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Projects that sourced most money from public

Last updated on: January 25, 2013 08:18 IST

City Hall and the Freedom Monument are illuminated with Christmas decorations on the main square in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Last year more than 18,000 projects were successfully funded on Kickstarter, the largest crowdfunding website.

A total of $320 million was contributed by 2.2 million people, making possible creative projects including a documentary on fracking, a home aquaponics kit and a community centre for circus arts, according to The Economist.

Let's take a look at some of the most successful crowdfunded projects on Kickstarter in 2012.

Source: The Economist

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Projects that sourced most money from public

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Visitors play with Playstation PS Vita at the Sony Playstation exhibition stand in Cologne, Germany.

Games

Money raised in 2012: $82 million

Overall rank: 1

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A camera crew films Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in a convertible car on Havana's seafront boulevard El Malecon in Cuba.

Film and video

Money raised in 2012: $59 million

Overall rank: 2

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Design

Money raised in 2012: $50 million

Overall rank: 3

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Shoppers pass an HMV shop in central London.

Music

Money raised in 2012: $37 million

Overall rank: 4

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Women use smartphones in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy.

Technology

Money raised in 2012: $30 million

Overall rank: 5

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Publishing

Money raised in 2012: $18 million

Overall rank: 6

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A shopper leaves a Tesco store in Loughborough, central England.

Food

Money raised in 2012: $16 million

Overall rank: 7

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People walk past a staircase on a street in Lisbon, Portugal.

Art

Money raised in 2012: $15.6 million

Overall rank: 8

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Comics

Money raised in 2012: $15 million

Overall rank: 9

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Actor Matschke performs on stage in Vienna, Austria.

Theatre

Money raised in 2012: $10 million

Overall rank: 10

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Fashion

Money raised in 2012: $9 million

Overall rank: 11

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A policeman strikes AFP photojournalist Patricia Melo during the Portuguese general strike in Lisbon.

Photography

Money raised in 2012: $5 million

Overall rank: 12

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Dance

Money raised in 2012: $2 million

Overall rank: 13

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Dance

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 78 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 1

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'Opera in the Street' artists perform in Havana, Cuba.

Theatre

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 62 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 2

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Music

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 58 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 3

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A employeee poses with Ben Nicholson's 'October 1949 (composition-Rangitane)' at Christie's auction house in London.

Art

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 44 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 4

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An attendee takes a picture of a life size Incredible Hulk in San Diego, California.

Comics

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 42 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 5

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A workman polishes The Tumbler Batmobile during a promotional stop in downtown Toronto, Canada.

Film and video

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 40 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 6

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A worker checks a watch by German watchmaker A Lange & Soehne in Glashuette, Germany.

Design

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 40 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 7

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Mariann Lau serves glasses of wine in Las Vegas, United States.

Food

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 39 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 8

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Tourists use an iPad tablet in front of Rome's ancient Colosseum.

Technology

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 39 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 9

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Photography

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 37 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 10

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Visitors play the Xbox at the Microsoft exhibition stand in Cologne, Germany.

Games

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 36 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 11

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Publishing

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 35 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 12

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Fashion

Percentage of crowdsourced money: 22 per cent of total funds raised

Overall rank: 13