Distribution of unsuccessfully funded projects on Kickstarter 2024

Kickstarter, the popular crowdfunding platform, has seen a significant number of projects fall short of their funding goals. As of September 2024, 370,914 projects failed to reach their targets, with the majority (243,093) achieving only 1-20 percent of their funding objectives. This high failure rate underscores the challenges creators face in securing financial backing for their ideas, despite Kickstarter's global reach and billions in pledged funds.Crowdfunding's growing impactSince its launch in 2009, Kickstarter has become a major player in the crowdfunding industry. The number of projects hosted on the platform exceeded 639,000 projects, with pledges surpassing 8.25 billion U.S. dollars. Notably, the most successful project to date, "Surpise! Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson", raised an impressive 41 million U.S. dollars in 2022. These figures highlight the platform's potential for creators to secure substantial funding for their projects.Success rates vary by categoryWhile many projects struggle to meet their funding goals, success rates differ significantly across categories. As of January 2024, comics boasted the highest success rate at 67.23 percent, followed by dance at 61.2 percent and theater at 59.74 percent. These statistics suggest that certain creative fields may resonate more strongly with Kickstarter's backer community, potentially offering better odds for project success in these areas.

Kickstarter，这一广受欢迎的众筹平台，见证了众多项目未能达到其筹款目标的现象。截至2024年9月，共有370,914个项目未能实现其目标，其中大多数（243,093个）仅实现了其筹款目标的1-20%。这一高失败率凸显了创作者在获取资金支持其理念时所面临的挑战，尽管Kickstarter拥有全球影响力以及数十亿美元的承诺资金。自2009年成立以来，Kickstarter已成为众筹行业的重要参与者。该平台上的项目数量已超过639,000个，承诺资金总额超过82.5亿美元。值得注意的是，迄今为止最成功的项目——“布兰登·桑德森的《惊喜！四部秘密小说》”，在2022年筹集了令人瞩目的4100万美元。这些数据凸显了该平台为创作者提供巨额资金支持其项目的潜力。各类项目的成功率存在差异，尽管许多项目在实现筹款目标方面面临困难，但成功率在不同类别之间存在显著差异。截至2024年1月，漫画类项目以67.23%的成功率位居首位，其次是舞蹈类项目，成功率为61.2%，戏剧类项目成功率为59.74%。这些统计数据表明，某些创意领域可能与Kickstarter的支持者社区产生更强烈的共鸣，这些领域或许为项目成功提供了更高的几率。