The crowdfunding industry raised $2.7 billion in 2012 across 1 million campaigns. an infographic visualizing some of the trends and statistics in crowdfunding. The GoGetFunding infographic uses statistics from the 2012 and 2013 Crowdfunding industry reports to indicate the growth and potential of crowdfunding to raise funds for social causes and business. Social causes accounted for 38% of 2012 crowdfunding, which totalled $2.7 billion in 2012. This means that more than $1 billion had been raised for social causes through crowdfunding.