{"id":24948,"date":"2026-01-15T11:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/?p=24948"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:35:32","slug":"2025-in-crowdfunding-backerkits-biggest-moments-that-shaped-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/blog\/2025-in-crowdfunding-backerkit-biggest-moments-that-shaped-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 in Crowdfunding: BackerKit\u2019s Biggest Moments That Shaped the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025 tested creators everywhere. Economic uncertainty as well as rising manufacturing and shipping costs made launching and fulfilling a crowdfunding campaign harder than ever.<\/p>\n

Still, creators pushed forward, collaborated, and found opportunity in the fray. And on BackerKit<\/a>, many launched their biggest, boldest projects yet.<\/p>\n

That momentum carried across the entire platform and helped produce some of the biggest moments and milestones at BackerKit that shaped the year.<\/p>\n

BackerKit\u2019s Biggest Moments & Milestones of 2025<\/span><\/h2>\n
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  1. We hosted record-breaking creators, campaigns, and category growth<\/a><\/b>. Topping lists and setting trends across Films, Plushies, Graphic Novels, TTRPGs, and more.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. We saw the exponential growth of BackerKit Collab-Funding. <\/a><\/b>Collab-Funding campaigns grew 3x and Collab-Funding pledge-volume grew 7x year-over-year. Plus, we achieved 100% funding for all 2025 Topia projects.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. We shipped impactful tools built for the crowdfunding pro.<\/a><\/b> BackerKit Tariff Manager, Pre-Launch Reservation, Audience Intelligence, Patreon Integration, and so much more.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. We raised $3M+ through our Wefunder campaign<\/a><\/b>\u00a0thanks to you<\/em>, our community of creators and backers. Thousands of investors backed us and our vision for the future of crowdfunding built for the creative pro.<\/li>\n
  5. We even hit new milestones behind <\/i>the scenes at BackerKit<\/a><\/b>. Our people and platform are setting new industry standards for crowdfunding success.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Record-breaking creators, campaigns, and category growth<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Chart-Topping Creators Who Had Their Biggest Campaigns Ever<\/span><\/h3>\n

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    \ud83c\udfac <\/b>Nail House<\/i><\/a> by RocketJump became the #1 Most-funded Crowdfunded Film of 2025<\/b> and #1 Most-funded Crowdfunded Action Film of all time<\/b>, raising over $1 million from over 10,000 backers <\/span><\/p>\n

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    \ud83d\udc09<\/span> Weighted Wonders – Weighted & Warmable Dragon Plush<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Roamin\u2019 Bison Workshop became the <\/span>#1 Most-funded Crowdfunded Plushie<\/b> campaign across all platforms, raising over $1.2 million from over 8,000 backers <\/span><\/p>\n

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    \ud83d\udc0a The Dungeon Crawler Carl: Crocodile Graphic Novel<\/i><\/a> by Vault Comics is now the #4 Most-funded crowdfunding Graphic Novel of all time.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Category Growth: TTRPG Spotlight<\/span>\"\"<\/span><\/h3>\n

    2025 turned out to be the biggest year yet for <\/span>TTRPGs on BackerKit<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n