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Kickstarter

US-based crowdfunding platform
Organization public_benefit_corporation Q34755

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
public-benefit corporation, crowdfunding platform, online community[4][5]
Award received
National Design Awards[1]
Inception
April 29, 2009, April 28, 2009[15][16]
Founder
Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, Charles Adler[6][7][8]
Headquarters location
58 Kent Street[9]
Country
United States[3]
Language of work or name
English[11]
Official website
www.kickstarter.com[17]
Location
United States[10]
Affiliated worker organisation
Kickstarter United[36]
Alexa rank
605 (490–605, n=4)[18][19][20][21]
Hashtag
Kickstarter[24]
Industry
Internet, crowdfunding[13][14]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Brooklyn[2]as of 2026-10-21
where from?
Edition
20261021 · as of 2026-10-21
Bronze
7a7bf58d5ac18436… v2.15-2026-10-20-ror-data.zip
Transform
4ort-mint · ror:20261021 · version not recorded
Main Wikidata property
P8019, P9271[22][23]
Review score
1.1/5[12]
Social media followers
85k (25k–1.0M, n=11)[25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
🏷️ Also known as
en Kickstarter.com en Kickstarter, Inc. ar كيك ستارتر fa کیک‌استارتر he קיקסטארטר ja キックスターター ko 킥스타터 th คิกสตาร์เตอร์
🔖 Identifiers · 50
ROR ID
05bq4gb22
VIAF cluster ID
264937342
Library of Congress authority ID
no2012124040
AlternativeTo software ID
kickstarter
Booru tag
kickstarter
Comparably company ID
kickstarter
Cookie policy URL
legal.kickstarter.com
Crunchbase organization ID
kickstarter
Der Spiegel topic ID
kickstarter
Domain name
kickstarter.com
Downdetector ID
kickstarter
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Kickstarter
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FAQ URL
help.kickstarter.com, help.kickstarter.com
Facebook username
kickstarter
Fandom article ID
youtube:Kickstarter
France 24 topic ID (French)
kickstarter
Freebase ID
/m/0bwhy_7
GamesIndustry.biz tag ID
companies/kickstarter, topics/kickstarter
Google Play Store app ID
com.kickstarter.kickstarter
Have I Been Pwned breach ID
Kickstarter
Instagram username
kickstarter
Itch.io tag ID
tag-kickstarter
Levels.fyi company ID
Kickstarter
Lex ID
kickstarter
Libraries Australia ID
57984262
LinkedIn company or organization ID
kickstarter
LittleSis organization ID
164420
Login URL
www.kickstarter.com
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007376086005171
New York Post topic ID
kickstarter
Omni topic ID
b1901eb655c710352a3e9d912657f21c523a152f
Postimees topic ID
431942
Privacy policy URL
legal.kickstarter.com
Quora topic ID
Kickstarter
Reddit topic ID
kickstarter
Registration page URL
www.kickstarter.com
Steam tag ID
5153
Subreddit
kickstarter
TV Tropes ID
Website/Kickstarter, UsefulNotes/Kickstarter
Terms of service URL
legal.kickstarter.com
The Guardian topic ID
technology/kickstarter
The Independent topic ID
kickstarter
Topic's main category
Category:Kickstarter projects
Trustpilot company ID
kickstarter.com
VGC theme ID
8237
X (Twitter) username
Kickstarter, kickstarter
Yale LUX ID
group/4e6a615f-2022-4505-b77e-3b64bcdeb612
Yle topic ID
18-140418
YouTube channel ID
UCPV33YGEVLwtOotz9ZG0XQw
Zhihu topic ID
19576068

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FAQs

What awards did Kickstarter receive?

Honors received include National Design Awards[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. 4w ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 47
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  2. 24w ago · Dexxor · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Have I Been Pwned breach ID → Kickstarter
    Terms of service URL → https://legal.kickstarter.com/policies/en/?name=terms-of-use
    Headquarters location → 58 Kent Street
    Inception → +2009-04-29T00:00:00Z, +2009-04-28T00:00:00Z
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