What does your Patreon support?

When did you launch your Patreon

Where do you promote your Patreon

How much does your Patreon make per month (ballpark is fine)

What sort of incentives do you provide backers

What volunteer services do you provide outside of your Patreon?

How many years have you provided these services?

How long have you been a public figure online or in your local community?

Where would you say your core audience is located?

How do you engage this audience?

Do you receive more support from people you know

What sort of incentives do you offer this audience to join your Patreon?

How much time per week do you spend creating these additional incentives?

How many followers do you have on: Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, Instagram, DA- any webservice that applies

Pageviews per day on Youtube Channel, Blog, Webcomic- anything that applies

Do you have other sources of online revenue

Do you have an online shop?

A Youtube channel (art education), Tutorials (free to the public), How to be a Con Artist (another blog)

Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, On the channel

Sponsored ads, backer exclusive content, early access to popular content, backer's suggestions determine future content

Webcomic, Art- Instagram, Art- Conventions, Art resources, Live Panels, classes, workshops

Blog: 8 years
How to be a Con Artist: 4 years
Panels: Off and on, 7 years
Youtube: 2 years consistently, 7 years of artist interviews

Not sure- it's really difficult to get them to respond

Direct engagement on Twitter, signal boosting on Twitter/Tumblr, answering questions via email, answering Asks on Tumblr (both personal and HTBACA), answering comments on Youtube, engagement at conventions

Other than early access, backer exclusives, and voting rights, it's mainly the feeling of supporting art education and supporting someone who helped you. I do have tiers for monthly backer exclusive pdf sketchbooks, and tiers for free mini copies, free access to 7" Kara Volume 1, free access to new chapters, free access to download art resources.

Twitter:1683
Tumblr: 1,277
Tumblr (webcomic): 83
Tumblr (How to be a Con Artist): 4,362
Youtube: 3,123
Instagram: 917

1200-2000 (Nattosoup Studio Art and Process Blog)

Youtube-Ads, Amazon Associates

Twitter, Tumblr, On the comic, In person-conventions, panels, other appearances

Early updates, bonus art, process art.

Webcomic, Art- Instagram, Art resources, Live Panels, classes, workshops

I don't know, probably Tapastic, my numbers are too low to gauge. Instagram has been okay.

Tweet regularly, share things I'm interested in, share some art, talk about my work and the works of others, try to be encouraging.

A chance to keep my work going while getting insight into my work. I used to do regular Patreon newsletters but stopped for awhile. May try again.

About 250 on Tumblr, but that number feels inflated. 364 on Twitter.

Early access to comic pages, maybe request sketches in the future

Webcomic, Regular Livestream, Art- Deviantart

Online, responding to comments, twitter, livestreams

Early access to comic pages

Twitter:190; comic subs: ~480

A comic, A Youtube channel (art education), Commissions, Tutorials (free to the public)

Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Youtube, On the comic, On the channel

Webcomic, Youtube channel- entertainment, Regular Livestream, Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart

Chatting/Journaling/Replies

A comic, Commissions, Art resources (behind a paywall), Art resources (free to the public)

Twitter, Tumblr, On the comic

High resolution art+ comic pages, early access, patreon exclusive raffles, monthly sketch requests, monthly postcards w/thanks

15 (before patreon, deviantArt and Tumblr)

Conversation, shared interests, raffles, and chats

Extra entries in raffle giveaways and sketch requests

Collectively around 5-6000 (I have multiple tumblrs dedicated to fandoms -- tumblr fandom account for Animal Crossing art+commissions has the largest following)

Art resources (free to the public), Illustration

Art, progress shots, monthly collections of sketches

Webcomic, Art- Conventions, Art resources

Tweeting, RTs, positive comments, signal boosting and sharing

I don't do much. I should probably do more >__>;;

