The
Year in
Kickstarter

In 2013
3 million people pledged
$480 million to Kickstarter projects

That works out to
$1,315,520 pledged a day
or $913 a minute

The 3 million people who backed a project
came from 214 countries and territories
and all seven continents (even Antarctica)

807,733 people backed more than one project
81,090 backed 10 or more projects
and 975 people backed more than 100

19,911 projects were successfully funded in 2013
and thousands more came to life

Pebble arrived

Oculus Rift changed how we play

Ouya powered up

Goldieblox inspired new engineers

An emoji translation of Moby Dick
entered the Library of Congress

A Delorean hovercraft
cruised the San Francisco Bay

A human-powered helicopter took flight

Students built classrooms
from shipping containers

Grandma Pearl made Happy Canes

Photo Credit Rhonda Karsch

A skatepark opened in Philly

A photo exhibit opened on the Berlin Wall

Photo Credit Kai Wiedenhoefer

Kickstarter was on Jeopardy!

Kickstarter was in Cards Against Humanity

Blue Ruin won at Cannes

Inocente won an Oscar

Werner Herzog narrated
a project video about salt

Photo Credit Erinç Salor

Backers saved independent movie theaters

Backers resurrected Veronica Mars

Backers brought rappers to North Korea

Backers rescued a photographer from obscurity

Backers launched satellites into space

2013 reminded us
that people are amazing

That ideas are exhilarating

That we’re all capable of
creating incredible things

Thank you for a wonderful year

Here’s to 2014

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