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# Kickstarter Passes $1 Billion In Pledges
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/kickstarter-passes-1-billion-in-pledges/
- Published: 2014-03-03T06:19:28.000Z
- Updated: 2014-03-03T06:19:28.000Z
- Description: Monday morning crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced that it had surpassed $1 billion in pledges from 5.7 million people in 224 countries on all seven continents. More than half of that. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/03/kickstarter-passes-1-billion-in-pledges.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Tech, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

[![kickstarter](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a73d860353970d-120wi "kickstarter")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a73d860353970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

Monday morning crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced that it had surpassed $1 billion in pledges from 5.7 million people in 224 countries on all seven continents. More than half of that $1 billion has been invested in the last 12 months alone, a testimony to Kickstarter's impressive momentum.

The U.S, is the most invested country with $666 million in pledges, followed by the UK ($54M), Canada $44.9M and Australia ($31.7M).

[![kickstarter](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fccadf75970b-300wi "kickstarter")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201a3fccadf75970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

1.68 million people have backed more than one project and almost 16,000 have backed more than 50 projects.

[Kickstarter – 1 billion](https://www.kickstarter.com/1billion?ref=hypebot.com)

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