Bloh- about 6/day, about 50+ on upload days X,D

Early access to comic pages, previews of unreleased art

Webcomic, Art- Deviantart, Art- Conventions

Updating the comic, occasionally posting to boost the patreon

Casual online friends, Mainly strangers

mentioned earlier (early access, etc)

Earlier access to comic pages, sketch commissions, access to livestreams, access to art gallery of wips

Webcomic, Art- Conventions

Through author comments, and replies to messages on Tumblr

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Email list

Free sketches, early access to art, high resolution files

Regular Livestream, Art- Deviantart, Art- Conventions

Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends

Free sketches and early access to art, patron-exclusive livestreams

~ 15,000 combined across all social media

Commissions, Tutorials (behind a paywall)

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram

Stickers, discount on commissions, early viewing webcomic

Webcomic, Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart, Art- Conventions

Posting fanart/original character art

Multiple Comics, A Youtube channel (entertainment), Art resources (behind a paywall)

Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Youtube, On the comic

Community goals are primarily Patreon-exclusives
Rewards: $1 -- WIPS, $5 PDFs, $15 physical mailings of merch

Webcomic, Youtube channel- entertainment, Art- Instagram, Art- Conventions

About 6-7 years seriously.

Visiting conventions, daily updates, mostly Twitter 'rants' about subjects I think are important/ that folks might also think are important. Occasionally I stream. Other times I create giveaways/boost/RT work that I think ought to be seen.

In real life-family, Online friends- but close online friends, Mainly strangers

I haven't yet created additional incentives.

Twitter -- Over 20k, YT ~10, Webcomic 200-ish

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram

Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart

A comic, A Youtube channel (art education), A Youtube channel (entertainment), Tutorials (behind a paywall), Tutorials (free to the public), Art resources (behind a paywall), Art resources (free to the public)

Twitter, Facebook, Youtube

Exclusive content like tutorials, high res images, art resources, and highest tier: free art.

Youtube channel-edutainment, Regular Livestream, Art- Instagram, Art- Conventions, Art resources

Umm.... the gay anime loving part of the internet?

Talking with people on social media?

Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends

twitter: 680ish, tumblr: 140, youtube: 14, instagram: 80ish

Youtube-Ads, Ad network for YouTube

A comic, Multiple Comics, Commissions, I don't know whether to consider them art resources or not but I'm going to be releasing weekly patterns sometime next month. I haven't decided whether they'll all be behind a paywall or public or a mix.

Right now, Early pages, and a monthly postcard.

Webcomics I started back in I think June of last year, but didn't really get into it until August. I used to do livestreams occasionally as well and those span pretty far back. It had to have been in 2006-2007.

oof, Probably 2004 or 2005?? I've hopped from audience to audience, but I've always held a pretty public presence with each community I've entered.

Definitely online, specifically on Tapastic (although I think I may have more readers on my website than I realize). I'm hoping to start building more of a con presence as soon as I have the means to pay for it (currently in the middle of jobhunting).

I try to respond to as many comments as I can, and am also planning on launching a newsletter before the summer ends where I'm hoping to get to know some of my readers a little better. I'm currently taking a class on how to successfully do that.

A mix. I think I have more casual online friends supporting, but 1 close online friend and my dad are supporting more dollarwise

Early pages, a dedication on updates, a monthly postcard, etc. Oh right I'm trying to post sketches and concept stuff occasionally as well.

Twitter: 222, Tumblr: 1468. DA: Not sure, but somewhere between 500-1000 I think, Instagram: probably 10 or so, I only just created it and I haven't used it too much yet.

I honestly don't know what the average is at the moment. I recently got a feature on Tapastic so my results everywhere have been really scewed to look like somewhere in the 800's-1000's, but before that it kinda fluctuated between 100-500.

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, On the comic

Early viewing of pages, private discord access.

Appear at conventions, make merch within the US free to ship.

Early access to webcomic pages.

