⚡ Donations in China

Donation platforms enable individuals and organizations to raise financial support over the Internet by providing tools for one-time and recurring payments, fundraising campaigns, goal tracking, and customizable donation pages.

China is an East Asian country with a population of around 1.4 billion people.

According to our research, donation tools are used on 0.05% of websites from China.

Statistics based on 83K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top donation tools in China in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal.Me with a share of 30%, followed by Open Collective with 22.5% and GitHub Sponsors with 20%.

PayPal.Me 30%
Open Collective 22.5%
GitHub Sponsors 20%
Patreon 10%
Ko-fi 10%
Buy Me a Coffee 5%
Boosty 5%
Classy 2.5%
Donorbox 2.5%
GiveWP 2.5%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top tools that are more popular in China than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. PayPal.Me ^(-2)
2. Open Collective ^(-9)
3. GitHub Sponsors ^(-7)
7. Boosty ^(-7)

✨ Best Donation Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 10 donation tools used on sites from China, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	PayPal.Me San Jose, California, United States A personal payment link service that lets individuals and businesses receive money through PayPal by sharing a simple URL. $$$	30%
2	Open Collective Walnut, California, United States A platform that enables open source projects, communities, and groups to collect and spend money transparently to sustain their work. Free$$$	22.5%
3	GitHub Sponsors San Francisco, California, United States A platform that allows users to financially support open-source software developers and maintainers through one-time or recurring payments. $$$	20%
4	Patreon San Francisco, California, United States A membership platform that allows creators to run a subscription-based service for their content and sell digital products directly to their most dedicated fans. $$$	10%
5	Ko-fi Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom A creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales. Free$$$	10%
6	Buy Me a Coffee San Francisco, California, United States A creator support platform that lets individuals accept financial support, sell products, and offer services directly to their audience. $$$	5%
7	Boosty Amsterdam, Netherlands An author content monetization platform that allows people to support their favorite creators through monthly subscriptions. $$$	5%
8	Classy San Diego, California, United States A giving platform for nonprofits that enables them to connect with their supporters through online fundraising. $$$	2.5%
9	Donorbox Alexandria, Virginia, United States An online fundraising platform with features such as recurring donations, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer, memberships and text-to-give. $$$	2.5%
10	GiveWP Lansing, Michigan, United States A WordPress donation plugin that provides you with a full-featured online fundraising platform directly on your website. Free$149+/year	2.5%

👉 See Also

🌎 Donations in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 83,567 websites from China.
We currently track the presence of 26 donation tools across the web.
Of these, 10 were detected on websites from China.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.