As of January 2025, games emerged as the most-funded project category on Kickstarter, attracting 2.63 billion U.S. dollars in backer pledges. In contrast, dance represented the least-funded category, garnering only 16.55 million U.S. dollars. Technology ranked third, raising a total of 1.65 billion U.S. dollars in pledges.
Amount of funding pledged for projects on Kickstarter as of January 2025, by project category
(in million U.S. dollars)
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Kickstarter. (January 30, 2025). Amount of funding pledged for projects on Kickstarter as of January 2025, by project category (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/222455/amount-of-dollars-pledged-per-category-on-kickstarter/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Kickstarter. (2025). Amount of funding pledged for projects on Kickstarter as of January 2025, by project category (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222455/amount-of-dollars-pledged-per-category-on-kickstarter/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Amount of funding pledged for projects on Kickstarter as of January 2025, by project category (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Kickstarter, January 30, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/222455/amount-of-dollars-pledged-per-category-on-kickstarter/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed