From 656 to 750 in a few days. I haven't kept track of all his BS.
He has pulled this shit for years, manufacturing a crisis and painting exJWs, YouTube or WT (take your pick) as “enemies of the channel” in true “us vs them” cult fashion. The one you speak of in 2021 was the “adpocalypse” where YT was demonetising many of his videos. He claimed it was costing him so much that he would have to shut down the channel or scale back if the difference was not made up by Patreon pledges.
And… it worked! He got over 100 in a day or two and regularly tweeted out updates of how many have joined, and what became his catch phrase of being “overwhelmed at the outpouring of support for the channel” and declaring that “we shall carry on!”.
Knowing it had worked before was what led him to pull last year’s begging stunts. I don’t think he’s beyond doing it again, especially as he gets closer to 300, which is probably awfully close to him having to live an austere lifestyle. In fact it is more than likely we’ll see something similar again and soon, this time threatening to leave outright. His problem is that it’s going to be off-putting to people who are already pledging to see that he can’t get his act together and it’s clear he needs to get a job and do this part time like everyone else.