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Kickstarter Campaign Intelligence: Live Funding, Backer Velocity, Trend Alerts

Track live and recently funded Kickstarter campaigns at scale. Each row carries the campaign identity, blurb, category, creator, country, pledge totals, backer counts, funding percent, launch date, deadline, days left, spotlight and staff pick flags, and source filter context. Optional enrichment adds full pledge reward tiers, update counts, comment counts, FAQ counts, and creator history (lifetime launched + backed). Pay per campaign row.

Built for product scouts at brands sourcing white label opportunities, manufacturers hunting for products to license, trend hunters watching category breakouts, e-commerce founders studying competitive launches, hardware VCs scoring early stage deal flow, supply chain teams tracking demand signals before retail, agencies pitching crowdfunding clients, and analysts building category reports for trade publications.

Keywords this actor ranks for: kickstarter api, kickstarter scraper, crowdfunding intelligence, kickstarter campaign tracker, crowdfunding deal flow, kickstarter trend tracker, kickstarter live campaigns, kickstarter funding tracker, kickstarter alert, kickstarter category report, crowdfunding market research, kickstarter competitor analysis, hardware deal flow, product scouting tool.

Why this actor

How it works

flowchart LR
 A[Queries<br/>Categories<br/>Project URLs] --> B[Seed router]
 B --> C[discover/advanced<br/>format=json paginated]
 B --> D[Project HTML page]
 C --> E[Parse projects array<br/>id, name, blurb,<br/>pledged, goal, backers]
 E --> F{Need enrichment?<br/>rewards, updates,<br/>creator history}
 F -->|no| G[(Basic row)]
 F -->|yes| D
 D --> H[Parse data-initial JSON<br/>+ tab counts]
 H --> I[updateCount<br/>commentCount<br/>faqCount]
 H --> J[Optional<br/>rewards tiers]
 H --> K[Optional<br/>creator launched + backed]
 I --> L[(Enriched row)]
 J --> L
 K --> L

The discover JSON endpoint returns up to 12 projects per page with funding totals, deadlines, creator, category, and country. We seed one URL per (state, category, term, country) combination and paginate until has_more is false or the cap is reached. Enrichment toggles trigger one extra request per campaign for pledge tiers, update counts, or creator history.

What you get per row

flowchart LR
 R[Campaign row] --> R1[Identity<br/>projectId projectKey url slug]
 R --> R2[Pitch<br/>name blurb category photo]
 R --> R3[Money<br/>pledged goal usdPledged percentFunded backers]
 R --> R4[Timing<br/>launchedAt deadline daysLeft state]
 R --> R5[Origin<br/>creatorName creatorSlug country location]
 R --> R6[Signal<br/>spotlight staffPick]
 R --> R7[Optional<br/>rewards array]
 R --> R8[Optional<br/>updateCount commentCount faqCount]
 R --> R9[Optional<br/>creatorLaunchedCount creatorBackedCount]

Use projectKey (creator slug + project slug) as the canonical identifier across reissues. Use projectId for raw Kickstarter ID joins.

Quick start

Daily watchlist of live tech campaigns above 100 percent funded

{
"categories":["technology"],
"states":["live"],
"minPercentFunded":100,
"sort":"most_funded",
"maxCampaigns":50
}

Successful games campaigns launched in the last 30 days, with reward tiers

{
"categories":["games"],
"states":["successful"],
"launchedAfterDays":30,
"fetchRewards":true,
"maxCampaigns":100
}

Search term across all states

{
"queries":["smart home","modular desk"],
"states":["live","successful"],
"sort":"most_backed",
"maxCampaigns":100
}

Direct project URLs with full enrichment

{
"projectUrls":[
"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creator/slug-one",
"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creator/slug-two"
],
"fetchRewards":true,
"fetchUpdates":true,
"fetchCreator":true
}

Country filter: live design campaigns from Japan

{
"categories":["design"],
"states":["live"],
"country":"JP",
"maxCampaigns":100
}

Upcoming campaigns (prelaunch) for early scouting

{
"categories":["technology","design"],
"states":["upcoming"],
"sort":"newest",
"maxCampaigns":100
}

