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 11 projects were successfully funded.

For the past week from January 26 to February 1 the statistics are:

Average goal: $4,698.55
Average pledged: $9,142.18
Average number of backers: 191.73
Average pledge: $47.68
Average percent raised: 194.57%
Most common given amount: $10 (341 times)
Most money from pledge level: $75 level brought in $15,375

Total pledged for the week: $928

For the week, the top projects were:

The top grossing project: Dan Brereton’s New Nocturnals Graphic Novel – $62,246

Most backers: Dan Brereton’s New Nocturnals Graphic Novel – 886 backers

Highest percent above goal raised: The Unionizer #1 – 1790%

Highest average pledge: Dan Brereton’s New Nocturnals Graphic Novel – $70.26

Lowest average pledge: The Jay Mews Continential – A Visual Narative Anthology– $19.73

For the month of January, for the 35 successful projects, the statistics are:

Average goal: $6,038.37
Average pledged: $9,607.97
Average number of backers: 211.97
Average pledge: $45.33
Average percent raised: 159.12%
Most common given amount: $30 (1486 times)
Most money from pledge level: $30 level brought in $44,580

Total pledged for the month: $241,173

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: The Unionizer #1 – 1790%

Highest average pledge: El Ultimo Volume I – $257.25

Lowest average pledge: Broken Angel #1 – $14.68

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!