$5,282,644,820 total dollars pledged to Kickstarter projects 188,292 Successfully funded projects

18,551,460 Total backers 6,199,917 Repeat backers 65,448,976 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. Check out our blog for more on Kickstarter’s data.

Projects and Dollars Category Launched

Projects Total

Dollars Successful

Dollars Unsuccessful

Dollars Live

Dollars Live

Projects Success

Rate All 498,617 $ 5.28 B $ 4.75 B $ 479 M $ 53 M 3,408 38.02 % Games 54,941 $ 1.38 B $ 1.28 B $ 85.10 M $ 15.40 M 577 41.63 % Design 42,586 $ 1.20 B $ 1.10 B $ 89.26 M $ 17.91 M 374 38.68 % Technology 44,024 $ 984.22 M $ 865.91 M $ 108.06 M $ 10.24 M 382 20.78 % Film & Video 75,425 $ 477.00 M $ 406.28 M $ 69.49 M $ 1.23 M 287 37.60 % Music 63,087 $ 252.43 M $ 230.99 M $ 20.63 M $ 806.42 K 213 50.03 % Publishing 51,295 $ 197.58 M $ 174.32 M $ 21.51 M $ 1.75 M 412 33.68 % Fashion 32,527 $ 194.28 M $ 170.68 M $ 22.67 M $ 933.34 K 225 28.63 % Food 30,501 $ 174.09 M $ 148.44 M $ 24.93 M $ 717.64 K 144 25.28 % Art 40,551 $ 140.03 M $ 125.11 M $ 13.59 M $ 1.33 M 383 45.05 % Comics 16,956 $ 124.06 M $ 115.03 M $ 6.69 M $ 2.34 M 240 59.97 % Photography 12,557 $ 50.65 M $ 44.50 M $ 5.93 M $ 211.86 K 40 32.62 % Theater 12,317 $ 47.01 M $ 42.25 M $ 4.75 M $ 11,591 15 60.01 % Crafts 11,738 $ 20.84 M $ 17.23 M $ 3.49 M $ 115.91 K 83 25.39 % Journalism 5,829 $ 18.47 M $ 15.97 M $ 2.28 M $ 218.12 K 25 22.85 % Dance 4,283 $ 14.90 M $ 13.82 M $ 1.03 M $ 50,773 8 61.59 % See categories

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 188,292 24,571 101,474 27,049 27,668 7,049 481 Music 31,458 3,133 22,037 4,312 1,876 98 2 Film & Video 28,250 3,338 15,832 4,426 4,201 445 8 Games 22,630 1,891 9,302 3,933 5,387 1,932 185 Art 18,096 4,986 10,477 1,540 985 103 5 Publishing 17,135 2,463 10,558 2,325 1,651 137 1 Design 16,329 1,133 5,333 2,806 4,976 1,954 127 Comics 10,024 1,343 6,310 1,142 1,078 150 1 Fashion 9,247 1,697 4,206 1,515 1,538 285 6 Technology 9,067 526 2,422 1,320 2,920 1,744 135 Food 7,673 751 3,138 1,816 1,848 109 11 Theater 7,382 1,053 5,355 649 306 19 0 Photography 4,083 754 2,214 613 460 42 0 Crafts 2,959 1,010 1,538 226 171 14 0 Dance 2,633 242 2,056 255 79 1 0 Journalism 1,326 251 696 171 192 16 0 See categories

Unsuccessfully Funded Projects Funding on Kickstarter is all-or-nothing in more ways than one. While 11% of projects finished having never received a single pledge 78% 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 306,917 55,691 198,252 30,927 12,906 5,282 3,857 Film & Video 46,888 10,232 30,244 4,280 1,411 491 230 Technology 34,575 5,674 24,383 2,370 1,045 480 623 Publishing 33,748 7,352 21,676 2,972 1,180 400 168 Games 31,734 2,824 21,052 4,028 2,053 1,016 761 Music 31,416 7,616 18,821 3,295 1,189 354 141 Design 25,883 1,989 16,911 3,674 1,725 795 787 Fashion 23,055 4,703 14,337 2,297 962 432 324 Food 22,684 4,341 15,550 1,742 683 214 154 Art 22,072 4,230 13,140 2,659 1,169 495 379 Crafts 8,696 1,747 5,686 726 325 131 81 Photography 8,434 2,025 5,138 829 283 124 35 Comics 6,692 498 4,263 1,057 535 234 105 Theater 4,920 912 3,117 578 202 72 39 Journalism 4,478 1,260 2,862 244 69 22 21 Dance 1,642 288 1,072 176 75 22 9 See categories