Kickstarter Datasets

We have a scraper robot which crawls all Kickstarter projects and collects data in CSV and JSON formats. From March 2016 we run this data crawl once a month. Datasets are available from the following scrape dates:

2024

2024-04-15 [JSON] — [CSV]
2024-03-14 [JSON] — [CSV]
2024-02-15 [JSON] — [CSV]
2024-01-15 [JSON] — [CSV]

2023

2023-12-14 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-11-16 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-10-12 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-09-14 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-08-17 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-07-13 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-06-08 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-05-18 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-04-18 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-03-09 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-02-16 [JSON] — [CSV]
2023-01-05 [JSON] — [CSV]

2022

2022-12-15 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-11-17 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-10-13 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-09-15 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-08-11 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-07-14 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-06-09 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-05-19 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-04-21 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-03-24 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-02-10 [JSON] — [CSV]
2022-01-20 [JSON] — [CSV]

2021

2021-12-14 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-11-19 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-10-15 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-09-16 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-08-12 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-07-15 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-06-17 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-05-17 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-04-15 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-03-18 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-02-11 [JSON] — [CSV]
2021-01-14 [JSON] — [CSV]

2020

2020-12-17 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-11-12 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-10-15 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-09-17 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-08-13 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-07-16 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-06-18 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-05-14 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-04-16 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-03-12 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-02-13 [JSON] — [CSV]
2020-01-16 [JSON] — [CSV]

2019

2019-12-12 [JSON] — [CSV]
2019-11-14 [JSON] — [CSV]
2019-10-17 [JSON] — [CSV]
2019-09-12 [JSON] — [CSV]
2019-08-15 [JSON] — [CSV]
2019-07-18 [JSON] — [CSV]
2019-06-13 [JSON] — [CSV]
2019-05-16 [JSON] — [CSV]
2019-04-18 [JSON]
2019-03-14 [JSON]
2019-02-14 [JSON]
2019-01-17 [JSON]

2018

2018-12-13 [JSON]
2018-11-15 [JSON]
2018-10-18 [JSON]
2018-09-13 [JSON]
2018-08-16 [JSON]
2018-07-12 [JSON]
2018-06-14 [JSON]
2018-05-17 [JSON]
2018-04-12 [JSON]
2018-03-15 [JSON]
2018-02-15 [JSON]
2018-01-12 [JSON]

2017

2017-12-15 [JSON]
2017-11-15 [JSON]
2017-10-15 [JSON]
2017-09-15 [JSON]
2017-08-15 [JSON]
2017-07-15 [JSON]
2017-06-15 [JSON]
2017-05-15 [JSON]
2017-04-15 [JSON]
2017-03-15 [JSON]
2017-02-15 [JSON]
2017-01-15 [JSON]

2016

2016-12-15 [JSON]
2016-11-12 [JSON]
2016-10-15 [JSON]
2016-09-15 [JSON]
2016-08-15 [JSON]
2016-07-15 [JSON]
2016-06-15 [JSON]
2016-05-15 [JSON]
2016-04-15 [JSON]
2016-03-22 [JSON]
2016-01-28 [JSON]

2015 and older

2015-12-17 [JSON]
2015-11-01 [JSON]
2015-10-22 [JSON] — [CSV]
2015-08-21 [JSON]
2015-06-12 [JSON]
2015-04-02 [JSON]
2014-12-02 [JSON]
2014-10-17 [JSON]
2014-08-13 [JSON]
2014-04-22 [JSON]

Note: from April 2015 we noticed that Kickstarter started limiting how many projects user can view in a single category. This limits the amount of historic projects we can get in a single scrape run. But recent and active projects are always included.

Note: from December 2015 we modified the collection approach to go through all sub-categories instead of only top level categories. This yields more results in the datasets, but possible duplication where projects are listed in multiple categories. Also from December 2015 JSON file is in JSON streaming format. Read more about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Streaming

We receive many question about timestamp format used in this dataset. It is unix time. Google has a lot of information about it.

Warning: files are compressed, size in area of 100mb. Uncompressed size around 600mb.

Also see: our Indiegogo data