The Internet Archive is 25 years old this year. With the support of our patrons, we have grown from a small preservation project into a vast library that serves millions of people each year. We need your financial support to continue collecting, preserving, and sharing our digital cultural artifacts.

You can see examples of how your contributions impact our mission. Right now.

• We’re hosting 70 petabytes of data and counting
• The Wayback Machine is storing more than 475 billion webpages ,
• Readers around the world are browsing more than 28 million books and texts ,
• Music lovers, podcast listeners, Old Time Radio fans, and audiophiles have access to more than 14 million recordings ,
• Users are uploading more than 17,000 items per day

  We will face a lot of different challenges over the next 25 years. We can still achieve Universal Access to All Knowledge. We can preserve writings from a billion people over the next few decades. We can have systems that are driven by altruism. There are many winners in a world where people participate, learn, and find new communities. We can build this future together.

  The Internet Archive needed to be a nonprofit from the beginning because it was working for the people. It had to be transparent and last a long time. Even though we offer free resources to citizens everywhere, we don’t charge for access, sell user data, or run ads. We rely on the generosity of individuals like you.

  A little goes a long way. We can get a book for $20 and keep it forever. We could offer these services for free and ad-free for years to come if everyone who uses the archive contributed $5. Please chip in if you find our site useful.

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