Patreon · Rate Limits

Patreon Rate Limits

Documented Patreon API rate limits per client and per access token.

3 Limits Throttle: 429
Creator EconomyMembershipRate LimitingQuotasThrottling

Limits

Client requests client
requests
100
Per registered OAuth client.
Token requests token
requests
100
Per access token.
Edge 4xx protection client
4xx_errors
2000
Triggers a 30-minute block at the edge.

Policies

Backoff Strategy
Honor Retry-After / retry_after_seconds and apply exponential backoff with jitter.
Reduce 4xx Errors
Validate inputs before calling the API and avoid hammering 404s or 401s to prevent edge-level blocks.

Sources