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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 9255217" data-attributes="member: 1">[ATTACH=full]344960[/ATTACH]A report from <a href="https://www.polygon.com/24054381/kickstarter-top-10-biggest-most-backed-board-games-campaigns-2023" target="_blank">Polygon</a>, which used data from <a href="https://www.tabletopanalytics.com" target="_blank">Tabletop Analytics</a> ( site which collects data about Kickstarter campaigns) indicates that while the tabletop segment of the crowdfunding platform is still growing, individual creators are getting smaller shares of the pie.Individual creators earned an average of 30% less in 2023 compared to 2019, despite there being 22% more successful campaigns.Interestingly, Kickstarter has historically shared data directly, but this year has declined to do so. Head of Communications at Kickstarter, Nikki Kris, told Polygon that &quot;We’re not disclosing specifics around the total dollars raised at this time&quot;. However the data is available from Tabletop Analytics which draws from the public-facing campaign data on the platform.In 2023 Kickstarter as a whole earned $10.2 million less from tabletop than in 2022; but in 2021 the decline was far steeper, a drop of $33.6 million--most likely caused by the ending of the pandemic lockdowns. However, it's still $50 million up from before the pandemic, while individual creators are 30% down. More campaigns, less money for each one.Of course, the number of <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/million-dollar-ttrpg-kickstarter-club.678540/" target="_blank">TTRPG million-dollar Kickstarters</a> doesn't seem to be suffering. 11 in 2021, a drop to 7 in 2022, and then 10 more in 2023. Kickstarter is also starting to face competition from Backerkit which is starting to get a few million-dollar campaigns of its own.[ATTACH=full]344959[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 9255217, member: 1"] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2024-02-01 at 16.07.35.png"]344960[/ATTACH][/CENTER] A report from [URL='https://www.polygon.com/24054381/kickstarter-top-10-biggest-most-backed-board-games-campaigns-2023']Polygon[/URL], which used data from [URL='https://www.tabletopanalytics.com']Tabletop Analytics[/URL] ( site which collects data about Kickstarter campaigns) indicates that while the tabletop segment of the crowdfunding platform is still growing, individual creators are getting smaller shares of the pie. Individual creators earned an average of 30% less in 2023 compared to 2019, despite there being 22% more successful campaigns. Interestingly, Kickstarter has historically shared data directly, but this year has declined to do so. Head of Communications at Kickstarter, Nikki Kris, told Polygon that "We’re not disclosing specifics around the total dollars raised at this time". However the data is available from Tabletop Analytics which draws from the public-facing campaign data on the platform. In 2023 Kickstarter as a whole earned $10.2 million less from tabletop than in 2022; but in 2021 the decline was far steeper, a drop of $33.6 million--most likely caused by the ending of the pandemic lockdowns. However, it's still $50 million up from before the pandemic, while individual creators are 30% down. More campaigns, less money for each one. Of course, the number of [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/million-dollar-ttrpg-kickstarter-club.678540/']TTRPG million-dollar Kickstarters[/URL] doesn't seem to be suffering. 11 in 2021, a drop to 7 in 2022, and then 10 more in 2023. Kickstarter is also starting to face competition from Backerkit which is starting to get a few million-dollar campaigns of its own. [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="Million Dollar TTRPG Crowdfunders-10.png"]344959[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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