Kickstarter Projects Scraper

Extracts crowdfunding project data from Kickstarter — funding progress, backer counts, creator details, categories, and campaign deadlines — for any combination of keywords, categories, and campaign states.

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Why use this actor

• No account required — works entirely on public data without logging in
• Full funding metrics — goal, amount pledged, backer count, percent funded, and campaign deadline in every record
• Two flexible modes — search by keyword (e.g. "board game", "3D printing") or bulk-sweep entire categories (Games, Technology, Design, etc.)
• All campaign states — collect live, successful, failed, or canceled projects for market research and trend analysis
• Optional deep detail — enable enrichment to add pledge reward tiers, tags, and community engagement counts
• Stable structured output — consistent fields ready to load into a spreadsheet, database, or analytics pipeline

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How it works

1. You choose a mode: search (enter one or more keywords) or discover (sweep by category and state).
2. The actor pages through results automatically, collecting up to your maxItems limit.
3. Each project record is saved to your dataset as soon as it is collected — you can start downloading before the run finishes.
4. Optionally enable Enrich from project pages to add reward tiers, tags, and engagement counts to every record.

You do not need to manage browsers, write code, or handle pagination.

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Input

Search mode — find projects by keyword

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchTerms": ["board game"],
  "state": "all",
  "sort": "newest",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "requestDelaySecs": 2,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Discover mode — bulk sweep by category

{
  "mode": "discover",
  "categoryIds": [12],
  "state": "successful",
  "sort": "most_funded",
  "maxItems": 500,
  "requestDelaySecs": 2,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Field reference

Field	Type	Description
mode	string	"search" — find projects by keyword. "discover" — sweep by category and state.
searchTerms	array	Keywords to search (search mode only). Each term runs independently. Up to ~280 results per term. Example: ["board game", "card game"].
categoryIds	array	Kickstarter category IDs to sweep (discover mode). Leave empty to sweep all 14 top-level categories. See category table below.
state	string	Campaign state filter. "all" (default in search), "live", "successful", "failed", "canceled".
sort	string	Sort order. "newest" (default), "most_funded", "most_backed", "end_date", "magic".
maxItems	integer	Maximum PROJECT records to collect. 0 = no limit. Default: 100.
enrichProjectPages	boolean	Fetch each project page for reward tiers, tags, and engagement counts. Doubles runtime. Default: false.
requestDelaySecs	number	Pause between requests in seconds. Minimum 1.5 recommended. Default: 2.0.
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy settings. Residential proxies recommended for large runs.

Category ID reference

ID	Category	ID	Category
1	Art	12	Games
3	Comics	13	Journalism
6	Dance	14	Music
7	Design	15	Photography
9	Fashion	16	Technology
10	Film & Video	17	Publishing
11	Food	18	Theater

Sub-category IDs also accepted — for example 34 = Tabletop Games, 341 = Wearables.

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Output

Search mode sample (mode=search, searchTerms=["board game"])

{
  "_input":     "board game",
  "_source":    "S2-search",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-06-10T12:16:12Z",
  "recordType": "PROJECT",
  "id": 1680359054,
  "name": "HEAVY TRANSPORTERS of WW2 (Volume 2) (scale 1:56)",
  "blurb": "3D printable STL files from Wargame3D. HEAVY TRANSPORTERS of WW2 (Volume 2) (scale 1:56, 28mm)",
  "state": "live",
  "goal": 350.0,
  "pledged": 531.0,
  "backers_count": 6,
  "percent_funded": 151.71,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "deadline": 1782387640,
  "launched_at": 1781091640,
  "staff_pick": false,
  "country": "PL",
  "slug": "heavy-transporters-of-ww2-volume-2-scale-1-56",
  "category": { "id": 34, "name": "Tabletop Games", "parent_name": "Games" },
  "creator": { "id": 1922924163, "name": "Wargame3d", "slug": "planes3d" },
  "location": { "displayable_name": "Lublin, Poland", "country": "PL" },
  "urls": { "web": { "project": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/planes3d/heavy-transporters-of-ww2-volume-2-scale-1-56" } }
}

Discover mode sample (mode=discover, categoryIds=[34], state=live)

{
  "_input":     "discover/cat=34/state=live/sort=newest",
  "_source":    "S1-discover",
  "_scrapedAt": "2026-06-10T12:16:12Z",
  "recordType": "PROJECT",
  "id": 1303370749,
  "name": "ABC Messenger Modular Game Bag",
  "blurb": "Compact for daily carry. Expands for full game sessions.",
  "state": "live",
  "goal": 3000.0,
  "pledged": 3076.0,
  "backers_count": 20,
  "percent_funded": 102.53,
  "currency": "GBP",
  "deadline": 1783674014,
  "launched_at": 1781082014,
  "staff_pick": false,
  "country": "GB",
  "slug": "abc-messenger-modular-game-bag",
  "category": { "id": 34, "name": "Tabletop Games", "parent_name": "Games" },
  "creator": { "id": 146432849, "name": "PLEI DESIGN", "slug": "pleistudio" },
  "location": { "displayable_name": "London, UK", "country": "GB" },
  "urls": { "web": { "project": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pleistudio/abc-messenger-modular-game-bag" } }
}

With enrichProjectPages: true, each record also includes: rewards (all pledge tiers with amounts and descriptions), tags, add_ons, comments_count, updates_count.

Output field reference

Field	Type	Description
recordType	string	"PROJECT" for campaign records. "SEARCH_RUN" for per-term metadata (search mode only).
id	integer	Kickstarter project ID.
name	string	Campaign title.
blurb	string	Short campaign description.
state	string	Campaign state: live, successful, failed, or canceled.
goal	number	Funding goal in the campaign's currency.
pledged	number	Amount pledged so far.
backers_count	integer	Number of backers.
percent_funded	number	Pledged amount as a percentage of the goal.
currency	string	Currency code (e.g. USD, EUR, GBP).
usd_pledged	string	Pledged amount converted to USD.
deadline	integer	Campaign end date as a Unix timestamp.
launched_at	integer	Campaign launch date as a Unix timestamp.
staff_pick	boolean	Whether Kickstarter featured this campaign.
country	string	Creator's country code.
slug	string	URL slug for the project page.
category	object	Category name, ID, and parent category.
creator	object	Creator name, ID, slug, and avatar.
location	object	City and country of the creator.
urls	object	Direct links to the project page and rewards page.
_scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.

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