Ko-fi
Ko-fi is a creator support platform that enables artists, writers and developers to earn income through donations, memberships, and digital sales.
It supports one-time contributions and monthly memberships, integrates with 
PayPal and 
Stripe, offers goal and milestone tracking, supporter-only posts, and a built-in shop for digital products.
According to our data, Ko-fi is the 5th most popular donation tool on the web.
It has 8.5% of the donation market share and is detected on 0.07% of all websites.
It is especially popular in the United Kingdom, where it appears on 0.2% of all websites, and in the United States, where it appears on 0.09%.
💸 Pricing
Ko-fi is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Donations
- Rank: 5
- Market share: 8.5%
🏆 Ko-Fi Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Donations category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Italy in the Donations category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Spain in the Donations category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Canada in the Donations category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in the United States in the Donations category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Donations category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in the Netherlands in the Donations category.
⚡ Sites Using Ko-Fi
We have data on 2,825 websites that use the Ko-fi donation tool. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Ko-fi is 
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tenor.com |
#1,524 | United States | English | |
| 2 |  addons.mozilla.org |
United States | American English | ||
| 3 | chunkbase | #4,221 | United States | English | |
| 4 | #4,345 | American English | |||
| 5 | A0A4II0PS | #9,857 | English | ||
| 6 |  githack.com |
neoascetic | #11,968 | English | |
| 7 | catboxmoe | #12,560 | English | ||
| 8 | cults | #14,438 | France | American English | |
| 9 | #15,337 | English | |||
| 10 | #16,885 | Czech Republic | English | ||
| 11 | #17,365 | Iceland | English | ||
| 12 | itsfoss | #21,685 | India | English | |
| 13 | #26,044 | United States | English | ||
| 14 | omgubuntu | #27,369 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 15 | rawcdn.githack.com |
neoascetic | English | ||
| 16 | cdromance | #31,611 | English | ||
| 17 | #33,294 | English | |||
| 18 | nickycase | #34,257 | English | ||
| 19 | lospec | #34,595 | English | ||
| 20 | avidwiki | #34,872 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Ko-fi:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Blogs/Wiki category.
Most of the sites using Ko-fi are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 31.8%
- United Kingdom 15%
- Germany 8.5%
- Vietnam 6.4%
- France 3.8%
- Italy 3.8%
- Spain 3.8%
- Canada 3.6%
- Netherlands 2.8%
- Other 20.5%
Most Ko-fi users speak English, Vietnamese, or Spanish.
- English 78.6%
- Vietnamese 4.7%
- Spanish 3.8%
- German 3.7%
- Italian 2%
- French 1.9%
- Portuguese 0.7%
- Japanese 0.5%
- Dutch 0.5%
- Other 3.6%
The Ko-fi donation tool is especially popular on .com, .net, and .org top-level domains.
- .com 55.4%
- .net 6.6%
- .org 5.4%
- .co.uk 3.5%
- .de 2.7%
- .io 1.5%
- .it 1.2%
- .info 1.1%
- .vn 1%
- Other 21.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Ko-fi include blogs and wiki, entertainment, and games.
- Blogs/Wiki 29.1%
- Entertainment 9.3%
- Games 8.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 5.2%
- Software/Hardware 4.9%
- Internet Services 3.9%
- Business 3.7%
- Sports 3.7%
- Education/Reference 3.1%
- Other 28.8%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Ko-fi from?
Ko-fi is from Letchworth Garden City, United Kingdom.
Can I use Ko-fi for free?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
Which country uses Ko-fi the most?
The majority of Ko-fi users are from the United States.
Who uses Ko-fi?
According to our data, Ko-fi is used on thousands of sites, including addons.mozilla.org, and chunkbase.com.
How does Ko-fi compare to the competition?
Ko-fi is a fairly popular donation tool, ranking ahead of 22 other donation tools we track.
What are the alternatives to Ko-fi?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Ko-fi may include 
Buy Me a Coffee, 
Patreon, and 
GiveWP.
🗃️ 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 4,009,087 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.