KickStarting: Comics

Money_CashIt’s a new week and KickStarting: Comics is back with a look at how much was raised/pledged for comic projects on Kickstarter for the past week!

I realize some projects are not in US dollars, but they all will count the same regardless of origin, for now. $1 US will be the same as $1 CAD, $1 AUD, etc.

Over the past week 21 projects were successfully funded.

For the past week from December 8 to December 14 the statistics are:

Average goal: $5,085
Average pledged: $7,649.52
Average number of backers: 129.90
Average pledge: $58.89
Average percent raised: 150.43%
Most common given amount: $25 (476 times)
Most money from pledge level: $25 level brought in $11,900

Total pledged for the week: $160,640

For the week, the top projects were:

The top grossing project: Jim Balent & Holly G’s -Crossover: When Magick Meets Manga ! – $31,156

Most backers: Translating Pow Pow Press– 410 backers

Highest percent above goal raised: Jim Balent & Holly G’s -Crossover: When Magick Meets Manga ! – 389.45%

Highest average pledge: The Minerva Volume One and Two – $508.53

Lowest average pledge: Sonnet – $28.07

For the month of December, for the 37 successful projects, the statistics are:

Average goal: $5,015.95
Average pledged: $7,211.59
Average number of backers: 125.92
Average pledge: $57.27
Average percent raised: 143.77%
Most common given amount: $25 (630 times)
Most money from pledge level: $50 level brought in $16,300

Total pledged for the month: $266,829

For the month, the top projects were:

The top grossing project: Jim Balent & Holly G’s -Crossover: When Magick Meets Manga ! – $31,156

Most backers: Translating Pow Pow Press– 410 backers

Highest percent above goal raised: Jim Balent & Holly G’s -Crossover: When Magick Meets Manga ! – 389.45%

Highest average pledge: The Minerva Volume One and Two – $508.53

Lowest average pledge: TRETA-YUGA #1 – $23.82

That wraps up this week’s data! I’ll be making tweaks to this as more are done, so let me know what you want to see!


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