Sample output

{
"projectId":"1234567890",
"projectKey":"ledgerco/modular-edc-wallet",
"name":"Modular EDC Wallet",
"slug":"modular-edc-wallet",
"blurb":"A titanium card wallet that adapts to your daily carry. RFID safe. Lifetime warranty.",
"url":"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ledgerco/modular-edc-wallet",
"projectPath":"/projects/ledgerco/modular-edc-wallet",
"state":"live",
"country":"US",
"countryName":"United States",
"currency":"USD",
"currencySymbol":"$",
"pledged":248530.12,
"goal":25000,
"usdPledged":248530.12,
"percentFunded":994.1,
"backers":3214,
"spotlight":false,
"staffPick":true,
"launchedAt":"2026-04-18T16:00:00.000Z",
"deadline":"2026-06-02T16:00:00.000Z",
"daysLeft":18,
"createdAt":"2026-03-29T20:00:00.000Z",
"stateChangedAt":"2026-04-18T16:00:00.000Z",
"category":"Product Design",
"categorySlug":"design/product-design",
"parentCategory":"Design",
"creatorId":9876543,
"creatorName":"Ledger Co",
"creatorSlug":"ledgerco",
"creatorUrl":"https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/ledgerco",
"photo":"https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/.../modular-edc-wallet-hero.jpg",
"location":"Brooklyn, NY",
"sourceState":"live",
"sourceCategorySlug":"design",
"sourceTerm":null,
"updateCount":8,
"commentCount":412,
"faqCount":14,
"rewards":[
{
"id":"reward-1",
"title":"Early Bird Single Wallet",
"priceText":"$59",
"priceUsd":59,
"description":"One Modular EDC Wallet in your choice of titanium finish.",
"backers":412,
"limitText":"Limited (88 left of 500)",
"estimatedDelivery":"Aug 2026",
"shipping":"Ships worldwide"
}
],
"creatorLaunchedCount":3,
"creatorBackedCount":47,
"scrapedAt":"2026-05-15T10:00:00.000Z"
}

Who uses this

Input reference

API call

curl-X POST \
"https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USER~kickstarter-campaign-tracker/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN"\
-H"Content-Type: application/json"\
-d'{
 "categories": ["technology", "design"],
 "states": ["live"],
 "sort": "most_funded",
 "minPercentFunded": 100,
 "fetchRewards": true,
 "maxCampaigns": 100
 }'

Pricing

The first 5 campaign rows per run are free so you can validate the schema before paying. After that, one charge per campaign row regardless of how many enrichment fields you turn on. Rewards, update counts, and creator history are included at no extra per row charge.

FAQ

Do I need a Kickstarter account?

No. The actor only touches public HTML and the public discover JSON endpoint that any anonymous web visitor can see.

How is this different from Kicktraq?

Kicktraq charges a monthly subscription per seat and locks data behind a UI. This actor pushes structured JSON straight to your warehouse with no per seat license. Pay per row.

Which campaign states are supported?

Six: live (taking pledges now), successful (funded and closed), failed (closed unfunded), canceled, submitted (pending review), upcoming (prelaunch page live). Combine in one run.

Can I track a campaign's funding over time?

Run the actor on an Apify schedule and store snapshots. The dataset will have one row per scrape per campaign, keyed on projectId. Plot pledged, backers, percentFunded over time.

How do I get reward tier data?

Set fetchRewards: true. Each campaign row will include a rewards[] array with title, price, USD price, description, backer count, limit text, estimated delivery, and shipping summary.

How fresh is the data?

Each run hits the live Kickstarter discover endpoint and project pages. Funding totals, backer counts, and deadlines reflect what Kickstarter shows at scrape time.

Will Kickstarter block me?

The actor uses Apify residential proxy by default with a 2 second navigation delay. Datacenter IPs are accepted for low volume runs. Past a few hundred requests in a short window Kickstarter throttles datacenter ranges. Residential rotates per request.

Can I filter to a specific country?

Yes. Set country: "US", country: "GB", country: "DE", country: "JP", etc. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes.

Does it cover prelaunch (upcoming) pages?

Yes. Pass states: ["upcoming"] to scout campaigns before they go live. The prelaunch row has launchedAt: null and deadline: null but carries the creator and category for early outreach.

How do I find proven creators?

Combine fetchCreator: true with a filter on creatorLaunchedCount >= 2 after the run. Repeat creators raise more on average and are more likely to deliver. You can also filter by staffPick: true for editorially flagged campaigns.

Can I deduplicate across runs?

Yes. dedupe: true (default) skips project IDs already pushed in previous runs of the same actor instance. The state lives in a named key value store. Turn off to refresh stale rows on a daily schedule.

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