Locals

Crowdfunding site cofounded by Dave Rubin and Assaf Lev

For other uses, see Local (disambiguation).

Locals

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

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.

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

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* 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

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* Thinkspot

## References

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1. ^ a b "The AlleyWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 4/17/2020 - AlleyWatch". AlleyWatch. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
2. ^ a b "SEC FORM D/A". sec.gov. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
3. ^ "Locals.Com Raises Seed Round Empowering Independent Creators Via Its Subscription-Based Community Platform". locals.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
4. ^ "SEC FORM D". sec.gov. 29 March 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
5. ^ "Dave Rubin's Locals". Tablet Magazine. 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
6. ^ QualiSystems (24 September 2013). "QualiSystems Expands Base of Financial, Government and Telecom Customers". prnewswire.com. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
7. ^ "Rumble acquires Locals to help build a bigger creator economy". Yahoo News. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
8. ^ a b c Serota, Maggie (7 October 2020). "How is Dave Rubin's new free speech oasis doing? Not great". The Daily Dot.
9. ^ "Viva Barnes Law". vivabarneslaw. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
10. ^ Rosalind S. Helderman; Emma Brown; Tom Hamburger; Josh Dawsey (24 June 2021). "Inside the 'shadow reality world' promoting the lie that the presidential election was stolen". The Washington Post. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
11. ^ "Steven Crowder Joins Rumble Exclusives". ABC27. 8 March 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
12. ^ "ZDoggMD". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
13. ^ "Free-speech site, touted as Facebook alternative, moving to Miami". Miami Herald.
14. ^ "Tulsi Gabbard". Retrieved 11 January 2021.
15. ^ "Greg Gutfeld". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
16. ^ Peter Lavelle & George Szamuely. "TheGaggle". Retrieved 2 April 2025.
17. ^ "Michael Malice". Retrieved 11 July 2020.
18. ^ @michaelmalice (5 February 2020). "i had asked them to refer to my section as a sleeper cell and not as a community but they refused" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
19. ^ Owens, Candace (March 22, 2024). "@RealCandaceO (22 March 2024). "The rumors are true— I am finally free"". X. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
20. ^ https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1543001002776768512 [bare URL]
21. ^ "Why I'm joining Locals". pauljosephwatson. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
22. ^ "Zuby". Retrieved 5 March 2021.

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