Patreon
Patreon is a monetization platform operated by Patreon, Inc., that provides business tools for content creators to run a subscription service and sell digital products.
Incidents
Arbitrary account suspensions (non-creator accounts)
Many have reported being arbitrarily suspended from Patreon and thus prevented from supporting creators, for arbitrary or capricious reasons, unrelated to "bad faith" behavior. This sometimes happened seconds after signing up or months after using and paying on the platform.
Suspension factors appear to include:
- Using a Mexican debit card [1]
- Using a VPN
- Using IP from other country without updating country of residency[2]
After suspension, users are informed that they can appeal the suspension, but this leads to personal information being asked, namely: a name, location, ISP[3], payment method (last 4 card digits). The image shows an example of this information being requested.
- ↑ (reddit user), Z3o-uwU (2025-05-21). "Recently created account got suspended for "suspicious activity" : /r/Patreon". Reddit. Archived from the original on 2025-05-31. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "I am extremely confused about something patreon did. Can anyone help me and my buddy out?". Archived from the original on 2025-05-31. Retrieved 2025-05-31.
- ↑ "Why soon as I joined not long after I get this,Account was deactivated : r/Patreon".