As of December 2024, games emerged as the most-funded project category on Kickstarter, attracting 2.61 billion U.S. dollars in backer pledges. In contrast, dance represented the least-funded category, garnering only 16.52 million U.S. dollars. Technology ranked third, raising a total of 1.63 billion U.S. dollars in pledges.
Amount of funding pledged for projects on Kickstarter as of December 2024, by project category
(in million U.S. dollars)
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Kickstarter. (December 3, 2024). Amount of funding pledged for projects on Kickstarter as of December 2024, by project category (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/222455/amount-of-dollars-pledged-per-category-on-kickstarter/
Kickstarter. "Amount of funding pledged for projects on Kickstarter as of December 2024, by project category (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 3, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222455/amount-of-dollars-pledged-per-category-on-kickstarter/
Kickstarter. (2024). Amount of funding pledged for projects on Kickstarter as of December 2024, by project category (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222455/amount-of-dollars-pledged-per-category-on-kickstarter/
Kickstarter. "Amount of Funding Pledged for Projects on Kickstarter as of December 2024, by Project Category (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Dec 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222455/amount-of-dollars-pledged-per-category-on-kickstarter/
Kickstarter, Amount of funding pledged for projects on Kickstarter as of December 2024, by project category (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222455/amount-of-dollars-pledged-per-category-on-kickstarter/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Amount of funding pledged for projects on Kickstarter as of December 2024, by project category (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Kickstarter, December 3, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/222455/amount-of-dollars-pledged-per-category-on-kickstarter/
