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About Kickstarter projects in 2013

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In 20,133 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 human-powered helicopter took fight

Students built classrooms from shipping contains

Kickstarter was on Jeopardy!

Kickstarter was in Cards Against Humanity

Backers saved independent movie theaters

Backers rescued a photographer from obscurity

Backers launched satellites into space

2013 remained us that people are amazing

That ideas are exhilarating 

That we're all capable of creating incredible things

thank you for wonderful year



This English version was translated by Claude.

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Pleasant Charles — UI/UX researcher at AIT. Keeping notes on design, planning, and slow days here since 2010.

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