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And there are dozens of you making over $30k per month!!

Is there any way of browsing these creators? How many creators make money at the rate of $40k per year? Also, is there a typical curve that earnings follow over time?

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The biggest earners are, to the best of my knowledge, mostly adult artists. Not porn stars, but artists who create erotic artwork, often for 'niche' communities. I imagine Patreon does not want to shout too loudly about that sort of thing, but I am extremely glad they are there making the world a better place. Our culture can never be made 'advertiser friendly' overall and its disgusting to see the degree of puritanical prudishness on display at most tech companies. They are stultifying human culture and actively preventing actual humans to be the ones determining what constitutes our culture. Patreon works directly against that, and for that they are angels.

If they ever move to boot adult creators, that will be the day Patreon dies. If they ever get bought by Google or some other tech titan, it will be that day instead.

A plurality is marked NSFW, not a majority. Also, the population of creators that make $40k per year or more is about 350.

https://graphtreon.com/patreon-creators

Some creators have their earnings private.

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