# Patreon Radar - Creator Revenue & MRR Intelligence (`automation_studio/patreon-creator-revenue-scraper`) Actor

Track subscription creator revenues, estimated MRR/ARR, active patron counts, tier pricing ladders, and linked social channels (YouTube, Twitter, Discord) on Patreon. Built for talent agencies, sponsor brands, and competitive creators.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/automation\_studio/patreon-creator-revenue-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Automation Studio](https://apify.com/automation_studio) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 creator financial dossiers

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🎯 Patreon Income Radar & Creator Revenue Intelligence

> **The ultimate intelligence engine for the Creator Economy.** Benchmark subscription revenues, uncover estimated Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) & Annual Run Rate (ARR), extract complete tier pricing ladders, and discover verified outreach channels across Patreon.

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### 💡 The Opportunity

Subscription platforms like Patreon host millions of creators generating billions in subscription revenue. However, discovering top earners and accurately valuing a creator's audience has historically been nearly impossible:

- **80%+ of Patreon creators conceal their monthly earnings.**
- Tier structures are complex, ranging from $3/month entry tiers to $100+/month VIP tiers.
- Finding verified social accounts (YouTube, Twitter/X, Discord servers) for outreach requires hours of manual cross-referencing.

**Patreon Income Radar** solves this with precision financial intelligence. It scrapes official campaign data and employs a **Bayesian Power-Law Tier Underwriting Model** to accurately estimate MRR, ARR, and Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) even when monthly pledges are set to private.

***

### 🚀 Key Features

- 💰 **Verified & Bayesian Estimated MRR/ARR**:
  - Automatically extracts exact monthly earnings if publicly displayed.
  - When earnings are concealed, applies statistical tier weighting to compute conservative **Minimum MRR**, realistic **Expected MRR**, and **Maximum MRR**.
- 📊 **Tier Pricing Ladder Analysis**:
  - Full breakdown of all membership tiers, pricing in USD, patron caps, and included perks (Discord roles, early access, 1-on-1s).
  - Calculates calculated Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and pledge tier spread.
- 📬 **Direct Outreach Channels**:
  - Automatically extracts connected social links including **YouTube Channel**, **Twitter / X**, **Discord Server / User ID**, **Twitch**, and personal domains.
- 🔍 **Flexible Multi-Channel Discovery**:
  - **Keyword / Niche Search**: Discover creators in any vertical (`"podcast"`, `"gaming"`, `"software"`, `"education"`).
  - **Direct Handles / URLs**: Provide exact handles or Patreon URLs (e.g. `coldones`, `kurzgesagt`, `scishow`).
  - **Top Charts Leaderboard**: Ingest top-earning Patreon creators globally with one toggle.
- ⚡ **Ultra-Fast & Resource-Efficient**:
  - Direct HTTP engine powered by `curl_cffi` browser impersonation—no heavy headless browsers required. Sub-second analysis per creator.

***

### 🎯 Use Cases

| Persona | How Patreon Income Radar Helps |
| :--- | :--- |
| **Talent Agencies & Managers** | Scout rising creators with high paying patron density and strong ARPU before they get signed by major agencies. |
| **Sponsor Brands & Marketers** | Benchmark creator sponsorship rates against verified subscription recurring revenue to negotiate fair CPMs and deals. |
| **Competitive Creators** | Optimize tier pricing, reward structures, and ARPU by analyzing how top peers in your niche structure their membership ladders. |
| **Venture Capital & M\&A** | Perform quantitative financial due diligence on media companies, indie software studios, and creator-led businesses. |

***

### 📥 Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `search_query` | String | `""` | Search keyword or niche (e.g. `"podcast"`, `"ai"`, `"indie dev"`). |
| `creator_handles` | Array | `[]` | List of direct Patreon handles or URLs (e.g. `["coldones", "https://patreon.com/kurzgesagt"]`). |
| `fetch_top_charts` | Boolean | `false` | Ingest top-ranked creators from global community leaderboards. |
| `max_creators` | Integer | `15` | Maximum number of creators to analyze (1 to 200). |
| `min_patrons` | Integer | `0` | Filter out small campaigns with fewer than this number of active patrons. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | Apify Proxy | Proxy configuration to ensure uninterrupted data collection. |

