The numbers are naturally correcting themselves from not only the artificial begging bounce last April but the overall problem Lloyd faces. Look at the end of the videos where he lists the patrons. These are the $10 a month and more Patrons, plus whoever Lloyd decides to add. Could also contain private donors as well that do not use Patreon. Their numbers are set at 144-145 and have been for months.
145 represents his absolute rock bottom. The remaining 238 are the $1 and $5 patrons who aren't anywhere nearly as invested in Lloyd as the 145 diehards are. These are the casual patrons, many of whom were persuaded by his constant pleas for more money and threats to shut down shop if he went below a certain number.
This is why that begging stunt was a bad idea, especially since he had absolutely no intention of making his channel better. In fact it has gotten worse. Lloyd essentially has shut down with no videos in over a month and is steering hard away from JW topics. At some point the donor is asking themselves: this is what I am pledging for? A guy who jets off to North America for over a month, takes shrooms and meets God?
Based on the comments he is getting (and deleting), mushroomgate is letting it be known that this is not a serious channel anymore. WT is not coming down as promised and Lloyd Evans is most certainly not the man to lead a charge. He's too busy fucking around and getting high.