Abstract
Crowdfunding have gained popularity as a platform for individuals to harness the power of social solidarity to raise public funds for a range of objectives, such as for community projects, social good, medical expenses, etc. While there are many crowdfunding campaigns with altruistic goals, not all campaigns go viral and many more do not even meet their fundraising targets. This paper analyses the various factors that contribute to successful campaigns and develops five models for predicting fundraising success based on various combination of campaign features. We experiment on a dataset of 18,473 crowdfunding campaigns and discuss our main findings in terms of how different factors affect campaign success.