Twitter: ~1800, Tumblr: ~1900, YouTube: ~200, Instagram: ~200, DA: ~2300, Tapas: ~9000, Webtoons: ~10800, Smackjeeves: ~500

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, On the comic

Livestreams, production sketches, commission and cameos.

Webcomic, Art- Instagram, Art- Conventions

Comments and Live videos

Behind the scenes art and in-comic cameos

Instagram: 976, Twitter: 1102, Facebook: 80, Tumblr: 1899

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, On the comic

Early comic pages, various types of commissions

Webcomic, Youtube channel-edutainment, Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart, Art- Conventions

Mostly through social media

Casual online friends, Mainly strangers

Early and in-process comic pages and artwork. Since the majority of patrons are already comic readers, this type of material seems to resonate best.

500 on twitter, below 100 on tumblr, DA, instagram

A comic, A comics podcast

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, On the comic, On the channel

Webcomic: art, mostly
Podcast: early access, uncut episodes, some swag at high levels

Webcomic, Art- Instagram

I'm not entirely sure I am one

Twitter, tumblr, and facebook, mostly

My largest is tumblr at just under 600

Youtube-Ads, Project Wonderful

A comic, Multiple Comics, games

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, On the comic

Short stories, behind-the-scenes WIPs, secret in-work projects not really advertised elsewhere, special patron-only sketches

Webcomic, Art- Conventions

It changes depending on where I am. When I was away, I did mainly art tutorials, but that was not my main purpose. Now that I am home, I tend to do workshops, demonstrations, and talks. I also teach.

This began in University, so 2006 and after; I moved for a few years and pretty much came back unrecognizable however. Three years later I have finally gained some traction with digital art, comics, and illustration in general.

I reach them via the net. A lot seem to be in North America (USA, Canada)

Twitter, patreon, the comic site (including mirrors); sometimes facebook or tumblr

In real life-family, In real life-friends, Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends

This changes all the time. I have been swapping out rewards (I do this when no one is pledged to it) in order to try something that works better for me and hopefully is what people want. A year ago I added the short-story tier and it has slowly gained traction; I added a special sketch tier earlier this year and it has promise. I think a lot of this is just working out what people would like to see from me and my comic.

Twitter: 1200, tumblr -- that's sad, like 300. I don't use it much, though. My FB is climbing slowly, but it only has around 100. Twitter is definitely my place.

I don't really have anything that tracks this. Numbers on tapastic aren't the most accurate....

A comic, Multiple Comics, Commissions, Tutorials (behind a paywall), Tutorials (free to the public)

Twitter, Tumblr, On the comic

early access art, sketchbooks, tutorials, requests

Webcomic, Art- Instagram, Art resources, Art blog- education

responding to nearly every message I get, asking for opinions

In real life-friends, Online friends- but close online friends

Support webcomics they like, get some good art out of it

350 on twitter, 3000 on tumblr, 133 on instagram, 1000 on smackjeeves

2000-9000 on smackjeeves

Twitter, Tumblr, On the comic

Sketches and vote incentive requests.

Through twitter and site posts.

Online friends- but close online friends

Sketches, prints and postcards.

Twitter, Tumblr, On the comic

Early comic updates, illustrations, cat pictures, nsfw pinups

Webcomic, Art- Instagram

Not much lately (gotta work on that)

In real life-family, In real life-friends, Casual online friends, Mainly strangers

Not much else aside from the tiers

Twitter-821 Tumblr-3002 Instagram-670

No idea, i dont look at any stats.

Artwork & merchandise design and production

Twitter, Tumblr, In person-conventions, panels, other appearances

Access to extra sketch material and WIPs, postcards and physical rewards like art prints or stickers in the mail every month depending on their pledge level.

Regular Livestream, Art- Conventions

Furry fandom, with a strong secondary audience among entomologists & science art fans

Posting art on social media and interest-specific sites. Offering commissions. Attending conventions as an artist with my original merch and participating in convention art shows. Livestream 4x a week for 8+ hours while I create commissions. Participating in bug & science chats to engage folks with my original merchandise.

Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends, Mainly strangers

See how my work is made and help me be able to make more of it

1.2k Twitter, 1.4k Tumblr, 3k Furaffinity

Multiple Comics, A Youtube channel (art education), A Youtube channel (entertainment), Commissions, Tutorials (behind a paywall), Tutorials (free to the public), Art resources (behind a paywall), Art resources (free to the public)

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, On the channel

Tutorials, personal critiques, brush, private videos

Youtube channel- entertainment, Youtube channel-edutainment, Regular Livestream, Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart, Art resources

In real life-family, In real life-friends, Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends, Mainly strangers

Wip's PSD/ SAI Files, Tutorials public/ private, Commission raffles, YouTube video's, private stream,and more

DA = 1,262 Twitter Twitter= 239 Youtube= 383 Tumblr= 42

Raffles, commission discounts, free sketches for higher tiers.

Regular Livestream, Art- Deviantart, Art- Conventions

Through journals, comments, and Patreon posts.

Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends

About 200, give or take for each website.

Twitter, Tumblr, On the comic

additional content, commissions, discounts on product

Weekly comic updates, and replying to viewer comments

Big events for pledge goals

Commissions, Tutorials (behind a paywall), Tutorials (free to the public), Art resources (behind a paywall), Art resources (free to the public), Illustrations

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, In person-conventions, panels, other appearances

wips, sketches, behind-the-scenes info, patreon-exclusive art, tips & tricks, red-lining/paint-overs

Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart, Art- Conventions, Art resources

In real life-friends, Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends

Twitter, Facebook, On the comic

early access to pages, first access to special print editions, a monthly commission

Webcomic, Art- Instagram, Art- Conventions

Webcomics for 9 years, and 3 years for Instagram and Conventions

All over the US with a smattering of Canadian readers

Usually with posts on the comic site and/or twitter and facebook updates

Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends

I used to offer elaborate incentives, but after seriously simplifying my Patreon (because all the extra work was MURDER on me) I switched to offering only early access to the comic and printed Special Editions, as well as monthly quickie commissions

100-200 on Twitter and Instagram

average of 114 views per day on the webcomic

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, On the comic

Pages early, bimonthly mailed gifts

Pages early, bimonthly mailed merch

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook

Webcomic, Art- Conventions

Tabling conventions, attending conventions, social media

mailed goods, early access

Twitter : 500 Tumblr: 400

Novels (free to the public)

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Youtube

Illustrations, Q&A, sneak peek, polls, early new chapters, gratitude posts

I've been on Tumblr for the past 5/6 years, but I'm not sure I qualify as a public figure

Tumblr (English speaking countries, if we're speaking physical location)

I have a writer blog on Tumblr, all in English.

In real life-family, Online friends- but close online friends

There's not much that I can offer more, because a lot of what I do is for free. So my Patreon is about little perks (like sneak peeks and early chapters), but mostly about supporting me to allow me to write as a living. The only real additional incentives would be that I put polls for Patrons only to tell me what to work on during the month (outside of the main novel), and so my Patrons can decide this way what they want to see during a given month.

Don't know, not many at the present time

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, On the comic

BTS sketches, early previews, exclusive Patreon comics & pin-ups

Webcomic, Art- Instagram

online worldwide (English speaking)

same channels as I promote Patreon

Casual online friends, Mainly strangers

comic smut they can't see elsewhere

200-300 each on Twitter, Tumblr, IG, FB

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, On the comic, On the channel, In person-conventions, panels, other appearances

early access to months comics, exclusive mini comic stories every month, discounts to merch, new year cards/prints etc

Webcomic, Youtube channel- entertainment, Regular Livestream, Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart, Art- Conventions

Casual online friends, Mainly strangers

Early access to all works, exclusive participation in a monthly request event, exclusive physical rewards whenever I hit a goal, early access/exclusive info about sales and future products.

