ReaderFunded · top domains
Measured, not voted · 2 November 2026 · how it is measured
Ranked by what their readers pay: the paying supporters and the published yearly revenue on funding pages verified both ways, the site linking to the page and the page naming the site back. Every figure is one the named platform publishes; where it publishes nothing the row says so, and no estimate is shown as a number. Nothing here is paid for and nothing can be bought: a place on this list is evidence, and every row's evidence is one click away. Safe search is on: adult sites are left out and the list is numbered without them (turn off).
| # | domain | category | lang | revenue / yr | paying | platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Space Time pbsspacetime.com | science | en | $293,071 Patreon | 7,780 Patreon | patreon |
| 46 | Physics Girl physicsgirl.org | science | en | not published | 22,726 Patreon | patreon |
| 166 | Just Have a Think justhaveathink.com | science | en | not published | 6,446 Patreon | buymeacoffee, patreon |
| 210 | Everyday Astronaut everydayastronaut.com | science | en | not published | 4,978 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 292 | Universe Today universetoday.com | science | en | not published | 3,590 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 371 | veritasium.com | science | en | not published | 2,816 Patreon | patreon |
| 467 | Michigan Storm Chasers michiganstormchasers.com | science | en | not published | 2,318 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 502 | bps.space | science | en | not published | 2,142 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 505 | Answers With Joe answerswithjoe.com | science | en | not published | 2,489 Patreon | patreon |
| 510 | Steve Mould stevemould.com | science | en | $21,720 Patreon | 610 Patreon | patreon |
| 563 | The Thought Emporium thethoughtemporium.com | science | en | $20,454 Patreon | 549 Patreon | patreon |
| 665 | tierzoo.com | science | en | $29,972 Patreon | 416 Patreon | patreon |
| 687 | LOW?TECH MAGAZINE lowtechmagazine.com | science | en | $20,334 Patreon | 430 Liberapay + Patreon | patreon, liberapay |
| 704 | Kiwis in Climate kiwisinclimate.org | science | en | $20,763 Open Collective | 417 Open Collective | opencollective |
| 780 | skepchick.org | science | en | not published | 1,336 Patreon | patreon |
| 886 | Marcus House Space marcushouse.space | science | en | not published | 997 Patreon | patreon |
| 894 | Dr Simon Clark simonoxfphys.com | science | en | not published | 984 Patreon | patreon |
| 897 | numberphile.com | science | en | not published | 1,155 Patreon | patreon |
| 1083 | Kyle Hill kylehill.net | science | en | not published | 797 Patreon | patreon |
| 1240 | Starts With A Bang! startswithabang.com | science | en | $15,798 Patreon | 251 Patreon | patreon |
| 1290 | electroverse.co | science | en | not published | 642 Patreon | patreon |
| 1465 | Space Weather Woman spaceweatherwoman.com | science | en | not published | 563 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 1553 | The Dinosaur George Company dinosaurgeorge.com | science | en | not published | 523 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 1577 | Skype a Scientist skypeascientist.com | science | en | $133,293 IRS 990 | 517 Patreon | irs990, patreon |
| 1587 | Curious Droid curious-droid.com | science | en | $7,219 Patreon | 231 Patreon | patreon |
| 1607 | Weather West weatherwest.com | science | en | not published | 753 Patreon | buymeacoffee, patreon |
| 1702 | Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur isaacarthur.net | science | en | not published | 473 Patreon | patreon |
| 1719 | Be Smart itsokaytobesmart.com | science | en | not published | 469 Patreon | patreon |
| 1733 | Welch Labs welchlabs.com | science | en | not published | 464 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 1747 | Space Launch Schedule spacelaunchschedule.com | science | en | not published | 458 Patreon | patreon |
| 1831 | Knife Steel Nerds knifesteelnerds.com | science | en | not published | 433 Patreon | patreon |
| 1838 | melodysheep.com | science | en | not published | 571 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 1917 | Bartosz Ciechanowski ciechanow.ski | science | en | not published | 547 Patreon | patreon |
| 2051 | Pleistocene Park pleistocenepark.ru | science | en | not published | 370 Patreon | patreon |
| 2136 | Plateau Astro plateauastro.com | science | en | $1,860 Patreon | 222 Patreon | patreon, buymeacoffee, youtube |
| 2273 | Weather Blog meteorologistjoecioffi.com | science | en | not published | 442 Patreon | patreon |
| 2274 | NYC WEATHER NOW nycweathernow.com | science | en | not published | 442 Patreon | patreon |
| 2280 | stellarium.org | science | en | $10,637 Open Collective | 142 Open Collective | opencollective |
| 2287 | Spinor Info spinor.info | science | en | not published | 321 Patreon | patreon |
| 2525 | Paul M. Sutter pmsutter.com | science | en | not published | 279 Patreon | patreon |
| 2550 | EPIC SPACEMAN epicspaceman.com | science | en | not published | 275 Patreon | patreon |
| 2580 | cosmoquest.org | science | en | not published | 270 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 2585 | Freedom of Form Foundation freedomofform.org | science | en | $22,843 Patreon | 108 Patreon | irs990, patreon |
| 3033 | Climate Cafe climatecafe.eco | science | en | not published | 218 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 3376 | dwsim.org | science | en | not published | 189 GitHub Sponsors | github_sponsors, patreon, buymeacoffee |
| 3379 | Michael Betancourt, PhD betanalpha.github.io | science | en | not published | 189 Patreon | patreon |
| 3501 | bpearthwatch.com | science | en | not published | 181 Patreon | patreon |
| 3594 | spotwx.com | science | en | $1,650 Patreon | 119 Patreon | buymeacoffee, patreon |
