⚡ Donation Tools in China

Donation tools enable individuals and organizations to collect financial contributions online through one-time, recurring, membership-based, or campaign-driven donations.

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

According to our research, donation tools are used on 0.08% of websites from China.

Statistics based on 81K+ 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 26.5%, followed by Open Collective with 17.6% and Patreon with 17.6%.

PayPal.Me 26.5%
Open Collective 17.6%
Patreon 17.6%
Buy Me a Coffee 17.6%
GitHub Sponsors 11.8%
Ko-fi 5.9%
PayPal Donate 4.4%
GoFundMe Pro 2.9%
Boosty 2.9%
Bonterra 1.5%
Interledger Payment Pointer 1.5%
GiveWP 1.5%
The Giving Block 1.5%

🚀 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 ^(-3)
2. Open Collective ^(-10)
4. Buy Me a Coffee ^(-2)
5. GitHub Sponsors ^(-6)
8. GoFundMe Pro ^(-2)
9. Boosty ^(-6)
11. Interledger Payment Pointer ^(-10)
13. The Giving Block ^(-14)

✨ Best Donation Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 13 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. $$$	26.5%
2	Open Collective Walnut, California, United States A platform that enables open-source projects, communities, and groups to collect and spend money transparently to sustain their work. Free$$$	17.6%
3	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. $$$	17.6%
4	Buy Me a Coffee San Francisco, California, United States A creator support platform that lets individuals accept financial support, sell products, and offer services directly to their audience. $$$	17.6%
5	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. $$$	11.8%
6	Ko-fi Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom A creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales. Free$$$	5.9%
7	PayPal Donate San Jose, California, United States An online donation service that allows organizations and individuals to collect contributions through hosted donation pages, shareable links, and embedded donation buttons. $$$	4.4%
8	GoFundMe Pro San Diego, California, United States A fundraising platform for nonprofits that supports online donations, peer-to-peer campaigns, events, and donor engagement. $$$	2.9%
9	Boosty Amsterdam, Netherlands An author content monetization platform that allows people to support their favorite creators through monthly subscriptions. $$$	2.9%
10	Bonterra Austin, Texas, United States A fundraising platform that helps nonprofits, corporations, and public agencies manage online giving, donor engagement, and fundraising campaigns. $$$	1.5%
11	Interledger Payment Pointer A persistent identifier on Interledger that allows websites to receive payments from visitors with Web Monetization enabled.	1.5%
12	GiveWP Lansing, Michigan, United States A WordPress donation plugin that adds online fundraising and donor management features for nonprofits, charities, and fundraising campaigns. Free$199+/year	1.5%
13	The Giving Block Miami, Florida, United States A fundraising platform that enables nonprofits to accept cryptocurrency donations from individual and corporate donors. $2,500+/year	1.5%

👉 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 81,249 websites from China.
We currently track the presence of 27 donation tools across the web.
Of these, 13 were detected on websites from China.
Statistics were last calculated on November 3, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.