The Biggest Money Makers on Kickstarter in the UK

The Guardian recently produced an article detailing the financial history of Kickstarter in Britain, stating that Kickstarter has just reached the 100-million-pound mark.  Further statistics revealed:

• more than 1.2 million individual backers
• 20,651 individual projects
• an average of £53.80 per pledge
• 8,181 successful projects that met funding
• 12,000 unsuccessful projects
• Games alone account for more than a quarter of the total pledge amount
• The recent Dark Souls board game is the most backed project in Kickstarter’s British history bringing in the amount of £4 million

Kickstarter in Britain still has a long way to go to catch of to American Kickstarter projects, which have totaled $2 billion as of 2016. For more information, you can read the entire article here.