ReaderFunded · categories

general 17233tech 4334podcast 2099games 1883music 1761art 1358fiction 946education 831comics 674film 668religion 643travel 594politics 549food 527health 481history 476finance 463sport 440photography 388business 353crafts 328science 308pets 249fitness 231parenting 190fashion 153cars 151home 139news 132outdoors 100

news

The 39 most reader-funded news sites, measured, not voted, as of 2 November 2026. 132 funded sites with indexed pages. Category is a keyword heuristic over each site's titles and leads; search within it, see the full slice of the top 10,000, or read how it is measured.

#sitelangpayingplatforms
153dailybeanspod.compagesen7,084 Patreonpatreon, youtube
177bellingcat.compagesen1,077 Patreonirs990, patreon
419epstein.observerpagesen2,584 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
950thehandbasket.copagesen919 Ko-fikofi, substack
1386junoryleejournalism.compagesen592 Ko-fipatreon, kofi
1644ventdev.compagesen224 Patreonpatreon, youtube
1725zdg.mdpagesro465 Patreonpatreon
2823kqed.orgpagesen238 Patreonpatreon
2995kde.orgpagesen221 GitHub Sponsors + Liberapaygithub_sponsors, liberapay, youtube
3416michaelpopok.substack.compagesennot publishedsubstack
3970australiansvstheagenda.com.aupagesen147 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
4089consortiumnews.compagesen141 Patreonpatreon, youtube
4262babel.uapages131 Patreonpatreon, buymeacoffee
4350verticaldramalove.compagesen125 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee, youtube
4503xplisset.compagesen153 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee, substack
4611withafeefnessouli.compagesen113 Patreonpatreon
5276riseproject.ropagesro55 Patreonpatreon
5644josephsansone.compagesen99 Ko-fikofi, substack
5685allrisenews.compagesennot publishedsubstack
5864annepmitchell.substack.compagesennot publishedsubstack
5976theginisin.compagesen70 Ko-fipatreon, kofi
6467andiwatson.infopagesen61 Patreonpatreon
6754inkstain.netpagesen56 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
6837kingsherald.compagesen90 Patreonpatreon
6973ionacraig.compagesen33 Patreonpatreon
7073wordsaboutwork.newspagesen52 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee, youtube
7074nationalnewsroundup.orgpagesen37 Patreonpatreon
7332redpill78news.compagesen49 Ko-fikofi, btc, youtube, eth
7343garymarcus.substack.compagesennot publishedsubstack
7365margaretsullivan.substack.compagesennot publishedsubstack
7580joakimlamotte.sepagessvnot publishedsubstack
8106tillyberendt.compagesen44 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
8639butterflybureau.compagesen38 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee, youtube
8841oholcurse.compagesen36 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
8894eastbournereporter.co.ukpagesen36 Ko-fikofi
9210commonwealthreport.newspagesennot publishedsubstack
9211basedinlafayette.compagesennot publishedsubstack
9624laikai.ltpagesen27 Patreonpatreon
9627lix.systemspagesen24 Open Collectiveopencollective