Crowdfunding data changes as quickly as you look it up.  As of Monday May 26^th 2014 at 6:30pm, the numbers across all categories of Kickstarter showed:

$1,131,653,455 total $’s pledged                        62,426 successfully funded projects

6,246,534 total backers                                      1,858,760 repeat backers

15,390,660 total pledges                              Overall:  43.47% success rate of campaigns

Kickstarter is not the only option for crowdfunding.  There are many choices for some of the categories, some better than others.  Regardless of the platform you are considering there are a number of factors involved in a successful campaign. Continue reading →