Not sure what you mean by volunteer services; I post all of my work for free on tumblr/twitter after a period of time, if that's what you mean.

10+ years in various communities

Spread across Patreon, Tumblr, and Twitter.

I post often and consistently; I reply to comments when I can and questions always.

I encourage them to support me simply because they'll be supporting the creation of content they already know they enjoy. If my Patreon wasn't working, I would have to go and get more work that ISN'T the type of stuff they enjoy seeing from me. These works would not exist without their patronage. Plus, getting early access and exclusive requests.

Twitter- under 5000, tumblr- under 100k (I've been on tumblr much longer than twitter)

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, On the comic

Sketches, annual exclusive merch, early comics

Webcomic, Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart, Art- Conventions

My readers are online, but almost all of my customers are at conventions.

Posts online, warm chat at cons.

In real life-friends, Mainly strangers

Sketch commissions. Most do it because they want to support me directly, though.

Twitter-150, Tumblr-1,500, dA-Over 2,000

Tumblr, Facebook, On the comic

Postcards, original drawings, downloadable content like desktop backgrounds, and exclusive drawings and 4-panel comics

Webcomic, Art- Instagram

Put up content on Facebook and tumblr as often as possible

In real life-family, In real life-friends

Offers of exclusive content

Tumblr art blog - 800-ish, Tumblr webcomic - 100-ish, Instagram - >100, Facebook - >100

Art resources (free to the public)

Early access to brushes, downloads of original files

Webcomic, Art- Deviantart, Art resources

I post stuff, they download it. They're not usually too engaging.

Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends

Early access, prototypes, ability to dictate what I make

Twitter, Tumblr, On the comic

Early page access, sketch previews, digital wallpapers

Webcomic, Youtube channel- entertainment, Art- Instagram, Art- Conventions

Largely global, based around the comic and my etsy shop

Weekly comic updates, frequent new shop items, updates on various social media

Half andf half IRL family and online acquaintances/strangers

Same as incentives to backers

Comic (tumblr hosted) ~750 followers. ~175 Youtube followers, <100 followers on twitter, instagram.

Multiple Comics, Animation, illustrations, etc. Only sketches/WIPs/etc. and some resources behind a paywall.

Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Email list, On the comic, In person-conventions, panels, other appearances

Access to sketches, WIP's, and process; NSFW drawings; resources as I make them (no amount per month guarantee or anything like that)

Webcomic, Regular Livestream, Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart, Art- Conventions

Online: Off and on for 11 years. lol Local community: About 2 years.

Mostly in deviantART. I'm not terribly active anywhere, at the moment, though.

Polls, open discussions, etc.

Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends

The rewards tiers. lol What else would there be?

Between all sources: 900-1000.

A comic, illustrations (behind a paywall)

early access to comic updates, exclusive illustration series for patrons only

Webcomic, Art- Instagram, Art- Conventions

10+ (current comic 6 years)

I've been building a presence/audience gradually over 10 years or so

I have a lower level of engagement with my audience than most of my peers, outside of general social media use I'm pretty quiet (I have a fairly demanding day job and also am a shy person)

Casual online friends, Mainly strangers

I started offering illustrations to give this audience something more unique/exclusive than just the comic updates

twitter around 400, tumblr around 500, instagram around 200

Commissions, an original RPG project

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram

Exclusive artwork, game development WIPs, monthly sketch requests

Youtube channel- entertainment, Regular Livestream, Art- Instagram, Art- Conventions

regular/active posting, giveaways, doing occasional requests in livestreams

Online friends- but close online friends

Exclusive artwork, game development WIPs, monthly sketch requests

twitter: 400+, tumblr: 6k+, youtube: 200+, instagram: 2k+

A comic, Prose Fiction in the form of short stories and novels.

Twitter, Facebook, On the comic

Comic pages a week before they're online. Exclusive behind the scenes sketches and art. First draft chapters of otherwise unpublished novels and short stories.

