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)
Characteristic
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)
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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Kickstarter. (2015). Highest ranked Kickstarter projects from 2009 to 2015, sorted by amount of funding (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/321513/top-ranked-kickstarter-projects-funding/
Kickstarter. "Highest Ranked Kickstarter Projects from 2009 to 2015, Sorted by Amount of Funding (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Mar 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/321513/top-ranked-kickstarter-projects-funding/
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Highest ranked Kickstarter projects from 2009 to 2015, sorted by amount of funding (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Kickstarter, March 28, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/321513/top-ranked-kickstarter-projects-funding/