half of the revenue comes from Patreon. Looks like people want this guy to make videos seriously :)
His other Patreon benefit for the highest tier is early access to videos but in observing other Youtube creators' explanations, it's the live chat that attracts Patreon payments.
I do notice that some Youtubers do the reverse of Patreon tiers from Asianometry. E.g. Real Science: least expensive tiers have early access but no livestream chat; the highest tier has the chat
Everybody's trying to figure out the right mix of incentives for Patreon.