Total Dollars Pledged to Successfully Funded Kickstarter Projects by Category

Total Dollars Pledged to Successfully Funded Kickstarter Projects by Category

Proof Point

Total of $3.47 billion was successfully pledged to Kickstarter projects by 2017, with most pledges to games, design and technology categories

Total Dollars Pledged to Successfully Funded Kickstarter Projects by Category

2017 (US$ million)

Proof Point Findings

  • Kickstarter – Global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity and innovation
  • Total Successful Dollars – $3.47 billion pledged to successful Kickstarter projects by end of 2017
  • High Game Pledges – Highest amount of pledges were made to games with $747million, followed by design ($732 million) and technology products ($704 million)
  • Key Growth Drivers – Include continued growing trend of crowdfunding, increasing attractiveness of packages for early crowdfunders, and proliferation of entrepreneurs using crowdfunding platforms to gain market traction

Accelerator

Market Disruption

Sector

Cross-sector

Source

Date Last Updated

January 18, 2018

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