12 Best Anime Independent Communities (Updated May 2026)

12 Anime communities on Independent Platforms

Updated 5/4/2026

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#1
Anilist
Lists of your favorites, leave reviews and check your progress here and there, but, there is one feature of this website that you would completely like, for sure. This community also serves as sort of a social media platform for anime fans, yep! You can add friends and socialize with them, you can exchange opinions, you can also keep track of what they are currently watching and if they are done with it.
1.5M members
Forum
Chat
Paid
41 views / month
#2
AnimeBase Forum
AnimeBase Forum is an online community where you can meet new anime fans, join Anime discussions and play our popular Naruto Roleplay (RPG)!
Forum
Paid
7 views / month
#3
Anime Forums
A unique community of fans from around the world, who gather to share their fandom and love of anime, manga, gaming, fanart and at the cornerstone of it all, Japanese culture! Take a moment to join us today and you'll have access to our member clubs and events too. Come join in the fun and become a part of our community.
Forum
Events
11 views / month
#4
Crunchyroll
Another large online community when it comes to anime and manga, with staggering 45 million members. And the reason for that is, this website acts as a streaming site for many many of your favorite anime so you can watch them online. You can also read manga and they make sure that they have all the latest chapters uploaded unto their database.
45.0M members
Forum
Events
Newsletter
Jobs
Paid
7 views / month
#5
Anime-Planet
This website is mainly for anime streaming, great start, huh? And it also serves as a community for anime lovers where they can share their opinion and ratings about a certain series, movie or even characters. Detailed reviews of users regarding your favorite anime can be read as well. The website also offers forum and Discord chat.
Forum
Chat
Events
6 views / month
#6
MyAnimeList
This is one of the most well known and biggest anime database in the world wide web. It let's you create lists that you can personalize so you can keep track of the series that you are watching (like most of them do), at the same time, leave reviews about it on detail for other members to see. The website also has a traditional online forum and a Discord server with over 50.000 members.
13.8M members
Forum
Chat
7 views / month
#7
OneManga
OneManga is a small community with some very dedicated members who talk about a wide range of series, mainly about Mangas and Anime.
29K members
Forum
Chat
5 views / month
#8
Animeleague
Animeleague exists to bring anime fans, gaming fans, cosplayers and general geeks together. We do this through online forums, social media, real-life meetups and conventions to help build one big family and community of friends together. We run over fifty events a year ranging from small free community meetups to free minicons to full-scale conventions.
30K members
Forum
Events
13 views / month
#9
AnimeForum
Anime Forum offers an active online community for anime enthusiasts. Talk about a wide range of things related to Anime including Shonen Anime and Manga, Shojo Anime and Manga, general Anime, read anime game reviews, find lyrics requests, lyric corrections, and more. This website also offers Discord chat.
234K members
Forum
Chat
3 views / month
#10
AnimeSuki Forum
AnimeSuki Forum is active and mature community, but sometimes too much prone to spoilers if the Anime was adapted from a novel. It focuses more on Animes than Mangas.
51K members
Forum
12 views / month
Anime Superhero
Welcome to animesuperhero.com! It’s a great place to meet like-minded friends and share your thoughts on all things in the world of animation and many other interesting subjects.
14K members
Forum
5 views / month
MyAnimeList Forums
Anime community forums on MyAnimeList for discussing anime titles, manga, characters, creating custom lists and ratings, including Dungeon Meshi.
Forum
3 views / month

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FAQ

: One of the largest category areas on the site, with communities covering specific series as well as general anime fan spaces. Discord servers dominate, with some of the biggest having hundreds of thousands of members for chatting, fan art, watch parties, and series discussion.
: Hive Index lists 12 Anime independent communities on Independent Platforms. Most listings with size data are huge (33%) or gigantic (25%). We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional. The main Anime topic page covers every platform we track for this topic.
: Forum is the most common (100%). Others that show up often include live chat and online/offline events. Use the feature filters above the list to narrow results.
: 9 of 12 (75%) are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: On Hive Index, the default Popular sort surfaces Anilist, AnimeBase Forum, Anime Forums, and Crunchyroll first. Popularity reflects visitor interest in communities on the site, not a universal quality score. Use the sort menu for Ratings, Largest, or Newest.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for topic relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available. Member counts are approximate. Popular reflects visitor interest in communities on the site, with richer profiles breaking ties. Ratings, Largest, and Newest use review scores, reported member counts, and listing age instead.
: This page was last updated 5/4/2026, based on the most recent change to the topic or its listings. We refresh entries when communities are submitted, claimed, or reviewed, and we update member counts, features, and traffic data on an ongoing basis.