RPG Crowdfunding - What a year and 150 projects brings to light

[harpy]

The toil is at an end! At least partially...

Around a month ago I began collecting the data on RPG related Kickstarter projects from around the net. In the end I dumped onto a spreadsheet a year's worth of data totaling 150 projects. Then I began crunching numbers to see what larger patterns are at work in the RPG crowdfunding world.

I've finished part one which looks at the larger patterns, such as the average backing for RPG related material is $45, rather than the $70 for Kickstarter as a whole.

You can see the report here, beware... it's long.

Part two of the report is still under construction. That will looking more closing at the various bands of backing and goal tiers from the survey.

Hopefully this will help people as they map out their own projects.

[Nepenthe]

I read through your report and found it very interesting - particularly how backers of unsuccessful projects put up slightly more per person than backers of successful projects. It seems the trick (partly, at least) is to capture those small, entry level transactions.

Here's looking forward to the detailed results!

[eggs]

Are mean values appropriate/meaningful here? I would have expected a seriously positive skew on donation totals and numbers of backers.

[harpy]

Part two of the 150 Crowdfunding Projects survey is now up.

In this one I focus on the backing behavior across the wide spread of funding levels. Then I look at how the creators shaped their funding levels with some common rewards being offered.

Enjoy!

[eggs]

This is very interesting. I had expected some much lower values for some of those successful project medians.

Overall, this looks very useful. Thanks for sharing!

[Eldest]

As somebody who is going to be doing a crowdfunding thing shortly, I am following this raptly.

[harpy]

As somebody who is going to be doing a crowdfunding thing shortly, I am following this raptly.

Excellent! I hope it helps!

[harpy]

Part Three of the Crowdfunding Report is now up!

This time around I look at general observations I noted as I went through the survey, focusing on broad issues that were not methodically tracked, but struck me as important in the larger picture. Enjoy!

[harpy]

The final piece in the RPG Crowdfunding Report is now in place with the release of the raw data used to generate the report.* It took awhile to collect it together from different files, clean it up and then wrestle with the Creative Commons license, but it's done.* People have been asking for this information, and I found it a bit serendipitous when I watched just the other day Tim Berners-Lee on TED exclaim, "Demand raw data now."* Well, here it is, fly and be free!



Enjoy!