subscriber's first 12 months (15% after), but that usually isn't a straight loss to the creator. Patreon's default behavior raises the price shown to iOS fans by about 43%, so after Apple's cut, the creator's take-home lands close to the web price. Creators can opt to absorb the cost instead and keep prices identical everywhere, in which case the 30% does come out of their share.

Can Patreon fans avoid the iOS fee?

Since a 2026 court ruling, US fans can choose web checkout from inside the iOS app instead of an in-app purchase, which avoids Apple's cut entirely. This option didn't exist on iOS before the ruling.

What happened to Patreon's old Lite, Pro, and Premium plans?

Those names described the pre-August-2025 tiers. Patreon consolidated new signups into one Standard 10% plan. Existing creators kept their old rates under new names: the old 5% tier is now called Founders, the old 8% tier is still called Pro, and the old Premium tier automatically became Pro + Merch at 11% (or 8% if the merch add-on is dropped).

Why do small pledges under $3 get charged a different processing rate?

Card processors charge a fixed fee per transaction, and a flat $0.30 would be brutal on a $1 pledge. Patreon uses a micro-charge rate of 5% + $0.10 on pledges under $3 instead of the standard 2.9% + $0.30, which softens — but doesn't eliminate — the fixed-fee hit on very small pledges.