B
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84%
84% -- late shipping rate for Kickstarter top-funded projects (2026)
84 percent of top-funded Kickstarter projects ship late.
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84%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
synapse.com
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Tier C
http://www.synapse.com/wall-of-cool/skooks/strategic-hire-kickstarting-product-development ↗
Source Article
The Strategic Hire: Kickstarting Product Development
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synapse.com
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Kickstarter top-funded projects: 84% late shipping rate. Source: synapse.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/kickstarter-top-funded-projects-shipping-late
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/kickstarter-top-funded-projects-shipping-late" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>84%</strong> -- late shipping rate for Kickstarter top-funded projects<br><small>Source: synapse.com (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/kickstarter-top-funded-projects-shipping-late" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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