Wednesday 9 January 2013

10% of the films at Sundance in 2012 were funded through Kickstarter

"Let's begin with some numbers
In 2012 2,241,475 people pledged a total of $319,786,629 and successfully funded 18,109 projects
Backers pledged $606.76 per minute to projects in 2012
Of the 2.2 million people who backed a project in 2012 570,672 people backed two or more projects
50,047 people backed ten or more projects
452 people backed 100 or more projects
People in 177 countries backed a project in 2012
That's 90% of the countries in the world
Of Kickstarter's 13 creative categories Music had the most funded projects with 5,067
Games had the most money pledged at $83 million
Art, Film, Music, Publishing, and Theater each had more than 1,000 funded projects
17 projects raised $1 million+ in 2012
10% of the films at Sundance in 2012 are Kickstarter-funded
19 films selected; four win top prizes
63 Kickstarter-funded films open in theaters in 2012
(Total pledged $319,786,629 +221% from 2011
Total collected $274,391,721 +238% from 2011
Total backers 2,241,475 +134% from 2011
Pageviews 709 million +279% from 2011
Unique visitors 86 million +252% from 2011)"
Note - lots of great examples in the link

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