Patreon

Patreon is a platform that enables creators to build communities and monetize their work through memberships and direct sales of digital products. It provides tools for creators to connect with their fans, share exclusive content, and manage their creative businesses.

Patreon is a strong match for several features, particularly around monetization and community engagement. It explicitly offers membership models, analytics for creators (reader engagement metrics), and various community interaction tools like comments and chats. While it supports various content types, it doesn't emphasize a rich text editor for long-form articles as a core feature, nor does it have a primary algorithmic distribution engine like Medium. Its focus is more on direct fan-to-creator support and community building rather than content discovery through a platform-wide recommendation system.