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Kickstarter, PBC is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of April 2025, Kickstarter has received US$8.71 billion in pledges from 24.1 million backers to fund 277,302 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects.
Key facts
- Website.screenshot
- Kickstarter screenshot.jpg
- Website.name
- Kickstarter, PBC
- Website.logo
- Kickstarter logo 2019.svg
- Website.collapsible
- yes
- Website.collapsetext
- Screenshot
- Website.location_city
- Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
- Website.industry
- Financial services Internet
- Website.founder
- Perry Chen Yancey Strickler Charles Adler
- Website.CEO
- Everette Taylor
- Website.website_type
- Crowdfunding
- Website.net_income
- $1.3 million after tax (2019)
- Website.company_type
- Delaware-registered public-benefit corporation
- Website.employees
- 60 (2025)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.kickstarter.com
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- login URL
- www.kickstarter.com/login
- registration page URL
- www.kickstarter.com/signup
- inception
- 2009-04-28
- Commons category
- Kickstarter
- Alexa rank
- 605
- hashtag
- Kickstarter
- social media followers
- 84600
- privacy policy URL
- legal.kickstarter.com/policies?name=privacy-policy
- terms of service URL
- legal.kickstarter.com/policies/en/?name=terms-of-use
- review score
- 1.1/5
- cookie policy URL
- legal.kickstarter.com/policies/?name=cookie-policy
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Model
- Projects
- Categories
- Guidelines
- Notable projects and creators
- Top projects by funds raised
- Project cancellations
- Controversies
- Projects
- Patent disputes
- Monopolistic practices
- Data breach
- Unionizing efforts
- Blockchain
- See also
- References
- External links
Kickstarter, PBC is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York City, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of April 2025, Kickstarter has received US$8.71 billion in pledges from 24.1 million backers to fund 277,302 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects.
People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards or experiences in exchange for their pledges. This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, in which artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work.