As of August 2022, the Kickstarter category with the highest success rate was comics: approximately 62 percent of all comics projects were successfully funded. It was followed by the dance category, which had a success rate of 61.64 percent, and theater, with a success rate of 59.95 percent.
Kickstarter categories with the highest success rate as of August 2022
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Statistics on Kickstarter
Company metrics
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- Basic Statistic Key crowdfunding projects and dollars overview of Kickstarter 2023
- Premium Statistic Total amount of funding pledged on Kickstarter 2012-2023
- Premium Statistic Most successful categories on Kickstarter 2022
- Basic Statistic Distribution of unsuccessfully funded projects on Kickstarter 2023
- Basic Statistic Number of total and repeat project backers on Kickstarter 2014-2023
- Premium Statistic Number of projects and amount pledged on Kickstarter 2021, by project category
Projects
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- Premium Statistic Most funded Kickstarter projects 2023
- Basic Statistic Distribution of Kickstarter funding amounts raised 2023
- Premium Statistic Kickstarter project funding success rate February 2023
- Premium Statistic Most-backed projects on Kickstarter 2023
- Premium Statistic Number of successful projects per category on Kickstarter 2023
- Premium Statistic Amount of funding pledged on Kickstarter by project category 2023
Gaming projects
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- Basic Statistic Most funded gaming projects on Kickstarter 2023
- Premium Statistic Successful dollars pledged towards games on Kickstarter 2012-2021
- Basic Statistic Successful dollars pledged towards video games on Kickstarter 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic Most funded tabletop projects on Kickstarter 2023, by funds raised
- Premium Statistic Most funded mobile game projects on Kickstarter 2022, by funds raised
Diversity and equity
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Further related statistics
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- Kickstarter project funding success rate February 2023
- Number of successful projects per category on Kickstarter 2023
- Success rate of equity crowdfunding rounds in the U.S. 2022, by selected platform
- Most funded Kickstarter projects 2023
- Key crowdfunding projects and dollars overview of Kickstarter 2023
- Number of projects and amount pledged on Kickstarter 2021, by project category
- Total amount of funding pledged on Kickstarter 2012-2023
- Amount of funding pledged on Kickstarter by project category 2023
- Most funded gaming projects on Kickstarter 2023
- Most-backed projects on Kickstarter 2023
- Number of total and repeat project backers on Kickstarter 2014-2023
- Distribution of unsuccessfully funded projects on Kickstarter 2023
- Distribution of Kickstarter funding amounts raised 2023
- Most funded tabletop projects on Kickstarter 2023, by funds raised
- Executive pay ratios at Kickstarter 2021
- Most funded mobile game projects on Kickstarter 2022, by funds raised
- Most funded projects on Kickstarter in Europe as of 2023, by amount pledged
- Most funded UK projects on Kickstarter as of 2022, by amount pledged
- Gender diversity at Kickstarter 2021
- Workforce composition of Kickstarter 2021, by age group
- Racial diversity at Kickstarter 2021
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Website (matthewwoodward.co.uk). (August 31, 2022). Kickstarter categories with the highest success rate as of August 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330828/kickstarter-categories-success-rate/
Website (matthewwoodward.co.uk). "Kickstarter categories with the highest success rate as of August 2022." Chart. August 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330828/kickstarter-categories-success-rate/
Website (matthewwoodward.co.uk). (2022). Kickstarter categories with the highest success rate as of August 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 27, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330828/kickstarter-categories-success-rate/
Website (matthewwoodward.co.uk). "Kickstarter Categories with The Highest Success Rate as of August 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330828/kickstarter-categories-success-rate/
Website (matthewwoodward.co.uk), Kickstarter categories with the highest success rate as of August 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330828/kickstarter-categories-success-rate/ (last visited March 27, 2023)
Kickstarter categories with the highest success rate as of August 2022 [Graph], Website (matthewwoodward.co.uk), August 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1330828/kickstarter-categories-success-rate/