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
