1. 18 PUGET SOUND BUSINESS JOURNAL
COVER STORY
KICK BACKERSAMONG THE LARGEST U.S. CITIES, SEATTLE ROUNDS OUT THE TOP 5 IN TERMS OF SUCCESS
RATES, PROJECTS LAUNCHED AND SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS ON KICKSTARTER.
SUCCESS RATE
51.3%Rank: 5th
PROJECTS LAUNCHED ON
KICKSTARTER: 3,338 (Rank: 5th)
SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS ON
KICKSTARTER: 1,712 (Rank: 5th)
SEATTLE
S
UCCESSFULPROJECTS:2,374(3rd
)
PROJECTS LAUNCHED: 4,969 (3rd
)
CHICAGO
SUCCESS RATE
47.7%Rank: 8th
S
UCCESSFULPROJECTS:9,242(1s
t)P
ROJECTS LAUNCHED: 17,196 (1st
)
NEW YORK
SUCCESS RATE
53.7%Rank: 2nd
S
UCCESSFULPROJECTS:2,373(4th
)
PROJECTS LAUNCHED: 4,422 (4th
)
SAN FRANCISCO
SUCCESS RATE
53.7%Rank: 3rd
S
UCCESSFULPROJECTS:6,241(2n
d)P
ROJECTS LAUNCHED: 14,560 (2nd
)
LOS ANGELES
SUCCESS RATE
42.8%Rank: 9th
S
UCCESSFULPROJECTS:1,423(7th
)
PROJECTS LAUNCHED: 2,724 (6th
)
AUSTIN
SUCCESS RATE
52.2%Rank: 4th
S
UCCESSFULPROJECTS:1,189(8th
)
PROJECTS LAUNCHED: 2,342 (8th
)
NASHVILLE
SUCCESS RATE
50.7%Rank: 6th S
UCCESSFULPROJECTS:1,027(9th
)
PROJECTS LAUNCHED: 2,113 (9th
)
PHILADELPHIA
SUCCESS RATE
48.6%Rank: 7th
S
UCCESSFULPROJECTS:768(10th
)P
ROJECTS LAUNCHED: 1,798 (11th
)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
SUCCESS RATE
42.7%Rank: 10th
FOCUS ON
WASHINGTON
KICKSTARTER
AROUND THE GLOBE
43%
SUCCESS RATE
51.3%SUCCESS RATE
IN SEATTLE
AMOUNT RAISED
STATEWIDE $65.5 million
$37.7 millionSEATTLE
S
UCCESSFULPROJECTS:1,424(6th
)
PROJECTS LAUNCHED: 2,627 (7th
)
SUCCESS RATE
54.2%Rank: 1st
BOSTON
SUCCESS
RATE 38.6%
MOST
LIKELY TO BE
FUNDED
LEAST
LIKELY TO BE
FUNDED
Dance
65.9%
Tech
22.4%SOURCE:
KICKSTARTER,
PSBJ RESEARCH
NOTE: NUMBERS ARE AS OF APRIL 1 AND DO NOT INCLUDE PROJECTS THAT WERE ONGOING.INFOGRAPHIC BY RYAN LAMBERT | PSBJ