It cannot be known since the developer hided the number (probably doesn't want people to become jeolous). But it seems very unlikely that considering the number of patrons stays the same that there is a significant churning inside the number and people are constantly changing from one tier to another depending on whether the extra version is available. I think most patrons don't even know or care about such forums like this one and whether there is a pirated version available here.
By the way, it can take quite a bit of time for mods to update the first post, so if someone wants to download it right now, here it is,
EP3 V16 Extra:
Pixeldrain
No crack, of course. Cannot help with that.