We’re committed to supporting all Patreon creators in building their creative businesses and connecting with their biggest fans. We’re safely expanding access to many products and features for more creators on Patreon, including those that make Adult/18+ works. We will update this page as additional products and features are made available.
All Adult/18+ creators must be ID-verified and age-verified to be on Patreon and to use Patreon’s features. Learn more about age verification here.
Features Currently Accessible to Adult/18+ Creators
Media Types
- Text Posts: Fully accessible
- Image Posts: Fully accessible. However, image and media previews are blurred with increased opacity for 18+ content
- Non-Native Video Hosting: While Patreon Native Video is not available to Adult/18+ creators, creators can link to external platforms (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo) to host their content
- Attachments and File Types: Fully accessible
Autopilot
- Available for Adult/18+ creators
Free Trials
- Adult/18+ creators can offer Free Trials for paid tiers
Payments
- Web & Android Payments: Adult/18+ creators can accept payments on mobile and web browsers
Community Chats
- Available to Adult/18+ creators
Search and Explore
- Fans that are 18 and older can update their member settings to discover Adult/18+ creators through Patreon’s search and explore tools
- Learn more about how fans can discover all creators on Patreon in this help center article
Discount Codes
- Adult/18+ creators can offer discounts to their members as long as the members are over the age of 18
- Creators must be on subscription billing to be eligible for this feature. Learn more about discounts here
Gifting
- Adult/18+ creators can access creator-to-fan and fan-to-fan gifting
- Recipients must be over the age of 18 years old to redeem the gift for an Adult/18+ page
- Creators must be on subscription billing to be eligible for this feature. Learn more about how gifting works here
Commerce & One-Time Purchases
- Adult/18+ creators can sell digital products (including posts and collections) as one-time purchases. Learn more about selling posts and collections here
- Creators must be on subscription billing to be eligible for this feature
- Creators’ digital products must additionally comply with our guidelines for public previews. Learn more about these guidelines here
How we roll out products
Patreon ensures that we roll out features to all creators in a way that ensures we are compliant with legal, payment, and platform policies. We gradually roll out products to ensure the product is working for creators as designed to minimize disruption.