新型コロナ感染拡大前後のクラウドファンディング支援者の変化とその含意

抄録

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the crowdfunding supporters was examined based on online a survey conducted in 2022. The author compared data of supporters from three periods, in ‘2019 and before’, ‘2020’, and ‘2021 and after’. In ‘2020’, 20.2% of supported projects were related to COVID-19. The proportion declined rapidly in ‘2021 and after’, even though impact of COVID-19 on soceity was still serious. It was pointed out that crowdfunding has the potential as a prompt tool for social support in the crisis such as COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, it is difficult to utilize crowdfunding for continuous support.