Kickstarter Scraper

Pull Kickstarter projects into JSON, CSV or Excel: name, blurb, category, location, funding goal, amount pledged, backers, percent funded, state, staff pick, launch date, deadline and image. Search by keyword, filter by category, state, country and funding level.

No login and no API key. Creators are private individuals, so creator names and profiles are never collected: this is project data only.

What you get

Field	Example
name, blurb, url, slug	project title, one-line pitch, canonical URL
category, parentCategory (+ ids)	Product Design, Design
location, country, countryName	Mount Maunganui, NZ, NZ
currency, goal, pledged, usdPledged	NZD, 9700, 2107, 1181.52
backersCount, percentFunded	5, 21.72
state	live, successful, failed, canceled, upcoming
staffPick, spotlight	booleans
createdAt, launchedAt, deadline, stateChangedAt	ISO timestamps
durationDays, daysLeft	campaign length; days remaining for live projects
image, videoUrl	cover image and campaign video

Input examples

Live technology and games projects, most backed first:

{ "categories": ["technology", "games"], "state": "live", "sort": "most_backed", "maxItems": 300 }

Successful campaigns for a keyword, US only, at least 200 percent funded:

{ "query": "mechanical keyboard", "state": "successful", "countries": ["US"], "minPercentFunded": 200, "maxItems": 200 }

Staff picks ending soon:

{ "staffPicksOnly": true, "state": "live", "sort": "end_date" }

Output example

{
  "id": "302886622",
  "name": "Titanium Pen - The Precision CNC Machined \"Skelly 1000\"",
  "url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cogent/titanium-pen-precision-cnc-machined",
  "category": "Product Design",
  "parentCategory": "Design",
  "location": "Mount Maunganui, NZ",
  "currency": "NZD",
  "goal": 9700,
  "pledged": 2107,
  "backersCount": 5,
  "percentFunded": 21.72,
  "state": "live",
  "staffPick": false,
  "deadline": "2026-10-16T14:00:00.000Z"
}

Pricing (pay per event)

Event	Charged per
project-result	one project saved

Plus a tiny run-start fee. Set a maximum cost per run in the Apify console and the Actor stops cleanly at that limit. See the Pricing tab for current prices; paid Apify plans get lower rates.

FAQ

How many projects can one run return? One search is capped by Kickstarter at 2,400 projects (200 pages of 12). Bigger runs are split by category and sort order and de-duplicated, but the whole 690,000-project history is not guaranteed in one run; use filters and several runs.

Are creators included? No. Creator names and profile links are deliberately left out.

Why does a run sometimes slow down? Kickstarter occasionally challenges automated traffic. The Actor retries with backoff and switches to residential proxies by itself; if it still cannot get through it stops and keeps everything saved so far.

Is country the creator's country? It is the project's country of origin as listed by Kickstarter.

Use cases

Crowdfunding market research, trend and category tracking, competitor and pricing analysis, finding successful campaigns by niche, ecommerce product scouting.

En espanol

Extrae proyectos de Kickstarter: nombre, descripcion, categoria, ubicacion, meta de recaudacion, monto recaudado, patrocinadores, porcentaje financiado, estado, staff pick, fechas e imagen. Filtros por palabra clave, categoria, estado, pais y nivel de financiamiento. No se recopilan nombres ni perfiles de creadores. Consulta la pestaña Pricing para ver los precios actuales; los planes de pago de Apify tienen tarifas más bajas.