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Semiapies | karma 5867 | avg karma 1.94 · 2021-05-10 22:23:34+00:00

From TFA: "There are thousands of paid fiction authors on Patreon but only 25 earn more than $1,000/month".

  $1000 * 12 < $100,000

But I get that HN isn't a place for usefully discussing this sort of issue, because it's packed with the people who are absolutely certain they'll be one of those 25.

nly | karma 10886 | avg karma 2.88 · 2021-05-11 00:03:19+00:00

Those authors could have other sources of income than Patreon though

Semiapies | karma 5867 | avg karma 1.94 · 2021-05-11 00:07:05+00:00

Yes, what's commonly called "day jobs".

nicolas_t | karma 3731 | avg karma 4.01 · 2021-05-11 05:44:37+00:00

The numbers the author gives for patreon are blatantly false though. There's a few posts down in the thread of people like me who are wondering where those numbers come from.