Find Any Kickstarter Username with WhatsMyName App
Kickstarter has taken 9.41 billion dollars in pledges from close to 25 million backers, and roughly 57 percent of projects launched there never reach their goal at all. Backing a project is giving money to a stranger on the strength of a plan, so the creator's history is the thing worth checking. WhatsMyName App checks a Kickstarter handle alongside 731 other platforms in one search.
Platform: Crowdfunding, commerce · $9.41 billion pledged by nearly 25 million backers
Search Kickstarter Username FreeWhat Is Kickstarter and Why Username Searches Matter
Kickstarter has hosted 686,810 project launches, of which 292,605 were successfully funded, a success rate of 42.74 percent. Nearly 392,000 failed to fund and more than 60,000 finished at zero percent. Games lead by money raised at 2.85 billion dollars, followed by technology at 2 billion and design at 1.94 billion. The largest single campaign to date is Anker's eufyMake E2 yarn machine at around 46.5 million dollars in 2024, while Exploding Kittens still holds the record for backers at 219,382.
Both creators and backers have public profiles at kickstarter.com/profile/handle. A creator profile lists the projects they have launched, which is the single most useful thing on the site for judging whether to back something. A backer profile shows what they have supported, when the account was created, and any comments they have left.
The reason to check a handle is that funding and delivery are different events. A campaign can hit its target and still ship late, ship a different product, or never ship at all, and the platform is explicit that it is not a store. Backers vet creators before pledging. Journalists trace a campaign that collapsed. And creators check their own handle, because backers increasingly look them up before committing four figures to a first time project.
How Kickstarter Usernames Work
Profiles live at kickstarter.com/profile/handle and load without an account. The display name on a campaign page and the profile handle are separate, so the name in bold above a project pitch is not necessarily the string you should be searching.
The most important number on a creator profile is how many projects they have run before. A creator with three delivered campaigns behind them is a fundamentally different risk from a first timer, and Kickstarter surfaces that count precisely because it is the best predictor available. Comments on those earlier projects are where backers say whether anything actually arrived.
Handle reuse across the creator cluster is high, because a campaign needs an audience before it launches. Successful creators typically have a Patreon, a Gumroad, a Product Hunt listing or a long running social presence under the same handle, built up before the campaign went live. A handle that came into existence at the same time as the project has no history to check.
- Profile URL format: kickstarter.com/profile/handle
- Both creators and backers have public profiles
- The campaign display name and the profile handle are separate
- Prior project count is the strongest available risk signal
- High handle overlap with Patreon, Gumroad and Product Hunt
How to Search a Kickstarter Username with WhatsMyName App
No account, no install, no cost. Results in under 90 seconds.
Go to WhatsMyName App
Open whatsmynameapp.us in any browser. No account and nothing to install.
Get the creator handle
Click the creator's name on the campaign page and take the handle from the profile URL, rather than using the project title.
Run the search
Type the handle into the search bar and click Search. All 732 platforms are checked in parallel, including Kickstarter.
Find the Kickstarter result
Results stream in as each check completes. Look for the Kickstarter entry showing confirmed or not found.
Read the project history
Open a confirmed result and count the prior campaigns. Then read the comments on the most recent one, where backers report what did or did not arrive.
Check the creator cluster
Look at the Patreon, Gumroad, Product Hunt and social results in the same scan. A creator with an audience predating the campaign is a much safer bet.
Export the results
When the scan finishes, export every found account to CSV if you are documenting a pledge or a dispute.
What WhatsMyName App Shows for Kickstarter
A confirmed result links to the public profile. Read it in this order: how many projects have been created, how long the account has existed, and what backers said in the comments on previous campaigns. Those three together tell you far more than any amount of polish on the campaign page itself.
A not-found result usually means the project title or the display name was searched rather than the profile handle. It can also mean the account was deleted, which does happen after a campaign goes badly, and is worth noting if you are chasing a creator who has gone quiet.
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Open WhatsMyName AppAfter Finding a Kickstarter Account
Before pledging, weight history over presentation. A polished video costs a few thousand dollars and proves nothing about fulfilment. A creator who has delivered two previous campaigns, with comment threads showing backers received their rewards, has demonstrated the one capability that actually matters. The 42.74 percent overall success rate is about funding, not delivery, and delivery failures are not counted in it.
Pay particular attention to first time creators in hardware and technology. Those categories have raised two billion dollars between them and are also where the gap between a working prototype and a manufactured product is widest. A first timer with no manufacturing background and no presence anywhere outside the campaign is the highest risk profile on the platform.
If you are running a campaign, backers will search your handle before they pledge, and increasingly they search it before they even finish the video. A consistent presence built before launch is worth more than anything you can add during the campaign, because it is the part that cannot be manufactured retrospectively.
- Prior delivered campaigns beat any amount of production value
- The published success rate measures funding, not fulfilment
- First time hardware creators carry the widest risk gap
- Creators: the presence you build before launch is what gets checked
Related Platform Searches
WhatsMyName App checks these platforms alongside Kickstarter in a single search. Explore the guides below or browse all OSINT tools available on this site.
Creators who fund work through an audience usually run a Patreon too, and its age shows whether the following predates the campaign.
Gumroad shows whether a creator has actually delivered paid digital products before asking for crowdfunding.
Technology and design creators launch on Product Hunt as well, which adds an independent record of what they have shipped.
People who reuse a handle on Kickstarter tend to reuse it on these too:
Every platform guide on this site is listed on the WhatsMyName App guide.
Frequently Asked Questions about Kickstarter Username Search
How do I check a Kickstarter creator before backing?
Click their name on the campaign page, take the handle from the profile URL, and search it in WhatsMyName App. Count their prior projects, read the comments on those, then check the rest of the scan for a presence that predates the campaign.
Are Kickstarter backer profiles public?
Yes. Both creators and backers have public profiles at kickstarter.com/profile/handle, showing account age, projects backed or created, and comments left.
What share of Kickstarter projects succeed?
About 42.74 percent of the 686,810 projects launched have been successfully funded. Nearly 392,000 failed to fund and more than 60,000 finished at zero percent.
Does a funded project mean I will receive the reward?
No. Funding and delivery are separate events, and the published success rate measures funding only. Kickstarter is explicit that it is not a store, which is why the creator's delivery history matters more than the campaign page.
Why would a Kickstarter handle return not found?
Usually because the project title or the creator's display name was searched instead of the profile handle. It can also mean the account was deleted, which sometimes happens after a campaign fails.
Is checking a Kickstarter profile legal?
I am launching a campaign, why check my own handle?
Because backers check it before pledging. What they find is your history outside the campaign, and that is the part you cannot build once the campaign is already live.
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