ReaderFunded · top domains

The 100 most reader-funded English tech sites

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).

Category allgeneral 3390podcast 988games 760music 645tech 597art 531comics 359education 250fiction 231film 201politics 180crafts 155religion 145food 135history 131sport 119finance 114pets 109travel 104photography 89health 85science 75fitness 48parenting 47cars 45business 43news 39fashion 34outdoors 32home 29
Language allen 8226fr 233de 207es 103cs 66it 53ja 47uk 47sv 44ro 33zh 32pt 29nl 27tr 14fi 13hu 10ar 9ru 9el 8ko 7he 5pl 5id 4bg 2
#domaincategorylangrevenue / yrpayingplatforms
10joinmastodon.orgtechen$175,494 Patreon9,422 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective + Patreonopencollective, irs990, github_sponsors, patreon
30poiyomi.comtechennot published22,101 Patreonpatreon
38pixeldrain.biztechennot published24,578 Patreonpatreon
39pixeldrain.comtechennot published24,578 Patreonpatreon
40pixeldrain.devtechennot published24,578 Patreonpatreon
41pixeldrain.nettechennot published24,578 Patreonpatreon
42pixeldrain.nltechennot published24,578 Patreonpatreon
43pixeldrain.techtechennot published24,578 Patreonpatreon
118mifirm.nettechennot published9,203 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
129brew.shtechen$101,016 Open Collective1,355 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective + Patreonopencollective, github_sponsors, patreon
132gimp.orgtechen$25,420 Liberapay1,826 Liberapay + Patreonpatreon, liberapay
137fouadraheb.comtechennot published7,836 Patreonpatreon
152neovim.iotechen$143,578 Open Collective1,127 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, github_sponsors
155f-droid.orgtechen$27,579 Liberapay1,553 Liberapay + Open Collectiveopencollective, liberapay
209theripper93.comtechennot published4,979 Patreonpatreon
244streamer.bottechen$54,072 Patreon918 Patreonpatreon, kofi
248ratingposterdb.comtechennot published4,207 Patreonpatreon
261omdbapi.comtechen$334 on-chain (BTC)3,986 Patreonpatreon, btc, eth
304calibre-ebook.comtechen$28,244 Patreon878 Patreonpatreon
310obsproject.comtechen$94,460 Open Collective664 Open Collective + Patreonopencollective, patreon, buymeacoffee
320meshcore.iotechennot published3,214 GitHub Sponsorsgithub_sponsors, buymeacoffee
335asahilinux.orgtechen$111,993 Open Collective608 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, github_sponsors
337sonicether.comtechen$23,687 Patreon827 Patreonpatreon
356join-lemmy.orgtechen$24,271 Liberapay790 Liberapay + Open Collective + Patreonopencollective, liberapay, patreon
363pi-hole.nettechennot published2,865 GitHub Sponsors + Patreongithub_sponsors, patreon, youtube
364servo.orgtechen$80,944 Open Collective606 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, github_sponsors
396lemmy.worldtechen$9,784 Patreon908 Patreonbuymeacoffee, kofi, patreon
452octoprint.orgtechennot published2,506 GitHub Sponsors + Patreonpatreon, github_sponsors, youtube
530obsidian.mdtechennot published1,974 Buy Me a Coffee + Ko-fibuymeacoffee, kofi, youtube
542osnews.comtechen$11,168 Patreon656 Patreonpatreon, kofi
572webpack.js.orgtechen$129,820 Open Collective380 Open Collectiveopencollective
592nobaraproject.orgtechen$15,936 Patreon543 Patreonpatreon
620keepassxc.orgtechen$15,850 Patreon514 Patreonpatreon
621github.blogtechennot published1,573 GitHub Sponsorsgithub_sponsors
648nixos.orgtechen$42,280 Open Collective403 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, github_sponsors
668playframework.comtechen$175,119 Open Collective301 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, github_sponsors
699syncosync.orgtechennot published1,322 Patreonpatreon
717cryptpad.orgtechen$29,374 Open Collective376 Open Collectiveopencollective
725voxta.aitechennot published1,246 Patreonpatreon
755cachyos.orgtechennot published1,176 Patreonpatreon
780goalkicker.comtechennot published1,136 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
793swiperjs.comtechen$116,215 Open Collective265 Open Collectiveopencollective
798filmot.comtechen$18,382 Patreon368 Patreonpatreon
851joplinapp.orgtechen$10,407 Patreon394 GitHub Sponsors + Patreongithub_sponsors, patreon, youtube
865archimatetool.comtechennot published1,016 Patreonpatreon
891postmarketos.orgtechen$41,761 Open Collective286 Open Collectiveopencollective
938deathgenerator.comtechen$12,384 Patreon346 Patreonpatreon
941iffybooks.nettechen$33,840 Patreon284 Patreonpatreon
