Patreon Is Challenging YouTube With Own Video Hosting Platform
Since its inception in 2013, Patreon has enabled autonomous content creators to get paid directly by fans via subscriptions for videos, podcasts, and other work, augmenting their ad revenue. However, now that YouTube has been completely developed as a mainstream component of many consumers’ media diets—a process has been accelerated by the pandemic—asking creators to scrounge cash from third-party platforms becomes inefficient.