Locals

For other uses, see Local (disambiguation).

Locals Technology Inc., also referred to as locals.com, is a US creator crowdfunding site cofounded by conservative commentator Dave Rubin and Assaf Lev. It started in 2019 and is based in Miami.

Locals

Founded	2019
Owner	Rumble
URL	https://locals.com

The site was founded after Rubin and Jordan Peterson left Patreon in response to its banning of Carl Benjamin for paraphrasing hate speech. The startup raised just over $1 million from 10 506(b) private placement investors in March 2020.^[1][2] Locals announced further funding of $3.8 million on April 20, 2021 led by Craft Ventures.^[3][4]

The site deviates from the advertising and views model adopted by traditional social media, in favor of a paywall approach.^[5]

Assaf Lev is the President and CEO; Lev was previously an executive at QualiSystems. Andrew Conru is also a director.^[1][2][6]

Locals was acquired by Rumble in October 2021.^[7]

Notable creators

• Scott Adams^[8]
• Robert Barnes^{[9][better source needed]}
• Jedediah Bila
• Dan Bongino
• Russell Brand
• Tammy Bruce
• Patrick Byrne (previously of Overstock.com)^[10]
• Steven Crowder^[11]
• Zubin Damania (ZDoggMD)^{[12][better source needed]}
• Alan Dershowitz
• Mark Dice
• David Freiheit^{[citation needed]}
• Tulsi Gabbard^[13][14]
• Glenn Greenwald
• Andrew Gruel
• Greg Gutfeld^{[15][better source needed]}
• Jackson Hinkle
• Steve Inman
• Charlie Kirk
• Konstantin Kisin
• Peter Lavelle^[16]
• Max Lugavere
• Bryan Lunduke
• Michael Malice^[17][18]
• Andy Ngo^[8]
• Candace Owens^[19]
• Yeonmi Park
• Breaking Points^[20]
• Dave Rubin^[8]
• Kat Timpf
• Paul Joseph Watson^{[21][better source needed]}
• Liz Wheeler
• Michael Yon
• Zuby^{[22][better source needed]}

See also

• Thinkspot