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Change.org operates an online petition platform on which individuals create campaigns, collect signatures from other users and direct that support toward decision makers. The site states it has 591,179,970 people participating and that members are spread across 196 countries. Petition creation is presented as a two-minute process, with an option to start a petition with AI assistance, and the platform publishes guidance for campaigners covering petition creation, signature gathering, media outreach and engaging the targeted decision maker.

Activity figures published on the site include more than 2,000 new petitions started each day, more than 500,000 signatures added daily and more than 1,000 decision makers notified daily. The platform surfaces trending campaigns and "victory" case studies, such as petitions concerning a parent who lost employment while caring for a child with cancer, a community campaign to protect a threatened reef, a campaign about a solitary giraffe, and the release of a torture survivor after nine years of imprisonment.

Business model

The platform describes itself as independent and owned by a nonprofit organization, funded entirely by its members across 196 countries, and states that it carries no advertising, shareholders or special interests. Visitors are invited to contribute financially to support the platform.

Member contributions fund the platform; the site states it does not run advertising and has no shareholders.

Traction

The site reports 591,179,970 people participating, more than 2,000 new petitions per day, more than 500,000 daily signatures and more than 1,000 decision makers notified daily, alongside individual campaigns with signature counts ranging from roughly 28,000 to 378,000.