More than 97,000 individual donations have now been made on Mr Sutton’s JustGiving page.
The teenager, who decided to raise the money for charity as part of a bucket-list of things to do before he died, has been blogging from hospital where his health took a turn for the worse on Tuesday.
Writing on Facebook yesterday, he said he thought he had been a “goner”, but was “still fighting” as donations from the public continued to flood in.
He has enjoyed support from a host of celebrities who have taken to Twitter, posing for pictures with the hashtag thumbsupforstephen and holding signs to encourage people to donate.
The campaign was originally championed by comedian Jason Manford, who said he had previously met the teenager at charity gigs and was bowled over by his positivity as he strove to make the best of his situation.
Yesterday Mr Sutton, from Burntwood, Staffordshire, wrote: “I am still in a very vulnerable position. I am very limited in what I can do and am still permanently hooked up to oxygen.
“But I am in high spirits and blessed to have so much love and support around me.
“To get to see the million pound fund-raising target being reached was just phenomenal!”
The teenager was diagnosed with what was initially bowel cancer when he was 15.
Despite surgery, the aggressive cancer spread to different parts of his body and, after further treatment and operations, doctors concluded it was incurable.
Mr Sutton set up his charity fundraising website and blog on Facebook in January last year to keep people up to date with his progress.
Siobhan Dunn, chief executive of the Teenage Cancer Trust, praised the inspiring teenager and ambassador for the charity.
She said: “I’ve had the privilege of meeting him and his positivity is always remembered by all that meet him or hear him speak.
“Stephen is making the biggest possible difference to Teenage Cancer Trust and the young people who need our help.”
Speaking previously, Mr Sutton said he disliked the term “dying from my cancer – I am living with my cancer, despite it being there”.
His bucket-list of 46 things to do before he died included things like hugging an elephant, crowd-surfing in a rubber dinghy, playing the drums at a Wembley cup final, getting a tattoo and appearing on BBC drama Doctors.
To donate, visit http://www.justgiving.com/Stephen-Sutton-TCT.
Teenage cancer patient Stephen Sutton posts "life story" on-line as donations hit £2.4m
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