[SXX]

Mid-sized creators want to get money from Patreon because YouTube is Google platform which means it's absolutely unreliable source of income with no one to talk to in case you channel get demonetized or banned. Algorythm can change at any moment and make any mid-sized channel 90% less popular.

And Patreon is kind a exactly what every creator want - to just get support from dedicated fans who going to stick to their content no matter what platform they're on.

[anonu]

Maybe what the market needs is a Substack or OnlyFans-style monetization site for video. This would have the effect of smoothing out revenue streams for creators. I am sure it exists a few times over...

[SXX]

There are several attempts at that going on including one from Linus Tech Tips (Floatplane), but they're not really popular.

[geerlingguy]

Nebula is probably the biggest and most mainstream, but like Floatplane it has a certain kind of niche it serves, and typically only existing fans of the channels that are available on it join, it doesn't have the same kind of audience that can sustain new content creators who don't already have an audience elsewhere.

[ZephyrBlu]

For most creators this is the wrong monetization model, or they do it very poorly (E.g. paywall content no one wants to see). Launching merch/products and/or doing brand deals is much more effective.

[sys42590]

Thanks for that answer, and I fully agree, it only takes some copyright strikes, algorithm changes, a locked Google account and the money from Google stops.