By Monday evening it had passed its initial target of 200,000 signatures.
The newspaper said that it had raised millions of dollars from donors and had an initial target of $50m.
The appeal was linked to from the YouTube video, and soon snowballed past the initial target of $5,000.
That was below the initial target of $15bn and many of those funds will be distributed over several years.
The deficit fell to 3.9% of GDP in 2006, better than the initial target of 4.6%.
The programme has expanded from an initial target of £75 billion to £175 billion.
The army will reach its initial target of 80,000 early next year.
If they reach their initial target of £10,000, they will hold a four-week summer school in May as a pilot.
The appeal had raised £825 by Monday lunchtime, with an initial target of £10,000 to scope out the most promising approaches.
The company said that it has hit £20m in structural cost savings for the year, up from an initial target of £15m.
The initial target of £1,000 was met within 15 minutes of the launch, with a number of rugby league players among those who have donated.