Webcomic, Regular Livestream, Art- Deviantart

I've been posting webcomics and art online off and on since 2004, so for 13 years. I have been streaming more regularly for about a year.

Since about 2004, so for about 13 years.

Twitter, Facebook, and Tapas.

I try to respond to each comment I get on Twitter, on my comic on Tapas, and on Facebook. I also try to reach out to other creators and show my support of their work verbally since I don't have the means to do so financially.

Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends, With By the Blade on Tapas I have seen an increase in support from strangers regarding my writing and webcomic. Verbally and financially the bulk of support for my projects comes from online friends as I don't have many friends near by (the ones I do have are supportive when I see them!) and my family while supportive seems to have a different idea of what I should write than what I want to write.

Exclusive behind the scenes pencils and sketches. Early access to new pages of my webcomic. An entire first draft of a novel unrelated to my novel on Tapas. A bunch of short stories I wrote when my arm was bad and I was unable to create any thing else.

Twitter: 1246
Facebook artist/writer page: 86
Facebook personal page: 284
Deviantart: 413
Tumblr: 122
Picarto: 13
Total on Tapas: 903
Magic Remains (webcomic) on Tapas: 96
By the Blade (novel) on Tapas: 823

Magic Remains on Tapas: About 20 views per day. By the Blade on Tapas: About 320 views per day (average from dividing the 30 days it's been online by the total views [9.7k] to date)

Multiple Comics, A Youtube channel (entertainment)

Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, On the channel, In person-conventions, panels, other appearances

exclusive writing content, early streams

Youtube channel- entertainment, Regular Livestream, Art blog- education

through my patreon and social media

Twitter, Tumblr, On the comic

sketches of pages, high-res versions of pages. it's mostly a "tip jar" because my full-time job doesn't leave me with much time or energy to do extra material.

20 years (started a cyberpet agency as a teenager in ~1997, and this segued into my webcomic)

Generally, I don't. My fulltime job takes a lot of my time and I haven't really figured out a way to get my audience to respond to me. They're mostly lurkers apparently.

In real life-friends, Online friends- but close online friends

160 on Twitter, 81 on Tumblr, 39 on instagram

A comic, Multiple Comics, Commissions, Art resources (behind a paywall)

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instagram, On the comic, In person-conventions, panels, other appearances

Early art access, work-in-progress views, high-resolution lineart downloads, comic script downloads, original art, extra discount on commissions and sales.

Webcomic, Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart, Art- Conventions, Live Panels, classes, workshops

Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, DeviantArt

In real life-friends, Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends

Art resources (behind a paywall), Art resources (free to the public)

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, On the channel, In person-conventions, panels, other appearances

advance access to resources, occasional exclusives, constructive crit, open suggestions, discounts

I look at the art people make, I got to conventions

It's mostly advanced access to resources that will later be free

on DA: 115,000 on Tumblr: 7,500

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook

wallpapers, WIPS, early comics, commissions, monthly drawings, sketch cards, etc.

Webcomic, Art- Deviantart

My first webcomic started in 2005

Which country? Probably the US. Site-wise, it depends on the thing I'm posting

Online friends- but close online friends, Casual online friends, Mainly strangers

I just tell them what I'm offering, but a lot of people just don't have the money, so mostly they boost my stuff

over 2000 on Twitter, over 4000 on Tumblr, over 3000 on DA, but they probably overlap

Not sure offhand. DA I get about 200 or so a day

Twitter mostly, poorly... I'm not good at social media

Early comics, lossless files, the occasional exclusive comic.

Multiple Comics, Commissions, Art resources (free to the public)

Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, On the comic

Adopts, Able to work to get OCs into the comics, variety of other things.

Webcomic, Regular Livestream, Art- Instagram, Art- Deviantart

Just talk to them. There isn't much engagement they don't like to talk.

Online friends- but close online friends

Around 100 on each, DA having around 300 or so.