2011: The Year in Kickstarter leads to a variety of recaps, stats and a selection of their favorite pitch videos including:
Kickstarter also released a handy stats report. Film and music were the biggest categories funded. Here are the music stats:
- $19,801,685.21 Pledged
- 3,653 Successful Projects
- 260,178 Backers
In the comments, Kickstarter's Yancey Strickler clarifies that about 84% of the money pledged is collected so not all the nearly $20 million pledged will be collected though many great projects were funded.
Some projects radically exceeded their goals including three covered at Hypebot:
- An Evening With Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer Goal: $20,000, Pledged: $133,341
- Girl Walk // All Day Goal: $4800, Pledged: $24,817
- QuNeo, 3D Multi-touch Open Source MIDI & USB Pad Controller Goal: $15,000, Pledged: $165,914
Though most of the stats such as Fastest Start" and Most Improbable Finish" were not music-related, Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer's offering of a commemorative digital download of their show was one of the Most Popular Rewards ($10 or less)" with 1941 backers.