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What is Patreon stock worth?
Patreon is the best place for creators to build community with their biggest fans, share exclusive work, and turn their passions into lasting creative businesses.Hundreds of thousands of video creators, podcasters, musicians, writers, game developers, and more are achieving creative and financial freedom doing what they love on Patreon, powered directly by fans who love what they do.Our endgame? A future where creators are in control, and real community thrives.
Estimated share price
Patreon has an observed estimated price: most recent data 2026-09-15, daily history back to 2022-11-15.
Estimated from live trades and accepted bids across employer liquidity programs, institutional trades, broker trades, and pre-IPO marketplaces. Private shares are illiquid and transfer-restricted; estimates are educational, not an offer or advice. The preview above is blurred and illustrative. How this is calculated
About Patreon
- Employees
- 1,249
- Founded
- 2013
- Website
- patreon.com
Weighing a Patreon offer?
Upload the offer letter to see what the equity is approximately worth at today's estimated price. No account needed.
X-ray an offerLeaving Patreon? Mind the window.
If you hold options, leaving usually starts a post-termination exercise clock, often 90 days. Miss it and vested options can expire worthless; exercise blindly and you may owe real money (including possible AMT) on shares you can't yet sell. Neither panic nor autopilot is a plan. Knowing your window, your exercise cost, and the current estimated price is.
Patreon in the last 12 months
- 2 layoffs
- 1 lawsuit or investigation
- 1 product launch
- 1 shutdown or distress
Covered by 32 distinct publications since 2025-08-22.
Who founded Patreon
Sam Yam
Patreon news timeline
- After laying off 20% employees, one of world's biggest creator platforms wants rest of staff back in office2026-08-01Layoffstimesofindia.indiatimes.com
- Patreon lays off 20% of staff, and dances around AI2026-07-24Layoffsthenextweb.com
- "Sue Us": Patreon CEO Jack Conte Refuses Bricks and Minifigs Demand to Remove Reckless Ben's Patreon Account2026-06-04Lawsuit or investigationsports.ndtv.com
- Bob Dylan has launched a Patreon. Nobody knows what to make of it2026-04-01Product launchfirstpost.com
- Indie studio Heart Machine shut down its Patreon.2026-01-06Shutdown or distresstheverge.com
- ‘AI not a replacement for humans’: Patreon announces 20% staff cuts in ‘painful’ update to employees2026-07-24financialexpress.com
- Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape - and starts blocking them2026-07-17techcrunch.com
- Patreon Blocks AI Crawlers From Copying Content: 'Creators Deserve Compenstion'2026-07-13petapixel.com
- Patreon is working with Cloudflare to squash AI crawlers.2026-07-09theverge.com
- Cambodia bans Discord and Patreon over illegal gambling links2026-06-28bangkokpost.com
- Can Patreon un-enshittify the internet?2026-06-25prospectmagazine.co.uk
- Happy 20th birthday to Blu-ray.2026-06-20theverge.com
Patreon equity, answered plainly
Is Patreon a public company?
No. Patreon is privately held, which is exactly why its share price doesn't show up in your brokerage app. The company (founded in 2013, operating in technology, information and internet, with roughly 1,249 employees) remains private even at that scale. Its shares still change hands between eligible buyers and sellers on the secondary market, producing an observable estimated price.
What is Patreon's stock price?
Patreon has an observed estimated share price from secondary-market activity, updated as new data is observed. Its observed price history runs back to 2022-11-15. ExitCue members see the current estimate and its full history free, along with what their own grants are approximately worth at that price.
Can you sell Patreon stock before an IPO?
Sometimes. Private-share sales depend on Patreon's transfer restrictions, rights of first refusal, and whether the company runs tender offers or permits secondary sales. Your grant documents and the company's policies govern, but "hard to sell today" is not the same as "worth zero."
What happens to my Patreon options if I leave?
Most option grants have a post-termination exercise window, commonly 90 days, sometimes longer, after which unexercised options expire worthless. The exact terms are in your grant documents. ExitCue reads those documents, tracks the deadline, and reminds you before the window closes.
How much is my Patreon equity worth?
Multiply what you hold by the estimated share price, separating vested from unvested, and netting out strike prices for options. That's precisely the arithmetic ExitCue does for you, continuously, at the current observed estimate. It's an educational estimate, not a guarantee, and a far better anchor than the $0 the internet suggests.
What's the difference between Patreon's 409A valuation and what its shares trade at?
The 409A is a tax-compliance appraisal, usually conservative, used to set option strike prices. Secondary-market pricing reflects what buyers and sellers actually agree to. The two frequently differ, which is why evaluating an offer on the 409A alone undersells (or oversells) it.
When will Patreon IPO?
Unless Patreon has publicly announced a listing, nobody knows, including the people who sound confident on forums. The practical upside of secondary markets is that you don't have to wait for an IPO to know approximately what the shares trade at.
Do my unvested Patreon RSUs count for anything?
Unvested equity isn't yours yet, but it has an estimable value and a schedule. Seeing vested and unvested value separately, in dollars at the current estimated price, turns "some RSUs" into a number you can plan around.
General educational information, not advice about your specific situation. Grant terms vary; your documents govern.
Work out what your Patreon equity is worth
These calculators take your own numbers and need no account.
- Option exercise costShares times strike: what exercising would cost, plus the estimated spread from your own value estimate.
- Vesting scheduleYour upcoming vest dates and cumulative vested shares from your start date, cliff, length, and frequency.
- Private stock scenarioEstimated value of your equity at low, mid, and high per-share scenarios you choose yourself.
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