While they are supposed to guarantee transparency, the figures given by the platforms should be treated carefully. Any comparison between them is dificult because of the diferent time periods used to produce them, the criteria and denominations used and each platform’s distinctive features. But they do illustrate the capitalist interest of these practices, and give us some indication of the cultural sectors that use them most. Gift platforms with a cultural dimension are the largest in terms of the number of projects submitted. Nevertheless, as the BPI figures compiled between 2013 and 2017 show, in total amounts raised and average sums they are clearly inferior to loan and investment platforms—a gap explained in part by a smaller average total request by project creators, but also by the duration of campaigns, which are longer on investment platforms.
Participatory Cultural Platforms and Labour
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