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Re:Patreon Gains $30M Series B Funding to Support Growth by jarcane on Thursday January 21, 2016 @05:48AM (#10944447)
There are a fair few who've done it in the Youtube space (the infamous Pewdiepie for example), but no, I don't think I know of any Patreon millionaires yet either.
Re:Patreon Gains $30M Series B Funding to Support Growth by creshal on Thursday January 21, 2016 @06:02AM (#10944493)
But how sustainable is it? Patreon is rather simple: Users directly pay the artists, however much they want (and Patreon presumably takes some fee).

Youtube makes artists depend on Youtube's subscription and/or advertisement viability, which are largely outside of the control of both artists and consumers. Consumers cannot control where their money ultimately ends up, artists have little planning security.