Posting to your Patreon

All creators with a Patreon can post their audio, video, image, and written creations directly to their pages for fans to enjoy. You can post from your Desktop computer or the Patreon app. You can publish posts exclusively for paid members (all or specific tiers), free members, or publicly for anyone visiting your Patreon.

The mobile app supports other types of posts but not audio uploads. For sharing audio content, always use the desktop version of Patreon.

How to publish a post

• Make sure you follow this guide while in your creator profile. You can switch to your creator profile by clicking your profile picture in the bottom left corner and clicking on your creator profile.

  1. Click on Create from the left-hand navigation
     • If you also sell digital products, you’ll need to select Post from the drop-down list
  2. Choose a Post type — you can open your draft in another tab by right-clicking or ctrl+clicking and selecting Open in another tab
  3. Add your post title (required) and type your post or upload your file
     • Optional post features include uploading attachment files for your members to download and adding tags to your posts to help you stay organized
  4. If you upload audio or video posts, you can turn on the Add to podcast option to distribute your content through your members’ RSS feeds, allowing fans to listen to your content on their favorite platforms. Learn more about enabling RSS feeds for your members.
  5. Schedule audio or video posts as a drop, letting fans experience content together with real-time chats. Ensure the Make this a drop toggle is turned on. Note that Drops are currently only available to creators in the All Audiences category — Learn more about in our Drops guide
  6. Adding your post to a collection helps members find more of what they want. You can think of collections as your own library where you can organize your work however you want. Learn more about creating a collection
  7. Click Next to set your Publish options, like letting us know who should have access to the post (required). Other publishing options include:
     • Settings to sell the post (Learn more about selling your posts and collections here)
     • Setting early access
     • Adding a text preview
     • Setting a release date
     • Disabling or enabling comments
     • Notifying members when the post goes live

       Follow these steps while on your creator profile. You can check which profile you’re on by clicking your profile picture in the bottom left corner and clicking on your creator profile

  8. You can preview your post before publishing by clicking View at the bottom of the page
  9. When you’re done, click Publish or Schedule if the release date is in the future

• Follow these steps while on your creator profile. You can check which profile you’re on by tapping your profile picture in the top right corner of the home screen and tapping on Switch to creator profile.

  1. Tap on the Make a Post button 
  2. You can embed a link or tap on the media type you’d like to post
     • When creating a post, you can also add inline images by clicking on the image icon in the bottom format bar
  3. When you’re happy with your post, tap Next
  4. Tap Who can see this post to bring up your options: Public, All members, Free members only, Paid members only, or Selected tiers
  5. You can add up to 50 tags to your post, and if you are on an iOS device, you can choose to add the post to a collection or create a new collection to house your post
  6. You can Schedule your post to publish later or backdate your post so that it appears in your preferred order on your Patreon
  7. You can Publish or Schedule your post or exit the editor, and we’ll save your progress in your Drafts

We’ll auto-save any changes you make as you create your post. So you exit the post editor, and we’ll save your post as a draft for you to work on later.

Controlling access to your posts

When creating or editing a post, you can set post access to the following audiences:

• Public: Visible to anyone who visits your Patreon
• All members: Paid and Free members
• Paid members only: All of your paying members
• Free members only: Paid members will not have access to this post
• Selected tiers: Visible to the tiers you select - all of your tiers will be selected by default, and you can deselect which tiers should not have access