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Top Kickstarter projects sorted by funding as of March 2015
Top Kickstarter projects sorted by funding as of March 2015
Highest ranked Kickstarter projects from 2009 to 2015, sorted by amount of funding (in U.S. dollars)
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Mar 28, 2015
This statistic presents a ranking of the most-funded Kickstarter projects as of March 2015. In May 2009, New York Makes a Book became the number one ranked Kickstarter project based on total funding for 22 days before Allison Weiss' Kickstarter project surpassed the project. The Pebble smartwatch, which generated almost 10.27 million U.S. dollars in pledges, held the top rank as most-funded project for 862 days before being surpassed by the Coolest Cooler in August 2014. In March 2015, Pebble's successor Pebble Time took the first place as the most-funded project with close to 20.34 million U.S. dollars in pledges.
Highest ranked Kickstarter projects from 2009 to 2015, sorted by amount of funding (in U.S. dollars)
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| Funds raised in U.S. dollars | |
|---|---|
| Pebble Time (2015) | 20,338,986 |
| Coolest Cooler (2014) | 13,285,226 |
| Pebble (2012) | 10,266,245 |
| Double Fine Adventure (2012) | 3,336,371 |
| Elevation Dock (2012) | 1,464,706 |
| TikTok+LunaTik (2010) | 942,578 |
| Save Blue Like Jazz (2010) | 345,992 |
| Decentralize the Web with Diaspora (2010) | 200,641 |
| Designing Obama (2009) | 84,613 |
| The Vanderbilt Republic Foundation: "Masters" (2009) | 50,264 |
| Release The Next Five Times August Album (2009) | 20,546 |
| Help Polyvinyl Save 10,000 Records From Destruction (2009) | 15,625 |
| Allison Weiss makes a full-length record (2009) | 7,711 |
| New York Makes a Book (2009) | 3,329 |
| Funds raised in U.S. dollars | |
|---|---|
| Pebble Time (2015) | 20,338,986 |
| Coolest Cooler (2014) | 13,285,226 |
| Pebble (2012) | 10,266,245 |
| Double Fine Adventure (2012) | 3,336,371 |
| Elevation Dock (2012) | 1,464,706 |
| TikTok+LunaTik (2010) | 942,578 |
| Save Blue Like Jazz (2010) | 345,992 |
| Decentralize the Web with Diaspora (2010) | 200,641 |
| Designing Obama (2009) | 84,613 |
| The Vanderbilt Republic Foundation: "Masters" (2009) | 50,264 |
| Release The Next Five Times August Album (2009) | 20,546 |
| Help Polyvinyl Save 10,000 Records From Destruction (2009) | 15,625 |
| Allison Weiss makes a full-length record (2009) | 7,711 |
| New York Makes a Book (2009) | 3,329 |
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by Statista Research Department,
last edited
Mar 28, 2015
This statistic presents a ranking of the most-funded Kickstarter projects as of March 2015. In May 2009, New York Makes a Book became the number one ranked Kickstarter project based on total funding for 22 days before Allison Weiss' Kickstarter project surpassed the project. The Pebble smartwatch, which generated almost 10.27 million U.S. dollars in pledges, held the top rank as most-funded project for 862 days before being surpassed by the Coolest Cooler in August 2014. In March 2015, Pebble's successor Pebble Time took the first place as the most-funded project with close to 20.34 million U.S. dollars in pledges.
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Data available until November 2016.
Data is based on top ranked Kickstarter project at the time of Kickstarter run completion.
Data available until January 2016.
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Data is based on top ranked Kickstarter project at the time of Kickstarter run completion.
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