Ever wonder which Kickstarter projects have held the title of “most-funded project” in the site’s history? Well, Kickstarter itself has you covered!
Once the highest funded Kickstarter was about $3,000. Now it’s over $13 million
Writing for Kickstarter's own blog, Yancey Strickler notes the 13 Kickstarter projects that have held that title since the site launched in 2009. Currently, Coolest Cooler — the world's first cooler that's also a speaker, among other things — is in the catbird seat, racking up over $13 million (far beyond its goal of $50,000!). The cooler recently stole the premier spot from smartwatch Pebble, which brought in over $10 million back in 2012.
The first top-funded project on Kickstarter was New York Makes a Book, a crowd-authoring project where 100 people paid $30 to write a page of a book. The project brought in a little more than $3,000. Since that project, Kickstarter's funding potential has soared to over a billion dollars worth of pledges.
Here’s a timeline showing the 13 top-funded Kickstarter campaigns, the dates they spent at No. 1, and the total amounts raised.
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