| 3715 | wonderfest.org | science | en | $14,885 Patreon | 77 Patreon | irs990, patreon |
| 3748 | Passing Giants andewitt.com | science | en | not published | 164 Patreon | patreon |
| 3902 | Worldbuilding Pasta worldbuildingpasta.blogspot.com | science | en | $1,825 Patreon | 103 Patreon | patreon |
| 4083 | R Psychologist rpsychologist.com | science | en | not published | 142 GitHub Sponsors | github_sponsors, buymeacoffee |
| 4092 | Stated Clearly statedclearly.com | science | en | not published | 213 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 4232 | The B+ Squad bplussquad.com | science | en | $12,774 Patreon | 65 Patreon | patreon |
| 4338 | Science for the People scienceforthepeople.org | science | en | $5,183 Patreon | 72 Patreon | patreon |
| 4384 | All Things Mechanical jeremyfielding.com | science | en | not published | 124 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee, patreon, youtube |
| 4437 | TEN's Organism emergencenetwork.org | science | en | $108,858 Open Collective | 45 Open Collective | opencollective |
| 4441 | Matthew Heberger mghydro.com | science | en | not published | 121 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 4442 | Quick Schumann Check schumann-resonance.org | science | en | not published | 121 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 4552 | Climate Discussion Nexus climatediscussionnexus.com | science | en | not published | 116 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 4588 | uvindex.sg | science | en | not published | 114 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 4682 | Project Hessdalen hessdalen.org | science | en | not published | 110 Ko-fi | kofi, youtube |
| 4928 | Tetrapod Zoology tetzoo.com | science | en | not published | 101 Patreon | patreon |
| 5131 | amcoustics.com | science | en | not published | 93 Patreon | patreon |
| 5221 | baywx.com.au | science | en | not published | 90 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 5255 | Perennial Solutions perennialsolutions.org | science | en | $7,118 Patreon | 50 Patreon | patreon |
| 5317 | Zachary Labe zacklabe.com | science | en | not published | 87 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 5345 | Pavel Ševeček pavelsevecek.github.io | science | en | $2,225 Patreon | 59 Patreon | patreon |
| 5372 | finpinshop.com | science | en | not published | 86 Patreon | patreon |
| 5543 | Orca Behavior Institute orcabehaviorinstitute.org | science | en | $83,699 IRS 990 | 81 Patreon | irs990, patreon, youtube |
| 5641 | The Skeptic skeptic.org.uk | science | en | not published | 78 Patreon | patreon |
| 5704 | Cremieux Recueil cremieux.xyz | science | en | not published | not published | substack |
| 5920 | NASA James Webb Telescope Tracker jameswebbtracker.com | science | en | not published | 72 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 5990 | River Levels UK riverlevels.uk | science | en | not published | 70 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 6016 | Southern Fried Science southernfriedscience.com | science | en | not published | 70 Patreon | patreon |
| 6178 | Science on Tap scienceontaporwa.org | science | en | not published | 67 Patreon | patreon, youtube |
| 6398 | Animal Behaviour Collective animalbehaviourcollective.org | science | en | $3,885 Open Collective | 39 Open Collective | opencollective |
| 6499 | What is Emerging whatisemerging.com | science | en | not published | 61 Patreon | patreon |
| 6547 | 90 Second Mycology 90secondmycology.com | science | en | not published | 60 Patreon | patreon |
| 6848 | matthewbjane.com | science | en | not published | 55 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 6972 | noadsweather.com | science | en | not published | 54 Ko-fi | kofi |
| 7074 | Deep Adaptation Forum deepadaptation.info | science | en | $5,828 Open Collective | 32 Open Collective + Patreon | opencollective, patreon |
| 7086 | Artemis Tracker artemistracker.com | science | en | not published | 52 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 7089 | Eco Medics ecomedics.co.uk | science | en | not published | 52 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 7188 | Temperature Express temperature.express | science | en | not published | 51 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 7228 | Experimental History experimental-history.com | science | en | not published | not published | substack |
| 7239 | Robert Bryce robertbryce.substack.com | science | en | not published | not published | substack |
| 7294 | The Nature-Nurture-Nietzsche Newsletter stevestewartwilliams.com | science | en | not published | not published | substack |
| 7370 | heated.world | science | en | not published | not published | substack |
| 7538 | Reality's Last Stand realityslaststand.com | science | en | not published | not published | substack |
| 7581 | Mag World magworld.pw | science | en | $2,344 Patreon | 34 Patreon | patreon |
| 7585 | earthspacelab.com | science | en | not published | 48 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 7835 | Knights Templar knightstemplar.com | science | en | not published | not published | substack |
| 7997 | Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs chasmosaurs.com | science | en | $536 Patreon | 42 Patreon | patreon |
| 8009 | phylopic.org | science | en | not published | 45 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 8102 | astro-baby.com | science | en | not published | 44 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee |
| 8122 | Pat Prokop's Weather & Nature Page savannahpat.name | science | en | not published | 44 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee, youtube |
| 8186 | gallformers.org | science | en | $2,927 Patreon | 30 Patreon | patreon |
| 8280 | biostatsquid.com | science | en | not published | 42 Buy Me a Coffee | buymeacoffee, youtube |
| 8692 | of sedge & salt ofsedgeandsalt.com | science | en | $713 Patreon | 33 Patreon | buymeacoffee, patreon |