Kickstarter Scraper — Crowdfunding Projects & Stats

Scrape Kickstarter crowdfunding projects into clean JSON, CSV or Excel. Get the name, category, creator, funding goal, amount pledged, backers, percent funded, state, launch date, deadline and URL for any discovery query. Fast and reliable.

Features

• 🚀 Project data — name, blurb, category (+ parent), creator, country, location, image and URL
• 💰 Funding stats — goal, pledged, percent funded, backers count and currency
• 🏷️ Project state — live, successful or failed, plus staff-pick and spotlight flags
• 🗓️ Timing — launch date and deadline for every project
• 🔎 Flexible discovery — search by keyword, category, state and sort order
• ⚡ Clean output — structured JSON ready for analysis or export

Use cases

• Product-launch research — study how similar products funded before you launch
• Market & trend analysis — track categories, funding velocity and backer demand
• Crowdfunding intelligence — benchmark goals, pledges and success rates
• Lead generation — find active creators and companies to reach out to
• Competitor tracking — monitor rival campaigns and their funding progress
• Dataset building — assemble crowdfunding datasets for analytics or ML

How to scrape Kickstarter data

1. Add the Kickstarter Scraper to your Apify account.
2. Enter a term to search, or pick a categoryId.
3. Choose a sort order and state filter, then set maxItems.
4. Click Run.
5. Export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull them via the Apify API.

Input

{
  "term": "tabletop game",
  "sort": "most_backed",
  "state": "live",
  "categoryId": null,
  "maxItems": 200
}

Field	Description
term	Keyword search across Kickstarter projects
sort	Order: magic, popularity, newest, ending soon, most funded, most backed
state	Filter by live, successful, failed, or all
categoryId	Kickstarter category id to narrow results
maxItems	Maximum number of projects to return

What you get

{
  "id": 1598765164,
  "name": "The Guild: Ren Faire'd",
  "blurb": "Help us celebrate The Guild's 20th anniversary...",
  "state": "live",
  "category": "Tabletop Games",
  "categoryParent": "Games",
  "creator": "Felicia Day",
  "country": "US",
  "location": "Los Angeles, CA",
  "currency": "USD",
  "goal": 1500000,
  "pledged": 4016987,
  "percentFunded": 267.8,
  "backersCount": 26109,
  "staffPick": true,
  "spotlight": false,
  "launchedAt": "2026-07-20T15:01:32.000Z",
  "deadline": "2026-08-22T03:00:00.000Z",
  "image": "https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/…/project.jpg",
  "url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/feliciaday/watchtheguild",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.kickstarter.com",
  "collectedAt": "2026-07-30T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Output schema

Field	Type	Description
id	integer	Unique Kickstarter project ID.
name	string	Project title.
blurb	string	Short project description.
state	string	Project state, e.g. live, successful, failed.
category	string	Project category.
categoryParent	string	Parent category the project belongs to.
creator	string	Name of the project creator.
country	string	Two-letter country code of the creator.
location	string	Creator location as displayed.
currency	string	Currency code used for funding figures.
goal	integer	Funding goal in the project currency.
pledged	integer	Amount pledged so far in the project currency.
percentFunded	number	Percentage of the goal funded.
backersCount	integer	Number of backers.
staffPick	boolean	Whether the project is a Kickstarter staff pick.
spotlight	boolean	Whether the project is featured in spotlight.
launchedAt	string (ISO date)	When the project launched.
deadline	string (ISO date)	When funding closes.
image	string (URL)	Project cover image URL.
url	string (URL)	Project page URL on Kickstarter.
sourceUrl	string (URL)	Base source site URL.
collectedAt	string (ISO date)	When the record was collected.

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FAQ

Do I need a Kickstarter account or any setup? No account and no setup — just enter a search term or category and run.

How many projects can I get per run? Use maxItems to cap how many projects are returned. Combine it with sort and state to focus on the campaigns you care about.

Can I filter by category, state or sort order? Yes. Search by term or categoryId, filter by state (live / successful / failed / all), and order with sort (magic, popularity, newest, ending soon, most funded, most backed).

What's the output format? Structured JSON — one record per project with funding stats, category, creator, timing and URL. Export as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Is scraping Kickstarter legal? Only public data shown to any visitor on Kickstarter is collected. This is an independent tool, not affiliated with Kickstarter; check Kickstarter's Terms of Service and applicable regulations for your use case.

Can I integrate this with other tools? The Kickstarter Scraper can be connected with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. It works with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Drive and many more, plus the Apify API, JavaScript/Python clients and MCP. Or use webhooks to trigger an action whenever a run finishes.

Notes

Original clean-room implementation. Returns only public data shown to any visitor on Kickstarter; you are responsible for compliance with Kickstarter's terms. Not affiliated with Kickstarter.