Blocktrend
Blocktrend was founded by Ming-En Hsu in 2017 and has been run solo for nearly nine years. It has published 756 in-depth articles, its podcast draws roughly 15,000 listens per episode, and it has more than 20,000 subscribers. It relies entirely on reader payments and does not accept any sponsored placements. Institutional subscribers include Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission, Taiwan Mobile, and Cathay Financial Holdings. This funding supports making a set of previously paywalled content freely available.