Since we launched our audience has grown more than ten-fold, from 15m in our first 12 months to 175 million at the peak in 2020. It’s always gratifying to hear from some of these of readers.

When we launched the campaign last week a new donor wrote to say: “Thank you for all that you do. I love The Conversation for its topical, non-partisan, research-based articles.”

Our research-based articles today include an examination of the different views of two leading US climate scientists, how the oil and gas industry has lobbied delegates at COP28 to influence discussions, and a look at a study that suggests, counterintuitively, that exercise doesn't have any effect on longevity.

Newsletter subscribers have written in too. One spoke of how The Conversation’s articles provided an important baseline of facts in a world of spin: “It's a pleasure to read neutral, well-written and well-researched journalism (with full transparency for sources and references). It's refreshing and much-needed at a time when it's becoming increasingly worrying to observe the rise of partisan and unreliable reporting in the British media.”

And sometimes a supporter gives us some insight into their lives which underscores why what The Conversation does is important. Referring to the pandemic, the donor writes: "I was so very frightened at the start due to my health, my granddaughter was pregnant and my grandson had just been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Your truthful articles helped me find the right balance between being scared, being careful, and living. Thank you to everyone at The Conversation for their hard work."

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