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# 30% Patreon Creator Pay Cut: What You Need to Know
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/patreon-creator-pay-cut-what-you-need-to-know/
- Published: 2024-08-14T14:55:37.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-14T15:03:11.000Z
- Description: A 30% Patreon creator pay cut is coming to all new fan subscriptions paid via Apple. As of November, Apple is requiring Patreon to switch to its iOS in-app purchase system or risk being removed from the App Store.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Indie Music, Music Marketing, Apple, patreon, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

A 30% Patreon creator pay cut is coming to all new fan subscriptions paid via Apple. As of November, Apple is requiring Patreon to switch to its iOS in-app purchase system or risk being removed from the App Store.

As with Spotify and all paid subscription-based services that have Apple iOS apps, Patreon was forced by Apple to switch to a system that charges a 30% tariff. How fans will react is another matter.

“Unfortunately, Apple is requiring us to switch over to their in-app purchase system for all iOS transactions or else risk being kicked out of the App Store altogether,” Patreon said in a statement to creators, “and their in-app purchase system is not built with our same level of creator-first flexibility.”

![Patreon creator pay cut](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/spcdn-shortpixel-ai/spio/ret_img-q_cdnize/www-hypebot-com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/apples-requirements-to-hit-creators-and-fans-on-patreon.png)

While existing subscriber payments will not be affected, the November shift has two significant consequences for creators:

1. Apple will apply *its* 30% App Store fee to all new memberships purchased in the Patreon iOS app and to anything bought in your Patreon shop.
2. Any creator currently on a first-of-the-month or per-creation billing plan will have to switch to subscription billing to continue earning in the iOS app because that’s the only billing type Apple’s in-app purchase system supports.

To help ease the pain, Patreon has created an optional tool that can automatically increase prices — only in the iOS app — to offset the cost of Apple’s fee.

Learn more about the Apple-driven Patreon creator pay cut [here](https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon?ref=completemusicupdate.com).

**Bruce Houghton* is the Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/), a Senior Advisor at [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com), President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com), and a [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com) professor.*