Kickstarter vs Indiegogo

Kickstarter Indiegogo launched projects 134 000 76 000 active projects 4 329 4 977 pledged funds 1 001 Mio 286 Mio collected funds* 856 Mio 267 Mio overall 155 Mio from successful projects SUccess rate³ 44% 29% overall 44% of 'fixed' projects project locations 90% 79% United States United States 4% United Kingdom 5% United Kingdom 1% Canada 6% Canada 1% continental Europe 4% continental Europe categories 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% 1% 12% 4% 4%, 3% 4% 5% 5% 9% 1% 6% 3% 3% 1% 7% 8% 4% 14% 8% 10% 21% 23% 25% 13% 5% animals art community comics dance design education fashion film food games health music other photography publishing small business sports technology theater N crowdlogs.com Indiegogo offers 'fixed' and 'flexible' funding. A project with a flexible goal will receive any * funds pledged. A fixed project will only receive funding if its pledges surpass its goal. In this graphic, a project is considered 'successful' if the pledges surpass its goal, independent of whether it is fixed or flexible. As flexible projects dominate Indiegogo, the ratio of collected to pledged funds is rather high.