Study: Kickstarter has created 8.8K companies, 29.6K full-time jobs and $5.3B for project owners

A new study by the University of Pennsylvania provides the first comprehensive look at how the Kickstarter community impacts the creative economy. The study finds that Kickstarter projects have:

- Employed 283,000 part-time collaborators in bringing creative projects to life.

- Created 8,800 new companies and nonprofits, and 29,600 full-time jobs. 

- Generated more than $5.3 billion in direct economic impact for those creators and their communities.

Source Kickstarter