Executive Summary
We analyzed 18 ai assistants communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: ai assistants communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-10-14
- Communities
- 18
- Platforms
- 5
- Avg members
- 70K
- Median members
- 37K
Where AI Assistants Communities Are Hosted
- Reddit: 7 communities (39%)
- Discord: 5 communities (28%)
- Independent Platforms: 3 communities (17%)
- Slack: 2 communities (11%)
- Facebook: 1 communities (6%)
- 7(39%)
Reddit - 5(28%)
Discord - 3(17%)
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Independent Platforms - 2(11%)
Slack - 1(6%)
Facebook
Format mix
- 11(61%)Forum / feed-based
- 7(39%)Chat communities
Forum / feed-based is most common (61%), but chat communities is also well represented (39%).
Reddit leads, but Discord and Independent Platforms also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 0 communities (0%)
- Small: 0 communities (0%)
- Medium: 2 communities (11%)
- Large: 1 communities (6%)
- Huge: 6 communities (33%)
- Massive: 5 communities (28%)
- Gigantic: 0 communities (0%)
- 0(0%)Tiny<20 members
- 0(0%)Small20-100 members
- 2(11%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 1(6%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 6(33%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 5(28%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 0(0%)Gigantic1M+ members
4 communities have unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 18 communities (100%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 0 communities (0%)
The average is much higher than the median (70K vs 37K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How AI Assistants Differs From Other Categories
AI Assistants is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | AI Assistants | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 100% | 85% |
| Median members | 37K | 25K |
| Average members | 70K | 658K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 0% | 15% |
| Live chat | 39% | 41% |
| Discord share | 28% | 18% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 13 communities (72%)
- Live Chat: 7 communities (39%)
- 72%Forum
- 39%Live Chat
Forum appears on 72% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 56
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 39% | 3 | 5% | |
| Discord | 5 | 28% | 25 | 45% |
| Independent Platforms | 3 | 17% | 3 | 5% |
| Slack | 2 | 11% | 17 | 30% |
| 1 | 6% | 8 | 14% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Discord gets 45% of clicks but only 28% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.
Most-clicked formats
- 42(75%)Chat communities
- 14(25%)Forum / feed-based
Most-clicked features
- 36(64%)Live Chat
- 22(39%)Forum
Most-clicked size ranges
- 14(25%)Huge
- 12(21%)Large
- 3(5%)Massive
- 2(4%)Medium
Top-clicked listings
- 14(25%)Instinct AI Community
- 12(21%)AI Productivity Hub Slack
- 8(14%)AI Assistants & Agents Community
Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.
Trends
Founded year
Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.
Methodology & FAQ
Methodology
This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as AI Assistants. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.
- •This is a smaller slice of Hive Index's database, so read trends as directional.
- •Last updated 2026-10-14