total dollars pledged to Kickstarter projects
Successfully funded projects
23,479,499
Total backers
8,128,561
Repeat backers
97,504,927
Total pledges
This page is automatically updated at least once a day with the raw data behind Kickstarter. Metrics include funding success rates, amount pledged, and the performance of successfully and unsuccessfully funded projects. Statistics are available for the site overall as well as each of the 15 project categories.
Projects and Dollars
| Category | Launched Projects | Total Dollars | Successful Dollars | Unsuccessful Dollars | Live Dollars | Live Projects | Success Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 639,091 | $8.25 B | $7.58 B | $624 M | $47 M | 2,990 | 41.71 % |
| Games | 90,014 | $2.54 B | $2.41 B | $123.56 M | $9.83 M | 697 | 50.13 % |
| Design | 56,365 | $1.73 B | $1.61 B | $112.54 M | $13.94 M | 254 | 43.29 % |
| Technology | 55,297 | $1.58 B | $1.43 B | $139.86 M | $15.59 M | 312 | 23.57 % |
| Film & Video | 87,530 | $585.80 M | $496.17 M | $88.11 M | $1.52 M | 287 | 38.25 % |
| Publishing | 67,114 | $368.67 M | $338.30 M | $28.05 M | $2.33 M | 393 | 38.51 % |
| Music | 70,484 | $297.98 M | $274.03 M | $23.23 M | $722.67 K | 156 | 50.43 % |
| Comics | 29,097 | $270.59 M | $258.99 M | $10.05 M | $1.55 M | 293 | 67.19 % |
| Fashion | 40,496 | $253.33 M | $223.10 M | $29.62 M | $604.16 K | 150 | 31.28 % |
| Art | 53,840 | $219.59 M | $200.88 M | $18.18 M | $536.76 K | 214 | 48.90 % |
| Food | 35,625 | $214.17 M | $183.67 M | $30.13 M | $369.31 K | 107 | 25.98 % |
| Photography | 14,248 | $65.13 M | $58.06 M | $6.95 M | $126.75 K | 38 | 35.38 % |
| Theater | 13,416 | $52.37 M | $47.11 M | $5.18 M | $75,422 | 27 | 59.76 % |
| Crafts | 14,483 | $30.21 M | $25.68 M | $4.45 M | $77,846 | 42 | 27.32 % |
| Journalism | 6,468 | $21.91 M | $19.22 M | $2.67 M | $17,677 | 10 | 23.54 % |
| Dance | 4,614 | $16.46 M | $15.22 M | $1.22 M | $20,883 | 10 | 61.19 % |
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Successfully Funded Projects
Most successfully funded projects raise less than $10,000, but a growing number have reached six, seven, and even eight figures. Currently funding projects that have reached their goals are not included in this chart — only projects whose funding is complete.
| Category | Successfully Funded Projects | Less than $1,000 Raised | $1,000 to $9,999 Raised | $10,000 to $19,999 Raised | $20,000 to $99,999 Raised | $100 K to $999,999 Raised | $1 M Raised |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 265,295 | 34,296 | 139,910 | 38,339 | 40,498 | 11,403 | 849 |
| Games | 44,774 | 4,891 | 19,300 | 7,154 | 9,441 | 3,625 | 363 |
| Music | 35,463 | 3,421 | 24,458 | 5,084 | 2,376 | 122 | 2 |
| Film & Video | 33,372 | 4,010 | 18,649 | 5,166 | 4,982 | 552 | 13 |
| Art | 26,222 | 7,026 | 14,968 | 2,378 | 1,649 | 196 | 5 |
| Publishing | 25,696 | 3,477 | 15,785 | 3,526 | 2,577 | 323 | 8 |
| Design | 24,293 | 1,651 | 8,136 | 4,067 | 7,213 | 3,038 | 188 |
| Comics | 19,354 | 2,190 | 12,152 | 2,453 | 2,214 | 338 | 7 |
| Technology | 12,958 | 662 | 3,354 | 1,960 | 4,175 | 2,564 | 243 |
| Fashion | 12,622 | 2,233 | 5,994 | 2,002 | 2,013 | 374 | 6 |
| Food | 9,229 | 822 | 3,686 | 2,219 | 2,345 | 144 | 13 |
| Theater | 8,001 | 1,139 | 5,766 | 730 | 345 | 21 | 0 |
| Photography | 5,028 | 927 | 2,623 | 802 | 619 | 57 | 0 |
| Crafts | 3,946 | 1,315 | 2,059 | 311 | 237 | 23 | 1 |
| Dance | 2,817 | 253 | 2,187 | 285 | 90 | 2 | 0 |
| Journalism | 1,520 | 279 | 793 | 202 | 222 | 24 | 0 |
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Unsuccessfully Funded Projects
Funding on Kickstarter is all-or-nothing in more ways than one.While 9% of projects finished having never received a single pledge 79% of projects that raised more than 20% of their goal were successfully funded.
| Category | Unsuccessfully Funded Projects | 0% Funded | 1% to 20% Funded | 21% to 40% Funded | 41% to 60% Funded | 61% to 80% Funded | 81% to 99% Funded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 370,806 | 57,003 | 243,026 | 38,711 | 17,466 | 7,704 | 6,894 |
| Film & Video | 53,871 | 10,377 | 35,047 | 4,918 | 2,169 | 918 | 442 |
| Games | 44,543 | 3,085 | 29,305 | 5,954 | 3,139 | 1,642 | 1,418 |
| Technology | 42,027 | 5,810 | 30,379 | 2,898 | 1,316 | 609 | 1,015 |
| Publishing | 41,025 | 7,507 | 27,298 | 3,829 | 1,572 | 544 | 275 |
| Music | 34,865 | 7,717 | 21,552 | 3,646 | 1,294 | 395 | 261 |
| Design | 31,818 | 2,058 | 20,494 | 4,546 | 2,212 | 1,088 | 1,418 |
| Fashion | 27,724 | 4,803 | 17,659 | 2,833 | 1,299 | 577 | 553 |
| Art | 27,404 | 4,346 | 16,173 | 3,557 | 1,723 | 820 | 785 |
| Food | 26,289 | 4,400 | 18,622 | 2,038 | 785 | 259 | 185 |
| Crafts | 10,495 | 1,777 | 6,998 | 942 | 413 | 185 | 180 |
| Comics | 9,450 | 601 | 5,860 | 1,516 | 848 | 397 | 228 |
| Photography | 9,182 | 2,036 | 5,679 | 939 | 326 | 146 | 56 |
| Theater | 5,388 | 925 | 3,496 | 635 | 212 | 77 | 43 |
| Journalism | 4,938 | 1,272 | 3,273 | 269 | 77 | 23 | 24 |
| Dance | 1,787 | 289 | 1,191 | 191 | 81 | 24 | 11 |
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For these metrics, pledges not made in US dollars are converted using the exchange rate in effect when the project was live. Last updated:
