The Most Successful Kickstarter Campaigns

Since its launch in 2009, Kickstarter has helped bring countless projects to life. Many fundraising campaigns have proven incredibly successful, surpassing the initial goal by a considerable distance.

The Pebble watch for iPhone and Android ranks as the platform’s most successful campaign. The initial goal was $100,000 and almost 69,000 backers raised an astonishing $10.27 million. Likewise, the OUYA console was widely successful and its Kickstarter campaign raised a total of $8.6 million – the initial target was just $950,000.

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This chart shows the initial goal, total raised and number of backers in the most successful Kickstarter campaigns.

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Fastest projects to reach 1 million U.S. dollars in crowdfunding on Kickstarter as of November 2016 (in hours:minutes)
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Most successful Kickstarter projects as of August 2026, by amount of total funds raised (in million U.S. dollars)
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Number of successfully funded projects on Kickstarter as of December 2025, by project category
Number of successfully funded projects on Kickstarter as of January 2025, by amount of funds raised (in U.S. dollars)
Distribution of unsuccessfully funded projects on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter as of January 2025, by share of funding reached
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Leading mobile game projects on Kickstarter as of January 2025, by funds raised (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)

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