The data displays the cumulative amount of dollars pledged to project funding on Kickstarter from July 2012 to August 2018. As of the last reported period, more than 3.8 billion USD had been pledged to projects on the crowdfunding platform.
The early 2000s saw the launch of one of the first internet crowdfunding platforms in the U.S. called ArtistShare. The main object of the platform was to help musicians to complete their artistic projects, such as albums or tours, with the financial help of their fans. Upon the company’s success, similar crowdfunding websites started appearing around the world.
