r/kickstarter

103k members
r/kickstarter is a subreddit with 103k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses kickstarter, campaign, looking for, game, and struggling, and they frequently recommend/review camera strap.
At /r/Kickstarter we aim to promote a healthy space for project creators and backers to talk. Please check out our self-promotion sticky before posting your project.

Popular Themes in r/kickstarter

#1
Advice Requests
: "We reached $140k on Kickstarter in two months without starting from a big community. Here are the marketing lessons."
23 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "My First Comic While We Burn Just Launched on Kickstarter + Preview Pages"
7 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Anyone else having repetitive changes with kickstarter? After requesting human review they are no longer responding to me."
5 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "I want to get the strongest launch possible, so I am thinking of spending more on ads during the first few hours after the Kickstarter campaign goes live. Any ideas on how we can encourage Meta to spend more aggressively during the first few hours of the campaign? Or any other suggestions? Thanks!"
3 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "€5k raised in the first 20 hours - how do I keep the momentum going?"
1 post

Popular Topics in r/kickstarter

#1

Kickstarter

: "Kickstarter bans all NSFW content from the website"
281 posts
#2

Campaign

: "I wanted to share that my first Campaign got funded and I am happy"
101 posts
#3

Looking For

40 posts
#4

Game

: "My Game CoreShot is on Kickstarter"
40 posts
#5

Struggling

31 posts
#6

Looking

25 posts
#7

Project

21 posts
#8

Tired

17 posts
#9

Feedback

: "200% funded in 48 hours, then everything slowed down - made a mistake early on and need Feedback"
17 posts
#10

Partner

15 posts

Products Discussed in r/kickstarter

Camera Strap

1 review
#1
Kickstarter
5.0 from 1 review

Flair Used in r/kickstarter

#1
Self-Promotion
: "Solo dev funding a renovation + mystery life-sim in 1540s Mediterranean - 58% with 12 days to go"
58 posts
#2
Question
: "Manufacturer sent wrong version of game, different than proofs, do I sue?"
25 posts
#3
Discussion
: "4 unfulfilled Kickstarters and he launches a 5th. Here's what he said when asked for proof. (more in comments)"
15 posts
#4
Help
: "My Kickstarter hasn’t even STARTED yet and I’m already getting scams"
8 posts
#5
Announcements
: "Kickstarter bans all NSFW content from the website"
5 posts
#6
Resource
: "I built a Kickstarter pledge monitor and the CEO of Kickstarter liked it"
3 posts

Member Growth in r/kickstarter

Yearly
+11k members(11.5%)

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Last updated: June 13, 2026