diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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+# Entries should be added alphabetically in the form:
+#   Name or Organization <email address>
+# The email address is not required for organizations.
+
+Darko Simonovski, darko at simonovski dot hotmail dot com
+Davy Wybiral, davy dot wybiral at gmail dot com
+James Mills, prologic at shortcircuit dot net dot au
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,33 @@ $ docker pull prologic/tube
 $ docker run -p 8000:8000 -v /path/to/data:/data
 ```
 
+## Stargazers over time
+
+[![Stargazers over time](https://starcharts.herokuapp.com/prologic/tube.svg)](https://starcharts.herokuapp.com/prologic/tube)
+
+## Support
+
+Support the ongoing development of Tube!
+
+**Sponser**
+
+- Become a [Sponsor](https://www.patreon.com/prologic)
+
+## Contributors
+
+Thank you to all those that have contributed to this project, battle-tested it,
+used it in their own projects or products, fixed bugs, improved performance
+and even fix tiny typos in documentation! Thank you and keep contributing!
+
+You can find an [AUTHORS](/AUTHORS) file where we keep a list of contributors
+to the project. If you contriibute a PR please consider adding your name there.
+There is also Github's own [Contributors](https://github.com/prologic/tube/graphs/contributors) statistics.
+
+[![](https://sourcerer.io/fame/prologic/prologic/tube/images/0)](https://sourcerer.io/fame/prologic/prologic/tube/links/0)
+[![](https://sourcerer.io/fame/prologic/prologic/tube/images/1)](https://sourcerer.io/fame/prologic/prologic/tube/links/1)
+[![](https://sourcerer.io/fame/prologic/prologic/tube/images/2)](https://sourcerer.io/fame/prologic/prologic/tube/links/2)
+[![](https://sourcerer.io/fame/prologic/prologic/tube/images/3)](https://sourcerer.io/fame/prologic/prologic/tube/links/3)
+
 ## License
 
 tube source code is available under the MIT [License](/LICENSE).