When it comes to your earnings, be sure to use the Earnings page for an accurate record of your gross and net income (after fees) for each month.
The Overview section on your main web page provides an estimate by averaging earnings from annual memberships and displaying net monthly earnings after fees. This section is useful for identifying trends and is visible to members if you choose to make your earnings public. However, it should not be relied upon as an accurate representation of your true earnings for any specific month.
After processing a payment, fees and refunds are deducted, with the remaining amount going to your Creator Balance. This dashboard summarises the flow of funds based on when the transactions occurred.
To explore your other dashboards, see our main guide on Insights dashboards.
Earnings insights filters
Customize your earnings view by:
- Date range: You can view data from past 6 months, Past year (past 12 months), All time, or set a Custom range
- Earnings type: You can filter by All earnings, Membership, or Shop
- Currency (Early access): If you’ve changed your shop currency in the past, you can use the currency toggle to view your earnings in your current or any previously used currencies. Note: This feature is currently in early access, which means not all creators will see it yet. It will be gradually rolled out to all users
- Free or Paid member view: Select either the free or paid member view at the top of the dashboard to filter insights accordingly
- Daily or Monthly view: Switch between Monthly and Daily views to track earnings trends over different timeframes
- Tier: Filter your earnings by a specific membership tier to understand which tiers are driving your revenue each month
- Billing cadence: Filter by monthly or annual to see how payment frequency affects your earnings
Key sections in earnings insights
The earnings dashboard summarizes the income associated with your Patreon. We organize data by the time transactions occur. The Gross revenue column on your Earnings dashboard may display a different amount than your total memberships calculated from your Relationship Manager due to mid-month tier switches and refunds.
- Membership: The amount earned from your memberships before any fees, refunds, and declines
- Shop (Web and Android): The amount earned from purchases made through your shop on both Web and Android, before subtracting any fees, refunds, or declines
- Shop (iOS): The amount earned from purchases made through your shop on the iOS App Store, before the deduction of any fees, refunds, or declines. Please note that purchases on iOS are subject to an Apple App Store fee. Learn more about iOS pricing here
- Declines: The value of attempted charges declined this month. This column value will likely decrease as we retry your declined members and process them to your creator balance
- Refunds: The amount of any refunds issued in that month. This column only includes the creator’s share of any refunds; Patreon’s fee, processing fees, and taxes are refunded by Patreon and therefore do not appear here. This also does not include fraud refunds. Here’s an article with more information on fraud refunds
- Membership: The amount earned from your memberships after any fees, refunds, and declines
- Shop (Web and Android): The amount earned from purchases made through your shop on both Web and Android, after subtracting any fees, refunds, or declines
- Shop (iOS): The amount earned from purchases made through your shop on the iOS App Store, after the deduction of any fees, refunds, or declines. Please note that purchases on iOS are subject to an Apple App Store fee. Learn more about iOS pricing here
Timing examples:
- Paid member A joins your community on 16 February but isn't charged until 1 March. The earnings from that transaction will appear in March.
- If a refund is processed in October for a transaction that initially occurred in July, the refund will appear in October.
FAQ
- The Earnings dashboard shows money when it actually hits your account, not necessarily when someone signs up. So if a member upgrades mid-month, gets refunded, or their payment is delayed, the numbers might not match what you expected.
- Yes, you can filter earnings by type, like Membership or Shop, and view daily or monthly totals. There's also a breakdown showing things like platform fees, refunds, declines, and your final net earnings.