Projects that sourced most money from public

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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

Image: Visitors play with Playstation PS Vita at the Sony Playstation exhibition stand in Cologne, Germany.
Photographs: Ina Fassbender/Reuters

Games

Money raised in 2012: $82 million

Overall rank: 1

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Image: A camera crew films Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in a convertible car on Havana's seafront boulevard El Malecon in Cuba.
Photographs: Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Film and video

Money raised in 2012: $59 million

Overall rank: 2

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Image: Worker designs bulletproof clothing for children at the Miguel Caballero factory on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia.
Photographs: John Vizcaino/Reuters

Design

Money raised in 2012: $50 million

Overall rank: 3

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Image: Shoppers pass an HMV shop in central London.
Photographs: Paul Hackett/Reuters

Music

Money raised in 2012: $37 million

Overall rank: 4

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Image: Women use smartphones in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy.
Photographs: Tony Gentile/Reuters

Technology

Money raised in 2012: $30 million

Overall rank: 5

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Image: A newsstand in New York.
Photographs: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

Publishing

Money raised in 2012: $18 million

Overall rank: 6

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Image: A shopper leaves a Tesco store in Loughborough, central England.
Photographs: Darren Staples/Reuters

Food

Money raised in 2012: $16 million

Overall rank: 7

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Image: People walk past a staircase on a street in Lisbon, Portugal.
Photographs: Jose Manuel Ribeiro/Reuters

Art

Money raised in 2012: $15.6 million

Overall rank: 8

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Image: An original drawing by Belgium illustrator Herge from the Tintin comics is displayed in Paris.
Photographs: Jacky Naegelen/Reuters

Comics

Money raised in 2012: $15 million

Overall rank: 9

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Image: Actor Matschke performs on stage in Vienna, Austria.
Photographs: Herwig Prammer/Reuters

Theatre

Money raised in 2012: $10 million

Overall rank: 10

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Image: Fashion retailer Zara's shop in central Brussels, Belgium.
Photographs: Yves Herman/Reuters

Fashion

Money raised in 2012: $9 million

Overall rank: 11

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Image: A policeman strikes AFP photojournalist Patricia Melo during the Portuguese general strike in Lisbon.
Photographs: Hugo Correia/Reuters

Photography

Money raised in 2012: $5 million

Overall rank: 12

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Image: Alan Silva, 24, dances in downtown Lisbon, Portugal.
Photographs: Rafael Marchante/Reuters

Dance

Money raised in 2012: $2 million

Overall rank: 13

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Image: Tourists dance under water sprinklers at Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
Photographs: Larry Downing/Reuters

Dance

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

Overall rank: 1

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Image: 'Opera in the Street' artists perform in Havana, Cuba.
Photographs: Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Theatre

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

Overall rank: 2

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Image: A Virgin Megastore in Paris.
Photographs: Christian Hartmann/Reuters

Music

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

Overall rank: 3

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Image: A employeee poses with Ben Nicholson's 'October 1949 (composition-Rangitane)' at Christie's auction house in London.
Photographs: Luke MacGregor/Reuters

Art

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

Overall rank: 4

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Image: An attendee takes a picture of a life size Incredible Hulk in San Diego, California.
Photographs: Mike Blake/Reuters

Comics

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

Overall rank: 5

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Image: A workman polishes The Tumbler Batmobile during a promotional stop in downtown Toronto, Canada.
Photographs: Bob Strong/Reuters

Film and video

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

Overall rank: 6

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Image: A worker checks a watch by German watchmaker A Lange & Soehne in Glashuette, Germany.
Photographs: Tobias Schwarz/Reuters

Design

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

Overall rank: 7

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Image: Mariann Lau serves glasses of wine in Las Vegas, United States.
Photographs: David Becker/Reuters

Food

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

Overall rank: 8

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Image: Tourists use an iPad tablet in front of Rome's ancient Colosseum.
Photographs: Tony Gentile/Reuters

Technology

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

Overall rank: 9

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Image: News photographers in Washington, DC.
Photographs: Yuri Gripas/Reuters

Photography

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

Overall rank: 10

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Image: Visitors play the Xbox at the Microsoft exhibition stand in Cologne, Germany.
Photographs: Ina Fassbender/Reuters

Games

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

Overall rank: 11

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Image: A newsstand in Madrid, Spain.
Photographs: Susana Vera/Reuters

Publishing

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

Overall rank: 12

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Image: A woman looks at her iPad tablet after the Emporio Armani Spring/Summer 2013 collection at Milan Fashion Week, Italy.
Photographs: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

Fashion

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

Overall rank: 13

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