This statistic shows the number of project backers on Kickstarter.com in 2012, by category. During that year, games was the most-backed category with 1.38 million users pledging towards the funding of projects in that category.
Number of project backers on Kickstarter in 2012, by project category
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Number of project backers on Kickstarter in 2012, by project category
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Every Kickstarter project must be fully funded before its time expires or no money changes hands. A project on Kickstarter is counted as successfull when the funding goal has been reached within the time limit.
Project creators have to be permanent U.S. residents to be eligible to start a Kickstarter project but projects can also be pledged from outside the United States.
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Kickstarter. (January 9, 2013). Number of project backers on Kickstarter in 2012, by project category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/222465/number-of-project-backers-kickstarter-projects-by-category/
Kickstarter. "Number of project backers on Kickstarter in 2012, by project category." Chart. January 9, 2013. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222465/number-of-project-backers-kickstarter-projects-by-category/
Kickstarter. (2013). Number of project backers on Kickstarter in 2012, by project category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222465/number-of-project-backers-kickstarter-projects-by-category/
Kickstarter. "Number of Project Backers on Kickstarter in 2012, by Project Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jan 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222465/number-of-project-backers-kickstarter-projects-by-category/
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Number of project backers on Kickstarter in 2012, by project category [Graph], Kickstarter, January 9, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/222465/number-of-project-backers-kickstarter-projects-by-category/
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