🆚 Crowdfunder vs. Patreon
- 📈 Patreon is much more popular than Crowdfunder.
- 🌍 Patreon is more popular in all countries.
- ⭐ Crowdfunder is particularly popular in the United Kingdom.
Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
PatreonType
Donation tool
Donation tool
About
Crowdfunder is a rewards-based crowdfunding platform based in the United Kingdom.
Patreon is a membership platform that allows creators to run a subscription-based service for their content and sell digital products directly to their most dedicated fans.
It lets creators set up multiple membership tiers or one-time purchases, publish exclusive posts, videos or audio, manage payments and payouts, host media, and offer community tools like chats and polls.
Headquarters
St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom
San Francisco, California, United States
Pricing
Platform fee
Free version ✔️Charity and personal
For-profit5%
Community share offers2-3%
Transaction fee1.9-2.4% + 20p
Standard platform fee10%
Legacy platform fees
Pro8%
Premium12%
Payment processing
USD2.9%-3.9% + $0.30
EUR3.4% + €0.35
GBP3.4% + £0.35
Categories
Donations › Rank #25
Donations › Rank #1
Crowdfunding › Rank #8
Subscriptions › Rank #3
E-Commerce › Rank #11
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Patreon donation tool is 113 times more popular than Crowdfunder.
Total websites
Market share
Donations
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Patreon is more popular than Crowdfunder in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
France
Netherlands
Spain
Australia
Russia
Ukraine
Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Crowdfunding category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Donations category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Donations category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Donations category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Donations category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Ukraine in the Donations category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Sweden in the Donations category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Patreon is more popular than Crowdfunder in all market segments.
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Games
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware
Sports
Business
Humor/Comics
General News
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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Podia🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.