Patreon is a unique crowdfunding platform that markets itself as an alternative to other crowdfunding platforms, like Kickstarter or Indiegogo, which center around creators raising funds for one big project.
With Patreon, artists, bloggers, YouTubers and others who create content on a regular basis can raise recurring funds from patrons for each new end product, which helps them continue to do the things they love and share their work with an interested audience.
Graphtreon is a new database that is designed to help patrons easily keep track of their favorite creators. At a glance, this website shows you popular Patreon creators from yesterday, in the last seven days and in the last 30 days.
Graphtreon also features a list of all Patreon creators with the number of patrons they have, their earnings and the average support per patron.
The creator of Graphtreon has been busy creating a community around this website via the twitter page and official subreddit.
“I was a patron to a handful of creators for a few months and was sort of obsessed with checking in on their progress. I would go to their pages almost daily to see how their Patreon campaign was doing,” says the site’s founder on the Graphtreon about page.
“So, I got to work on creating a site where anyone can follow the progress of any creator on Patreon. I must say, so far it’s been great in helping me visualize the progress of creators I am supporting.”
Many people have found Graphtreon to be extremely useful and the community is embracing it as another tool that gives us deeper insight into the world of crowdfunding.
What People Are Saying
“Graphtreon is an awesome tool for any Patreon creator; it gives me data that should be part of the core Patreon interface in an easy to use, digestible format.” – Mark Diaz Truman
“This is really cool, and I see a lot of potential. I’m a big numbers guy, so I have this bookmarked.” – Norman Caruso (Gaming Historian)
On the r/graphtreon subreddit:
“Tom – this is Jack, CEO at Patreon. You are incredible. I’m blown away. I would love to talk with you. How do I get in touch?!” – Jack Conte
Creators and patrons can use Graphtreon to keep track of several creators at a time and visualize their progress compared, when compared with other Patreon campaigns.The team at Patreon seems to be embracing this new website, offering statistics on the projects that they feature.
A Few Top Patreon Creators
1. The Breeding Season Team is creating Adult Video Games
Number of Patrons: 8868
Earnings: $37,833.30 per month
Average Support Per Patron: $4.27 per month
Breeding Season is a free adult game where players raise and breed sexy monsters for sale to adventurous clients. The team behind this game says that, “We put a lot of work into making the game into more than just a vehicle for erotic animations: we want to make a game that is … fun and addictive.”
In exchange for their support, patrons can get early access to the newest game content updates, as well as other fun things including exclusive pin-ups, comics, small games, and more!
2. The Comedy Button is creating Weekly Podcasts and Videos
Number of Patrons: 6459
Earnings: $20,151.70 per month
Average Support Per Patron: $3.12 per month
The Comedy Button is a three year-old podcast put together by “a motley crew of comedians, video game industry professionals, and Internet-famous people.”
Together their goal is to make people laugh and get through those hard, grueling days. The team has turned to Patreon for help from fans to make the show bigger and better.
Patrons of this campaign get early, add-free episodes every Thursday, bonus content, Q&A stream access, premium Comedy Button movie commentaries, and more!
3. Crash Course is creating Smarter People
Number of Patrons: 6132
Earnings: $31,798.60 per month
Average Support Per Patron: $5.19 per month
Crash Course is a source of free, high quality educational videos used by teachers, students, and anyone else who is interested in learning!
They create videos on a wide range of topics, including: chemistry, world history, biology, psychology, and literature – to name a few. The goal at Crash Course is to make educational videos easier for people to access, so they have come to Patreon for help funding writers, musicians, editors, and other essentials so that they can keep offering free content.
Patrons of this project can get access to a special activity feed, Google Hangouts, exclusive content, and more!
Conclusion
Graphtreon isn’t the only website that has been created to fill the gap in easy to digest information on crowdfunding platforms and creators. In Kickstarter’s case there is Kicktraq (and the recently taken-down KickSpy); where the staff at Kickstarter seem wary about sites that make use of their information, it is nice to see that Patreon appreciates the service that Graphtreon is now offering.
For more information on how to be successful on Patreon, check out this CrowdCrux post.
Actually, I discovered a ton of tricks that can help you earn recurring income from Patreon using subscription crowdfunding. This is dependable, repeat income to fuel your craft. You can really turn your passion into profit. You can learn more about the Patreon tricks I’ve discovered here.
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