Patreon
5 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 13, 2022 by Adam Fishman · said 40 times in 7 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Adam Fishman (17), Lenny Rachitsky (14), Camille Hearst (6), Casey Winters (3)
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2023 20 mentions in 5 episodes 4 per episode
- Monetizing passions, scaling marketplaces, and stories from a creator economy vet | Camille Hearst
- Thinking beyond frameworks | Casey Winters (Pinterest, Eventbrite, Airbnb, Tinder, Reddit, Grubhub)
- My favorite interview questions from 100+ guests
- Leveraging growth advisors, mastering SEO, and honing your craft | Luc Levesque (Shopify, Meta)
- Failure
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
Everything said about Patreon, oldest first
Oct 13, 2022 positive
Human onboarding interventions boosted Patreon creator revenue by 25 percent
“What we realized through a lot of experimentation was the idea of connecting someone with a human being, the right person at the right time would improve the first month of revenue or the second month of revenue that a creator made on the platform by 25%.”
Oct 13, 2022
Patreon used time to first $100 as a primary retention proxy
“As an example at Patreon, one of our proxies around the eventual success of a creator was how quickly they would reach certain dollar thresholds once they launched. And so your velocity to get to your first patron, your first hundred dollars processed on the p…”
Oct 13, 2022
Onboarding should use opinionated defaults without eliminating user choices
“One of our product principles, which became opinionated defaults, which is basically making it hard to do the wrong thing when you're setting up your Patreon page and easy to do the right thing, but not eliminating choice.”
Aug 20, 2023 neutral
Hearst: Fans Want to Pay Artists, but Musicians Shy Away from Monetization
“Fans want to support the artists they love. They want to open up their wallets. I mean, you've seen nothing else from a sub stack and then patrons that people are actually really happy to be a patron of the arts. And they look at it as like a badge of honor. B…”
Aug 20, 2023
Hearst: Over 60% of young people want to create content for a living
“There have been studies too, where they ask, Young people, what they want to do and what they want to be when they grow up. We quote these at spot at excuse me, Patreon. And, you know, over 60% want to create content for a living.”