955vuejs.orgtechen$140,899 Open Collective221 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, patreon, github_sponsors
1003memstechtips.comtechennot published868 GitHub Sponsorsgithub_sponsors, kofi, youtube
1040outreachstud.iotechennot published835 Patreonpatreon
1050mcstacker.nettechennot published825 Patreonpatreon, kofi, youtube
106911ty.devtechen$34,264 Open Collective253 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, github_sponsors
1104socket.iotechen$152,197 Open Collective193 Open Collectiveopencollective
1105trucksimgps.comtechennot published778 Patreonpatreon
1129fedihosting.foundationtechen$9,784 Patreon305 GitHub Sponsors + Patreongithub_sponsors, patreon
1172getaegis.apptechennot published721 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
1225joinloops.orgtechen$12,310 Patreon266 Open Collective + Patreonopencollective, patreon
1277wstone.uktechennot published649 GitHub Sponsorsgithub_sponsors, buymeacoffee
1287joaoapps.comtechennot published642 Patreonpatreon, youtube
1338librecad.orgtechen$9,089 Open Collective257 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, github_sponsors
1361jeffgeerling.comtechennot published604 GitHub Sponsors + Patreongithub_sponsors, youtube, patreon
1394kakaroto.catechen$0 on-chain (BTC)741 GitHub Sponsors + Patreongithub_sponsors, patreon, btc
1405elproducts.comtechennot published583 Patreonpatreon
1420kakaroto.homelinux.nettechennot published728 Patreonpatreon
1484matrix.orgtechen$10,543 Patreon227 Liberapay + Patreonpatreon, liberapay, btc, eth
1499endeavouros.comtechen$11,990 Open Collective220 Open Collectiveopencollective, buymeacoffee
1608scryfall.comtechennot published505 Patreonpatreon
1624tecmint.comtechennot published498 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
1638idratherbewriting.comtechennot published492 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee, youtube
1666simonwillison.nettechennot published483 GitHub Sponsorsgithub_sponsors
1668bcachefs.orgtechen$17,959 Patreon184 Patreonpatreon
1722pilotmoon.comtechennot published466 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
1728eslint.orgtechen$135,238 Open Collective129 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, github_sponsors
1777bibekshakya.comtechennot published448 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee, youtube
1784taniarascia.comtechennot published445 Ko-fikofi
1786rockstor.comtechen$5,773 Open Collective213 Open Collectiveopencollective
1803yurichev.comtechennot published440 Patreonpatreon
1804matthewproctor.comtechennot published439 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
1840codingsnow.comtechennot published429 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee, youtube
1850klipper3d.orgtechennot published427 Patreonkofi, patreon
1888drfrankenstein.co.uktechennot published417 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
1915nicolevanderhoeven.comtechen$5,319 Patreon201 Patreonpatreon
1916bevy.betechennot published407 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
1918babeljs.iotechen$247,992 Open Collective107 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collective + Patreonopencollective, github_sponsors, patreon
1919genomo.xyztechennot published406 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
1931milanjovanovic.techtechennot published403 Patreonpatreon, youtube
1967freedownloadmanager.orgtechennot published394 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
2004davegray.codestechennot published381 GitHub Sponsorsgithub_sponsors, buymeacoffee, youtube
2054sonic-pi.nettechennot published500 Patreonpatreon
2104nemslinux.comtechen$7,072 Patreon169 Patreonpatreon, youtube
2157tusky.apptechen$4,676 Open Collective178 Open Collectiveopencollective
2158remmina.orgtechen$4,996 Liberapay176 Liberapay + Open Collectiveopencollective, liberapay
2183sendgb.comtechennot published342 Buy Me a Coffeebuymeacoffee
2203linuxserver.iotechen$8,584 Open Collective155 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, github_sponsors
2242helix-editor.comtechen$11,810 Open Collective142 Open Collectiveopencollective
2258getsol.ustechen$10,972 Open Collective143 GitHub Sponsors + Open Collectiveopencollective, github_sponsors
2262itsfoss.comtechennot published324 Ko-fikofi, youtube
2285convertcase.nettechennot published320 Ko-fikofi
2303serverstats.bottechennot published318 Patreonpatreon
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