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Over 1 million individual contributions raised a total of $40M across ActBlue in the month of August. And most notably, it was our second straight month with more than 3,000 campaigns, committees, and nonprofits using our tools — the most we’ve ever had at one time.

Topline Numbers

AUG. ’13 AUG. ’14 AUG. ’15 AUG. ’16
Contributions 155,552 686,457 526,058 1,030,968
Total Amount $5,818,391 $23,427,305 $15,371,255 $40,131,043
Avg. Contribution Size $37.40 $34.13 $29.22 $38.93
Unique Campaigns, Committees,
and Organizations
1,305 2,244 1,632 3,111

 
August topline numbers

Mobile

AUG. ’13 AUG. ’14 AUG. ’15 AUG. ’16
% Mobile 9.6% 27.5% 29.8% 28.2%
% Mobile for
Express Users
13.1% 29.6% 32.4% 30.6%

 
August mobile numbers

Customer Service

In August 2016 our customer service team handled an average of 741 email conversations a day.

AUG. ’16
Total Incoming Calls 8,362
Email Conversations 22,972

Express

AUG. ’13 AUG. ’14 AUG. ’15 AUG. ’16
New Express Users 12,971 59,467 74,437 50,100
% of Total Volume
via Express Users
45.0% 57.7% 59.8% 59.7%
% of Contributions
via Express Users
53.1% 63.7% 66.0% 66.2%

 
August express numbers

Recurring

AUG. ’13 AUG. ’14 AUG. ’15 AUG. ’16
Total Recurring Volume $502,669 $3,618,613 $4,565,712 $10,079,048
% of Total Volume 8.6% 15.4% 29.7% 25.1%

 
August recurring numbers

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