⚡ Donations in Japan

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.

Japan is an East Asian country with a population of around 125 million people.

According to our research, donation tools are used on 0.07% of websites from Japan.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is GiveWP with a share of 23.3%, followed by Patreon with 21.4% and PayPal.Me with 16.5%.

GiveWP 23.3%
Patreon 21.4%
PayPal.Me 16.5%
GitHub Sponsors 11.7%
Ko-fi 11.7%
Buy Me a Coffee 11.7%
Open Collective 4.9%
Donorbox 1%
Streamlabs 1%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. GiveWP ^(-1)
4. GitHub Sponsors ^(-6)
7. Open Collective ^(-4)
9. Streamlabs ^(-15)

✨ Best Donation Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 9 donation tools used on sites from Japan, 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	23.3%
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. $$$	21.4%
3	PayPal.Me San Jose, California, United States A personal payment link service that lets individuals and businesses receive money through PayPal by sharing a simple URL. $$$	16.5%
4	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. $$$	11.7%
5	Ko-fi Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom A creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales. Free$$$	11.7%
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. $$$	11.7%
7	Open Collective Walnut, California, United States A platform that enables open source projects, communities, and groups to collect and spend money transparently to sustain their work. Free$$$	4.9%
8	Donorbox Alexandria, Virginia, United States An online fundraising platform with features such as recurring donations, crowdfunding, peer-to-peer, memberships and text-to-give. $$$	1%
9	Streamlabs San Jose, California, United States A live streaming and crowdfunding platform owned by Logitech. Free$27/month	1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Donations in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 157,205 websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.