Crowdfunding-Plattform Kickstarter verteilt 119 Millionen US-Dollar im 3. Jahr

The Next Web hat sich die Kickstarter-Zahlen näher angeschaut:

The results are awe-inspiring. In the year since Kickstarter reported its numbers, the company helped raise a total of $119.6M for successfully-funded projects. That’s almost three times as much as the amount raised during the company’s first two years. Taking into account Kickstarter’s 5% commission, we can estimate that the company took home just shy of $6M in commission revenue in its third year. And it’s not the only one cashing in: with Amazon’s commission of 2.9% plus 30¢ per transaction, the online retailer pulled at least $3.M in fees during the same period.

Adding in the figures from last year, it looks like Kickstarter has helped raise a total of $159M since its inception.

Kickstarter-Mitgründer Yancey Strickler über die Verteilung der cofinanzierten Projekte:

Here are the lifetime dollar amounts pledged by category:

Film — $50.8m
Music — $32.5m
Design — $17.5m
Art — $8.8m
Publishing — $8.2m
Games — $8m
Technology — $7.9m
Theater — $6.5m
Food — $5m
Comics — $4m
Photography — $3.4m
Fashion — $2m
Dance — $1.6m

And here are dollars collected by category (meaning funds disbursed to project creators, a more accurate comparison for the NEA):

Film — $41.3m
Music — $28.3m
Design — $15m
Art — $7.5m
Technology — $6.5m
Publishing — $6.3m
Theater — $5.7m
Games — $4.6m
Food — $3.8m
Comics — $3.5m
Photography — $2.8m
Fashion — $1.5m
Dance — $1.4m

Das Kickstarter-Projekt von Pebble, der E-Paper-Smartwatch, liegt aktuell bei 6,4 Millionen US-Dollar bei noch 23 verbleibenden Tagen.