You would be surprised at how valuable just having a couple die hard fans in your community can be!
We normally like to say your community with be the top 5% of your social following - so if you only have 1,000 followers, you could easily still get 50 people which is a great start!
Overall, the community will grow as your following does - so don’t be discouraged in the beginning.
*Tip - start with just a free tier and just allow fans to tip you so that you can get as many people in your community as possible while letting fans choose to support monetarily when they want!