***

### 📤 Sample Output

Each analyzed creator produces a comprehensive financial dossier:

```json
{
  "campaign_id": "1818274",
  "vanity_handle": "coldones",
  "creator_name": "Cold Ones",
  "patreon_url": "https://www.patreon.com/coldones",
  "category": "video",
  "summary": "Cold Ones is a comedy podcast and entertainment show...",
  "creation_date": "2018-06-18T00:00:00.000Z",
  "financial_intelligence": {
    "is_mrr_verified": true,
    "confidence_level": "VERIFIED_PUBLIC",
    "currency": "USD",
    "expected_mrr": 164210.0,
    "minimum_mrr": 164210.0,
    "maximum_mrr": 164210.0,
    "projected_arr": 1970520.0,
    "estimated_arpu": 6.41,
    "pricing_floor": 5.0,
    "pricing_ceiling": 50.0
  },
  "community_metrics": {
    "active_paid_patrons": 25620,
    "total_tier_count": 3,
    "average_patrons_per_tier": 8540,
    "is_nsfw": false
  },
  "tier_breakdown": [
    {
      "tier_id": "2711090",
      "title": "🍺 Buy us a Drink 🥃",
      "price": 5.0,
      "currency": "USD",
      "patron_count": 25620,
      "perks_count": 3,
      "perks_sample": [
        "Access to unedited episodes",
        "Discord role",
        "Bonus content"
      ],
      "description": "Access to unedited episodes, Discord role, and bonus content."
    }
  ],
  "outreach_channels": {
    "creator_full_name": "Cold Ones",
    "creator_patreon_url": "https://www.patreon.com/coldones",
    "youtube_channel_url": "https://youtube.com/channel/UCfbnTUxUech4P1XgYUwYuKA",
    "twitter_url": "https://twitter.com/coldones",
    "instagram_url": null,
    "discord_server_id": null,
    "twitch_url": null,
    "tiktok_url": null
  },
  "scraped_at": "2026-09-11T07:15:00.000Z"
}
```

***

### 🧮 Financial Modeling Methodology

When a creator conceals their pledge total (`is_mrr_verified: false`), Patreon Income Radar uses Bayesian Power-Law Underwriting:

1. **Known Tier Patron Density**: If individual tier patron counts are reported, exact tier revenues are summed:
   $$\text{MRR} = \sum\_{i=1}^{n} (\text{Patrons}\_i \times \text{Price}\_i)$$
2. **Concealed Tier Distribution**: When only aggregate patron count is public, subscriber distribution across price tiers follows a Pareto / Power-Law decay ($w\_i = (i+1)^{-1.4}$), matching empirical creator membership adoption curves.
3. **Bounding Bounds**:
   - $\text{Minimum MRR} = \text{Total Patrons} \times \text{Tier}\_{\text{min}}$
   - $\text{Maximum MRR} = \text{Total Patrons} \times \text{Tier}\_{\text{max}}$

***

### 🏷️ Fair Pay-Per-Event (PPE) Pricing

- **$0.002** per Actor start.
- **$0.005** per creator analyzed.
- 100 creators costs just **$0.50**!

# Actor input Schema

## `search_query` (type: `string`):

Discover creators across niches (e.g. 'podcast', 'gaming', 'education', 'true crime', 'comedy', 'animation').

## `creator_handles` (type: `array`):

Specific Patreon usernames or full URLs to analyze (e.g. 'coldones', 'scishow', 'https://www.patreon.com/kurzgesagt'). If provided, this takes priority over keyword search.

## `fetch_top_charts` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, scans the globally highest-ranking Patreon creators by community size.

## `max_creators` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of creator dossiers to generate in this run.

## `min_patrons` (type: `integer`):

Filter out small or inactive campaigns with fewer than this number of patrons.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy settings. Apify Datacenter or Residential Proxies ensure continuous high-throughput scanning.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "search_query": "podcast",
  "fetch_top_charts": false,
  "max_creators": 15,
  "min_patrons": 0,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing detailed MRR/ARR estimates, tier ladders, and contact socials

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "search_query": "podcast",
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("automation_studio/patreon-creator-revenue-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "search_query": "podcast",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("automation_studio/patreon-creator-revenue-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "search_query": "podcast",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call automation_studio/patreon-creator-revenue-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,automation_studio/patreon-creator-revenue-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Iui1MDXhq3Tub49vV/builds/OfoPrkYporggEx9Zc/openapi.json