GoGetFunding hosted thousands of great projects and have helped people from all over the world raise millions online. And to help you raise the most money possible with your own campaign, they decided to do some good ol’ fashioned number crunching. GoGetFunding looked at 12,052 projects and millions of data points within these campaigns to see what really makes a difference when crowdfunding.

North America and Europe dominated the Crowdfunding industry by raising 59% and 35% of worldwide capital raised in 2012. To help visualize the growth of the crowdfunding industry, Go Get Funding created the following infographic which we hope you enjoy:

Consumer Debt are debts that are owed as a result of purchasing goods that are consumable and/or do not appreciate. Check out infographic below:

Only 50% of Americans are setting up a monthly budget, out of which 21% fail to meet the budget at least six months out of every year. Only 44% of Americans understand that a credit score measures the risk of not repaying a loan, rather than their debt or financial resources. 52% of Americans are spending more than they earn, out of which 21% regularly have monthly expenses in excess  [ Read More ]

8.2% US Households don’t have bank accounts, 28.3% of U.S. households are either unbanked or under banked. 33% of them not have enough funds for bank accounts. Check out more interesting facts on infographic below:

The average age at which a U.S. consumer first adopted a credit card is 20.8 years. 84% of the student population overall have credit cards. Average Credit Card Consumer holds 4.4 Credit Cards, One in ten consumers has more than 10 credit cards. Most people actually use it on travel expenses, and surprisingly only 1 in 5 use them to pay for bills.

Despite the tough global economy, travel seems to be one of the industries still growing. Did you know almost 80 million foreigners visit France each year? That definitely dwarfs the 8000 visitors Turkmenistan gets every year. With fuel prices at an all time high, it is no surprise that most people spend their travel dollars on airfare.