It’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 9 projects were successfully funded.

For the past week from January 12 to January 18 the statistics are:

Average goal: $7,941.11
Average pledged: $11,254
Average number of backers: 284.33
Average pledge: $39.58
Average percent raised: 141.72%
Most common given amount: $30 (905 times)
Most money from pledge level: $30 level brought in $27,180

Total pledged for the week: $101,286

For the week, the top projects were:

The top grossing project: MOONSHOT: The Indigenous Comics Collection – $74,792

Most backers: MOONSHOT: The Indigenous Comics Collection – 1569 backers

Highest percent above goal raised: God Hates Dinosaurs – 723.25%

Highest average pledge: R.u.N. (Remember ur Nature) Parkour Manga Volume 1 – $53.95

Lowest average pledge: Pints of Failure #1 – Comic Book – $17.42

For the month of January, for the 24 successful projects, the statistics are:

Average goal: $6,771.21
Average pledged: $10,010.21
Average number of backers: 223.83
Average pledge: $44.72
Average percent raised: 147.83%
Most common given amount: $30 (1433 times)
Most money from pledge level: $30 level brought in $42,990

Total pledged for the month: $240,245

For the month, the top projects were:

The top grossing project: MOONSHOT: The Indigenous Comics Collection – $74,792

Most backers: MOONSHOT: The Indigenous Comics Collection – 1569 backers

Highest percent above goal raised: Pewfell in: Drain of Chaos – 1294.50%

Highest average pledge: El Ultimo Volume I – $257.25

Lowest average pledge: Pints of Failure #1 – Comic Book – $17.42

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!