⚡ Donations in the United Kingdom

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.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is a Western European country with a population of over 67 million people.

According to our research, donation tools are used on 1% of websites from the United Kingdom.

Statistics based on 159K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is GiveWP with a share of 24.2%, followed by Patreon with 21.4% and Ecologi with 13.7%.

GiveWP 24.2%
Patreon 21.4%
Ecologi 13.7%
Ko-fi 13.6%
Buy Me a Coffee 12.9%
PayPal.Me 8.3%
Donorbox 5.1%
Crowdfunder 2.3%
GitHub Sponsors 1.1%
Interledger Payment Pointer 1%
Open Collective 0.7%
Bonterra 0.7%
Liberapay 0.4%
The Giving Block 0.3%
Tithe.ly 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. GiveWP ^(-1)
3. Ecologi ^(-9)
8. Crowdfunder ^(-17)
9. GitHub Sponsors ^(-1)
10. Interledger Payment Pointer ^(-5)
13. Liberapay ^(-3)
14. The Giving Block ^(-12)
15. Tithe.ly ^(-8)
17. Streamlabs ^(-7)
18. Betterplace.org ^(-3)

✨ Best Donation Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 20 donation tools used on sites from the United Kingdom, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	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	24.2%
2	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. $$$	21.4%
3	Ecologi London, United Kingdom A subscription service focused on planting trees to restore forests worldwide, as well as investing in certified carbon reduction projects.	13.7%
4	Ko-fi Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom A creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales. Free$$$	13.6%
5	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. $$$	12.9%
6	PayPal.Me San Jose, California, United States A personal payment link service that lets individuals and businesses receive money through PayPal by sharing a simple URL. $$$	8.3%
7	Donorbox Alexandria, Virginia, United States An online fundraising platform with features such as recurring donations, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer, memberships and text-to-give. $$$	5.1%
8	Crowdfunder St Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom A rewards-based crowdfunding platform based in the United Kingdom. Free$$$	2.3%
9	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. $$$	1.1%
10	Interledger Payment Pointer A persistent identifier on Interledger that allows websites to receive payments from visitors with Web Monetization enabled.	1%
11	Open Collective Walnut, California, United States A platform that enables open source projects, communities, and groups to collect and spend money transparently to sustain their work. Free$$$	0.7%
12	Bonterra Austin, Texas, United States A fundraising software that assists with online donations for nonprofits, corporations, and public agencies.	0.7%
13	Liberapay Querrien, France A French platform for recurring donations with open-source code that enables creators to receive ongoing financial support. $$$	0.4%
14	The Giving Block Miami, Florida, United States A fundraising platform that enables nonprofits to accept cryptocurrency donations.	0.3%
15	Tithe.ly Nashville, Tennessee, United States A church giving software designed for churches and nonprofits. Free$72+/month	0.2%
16	HelloAsso Bègles, France A French online fundraising and payment platform designed specifically for nonprofit organizations to collect donations, manage members, and run campaigns. Free	0.2%
17	Streamlabs San Jose, California, United States A live streaming and crowdfunding platform owned by Logitech. Free$27/month	0.2%
18	Betterplace.org Berlin, Germany A German charitable online donation platform. $$$	0.1%
19	Tipeee Paris, France A French online crowdfunding platform based on the principle of tipping. $$$	0.06%
20	Classy San Diego, California, United States A giving platform for nonprofits that enables them to connect with their supporters through online fundraising. $$$	0.06%

👉 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 159,418 websites from the United Kingdom.
We currently track the presence of 26 donation tools across the web.
Of these, 20 were detected on websites from the United Kingdom.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.