What are baseball communities?

Communities for baseball fans to discuss games, stats, and picks. Discord has active servers for game chat and sports betting, while Reddit hosts team-specific subreddits and general baseball communities for analysis and fan discussion.

Where do most baseball communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (20% of 20 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

80% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical baseball community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 437K members and the median is 13K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.

What do these communities usually include?

Forum is the most common (75%). Others that show up often include live chat, courses, and newsletter.

How does Hive Index collect this data?

Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.

Where can I see the full list?

The full directory is on Hive Index's Baseball topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Baseball Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends &...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 20 baseball communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: baseball communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 20
Platforms: 7
Avg members: 437K
Median members: 13K

Where Baseball Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
4(20%)
Discord
3(15%)
LinkedIn
3(15%)
Reddit
3(15%)
Facebook
3(15%)
X / Twitter
2(10%)
Skool
2(10%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
10(50%)
Other platforms
5(25%)
Chat communities
3(15%)
Private membership
2(10%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (50%), but other platforms is also well represented (25%).

Independent Platforms leads, but Discord and LinkedIn also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(5%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
0(0%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(30%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
5(25%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
2(10%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(10%)

4 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (437K vs 13K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Baseball Differs From Other Categories

Baseball is smaller than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Baseball	Hive Index average
Free to join	80%	84%
Median members	13K	25K
Average members	437K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	20%	16%
Live chat	25%	41%
Discord share	15%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
75%
Live Chat
25%
Courses
20%
Newsletter
20%
Paid Community
20%

Niche Features

Member Perks
10%
Online/Offline Events
10%
Job Board
5%
Pairing
5%

Forum appears on 75% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 201

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	4	20%	1	5%
Discord	3	15%	10	50%
LinkedIn	3	15%	1	5%
Reddit	3	15%	4	20%
Facebook	3	15%	3	15%
X / Twitter	2	10%	1	5%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 50% of clicks but only 15% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
10(50%)
Forum / feed-based
8(40%)
Other platforms
2(10%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
10(50%)
Live Chat
10(50%)
Member Perks
6(30%)
Paid Community
6(30%)
Job Board
1(5%)
Newsletter
1(5%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
9(45%)
Gigantic
4(20%)
Large
3(15%)
Massive
3(15%)

Top-clicked listings

MLB Chat
6(30%)
Throwback Studios
3(15%)
Vintage Baseball
3(15%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Baseball. 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.

FAQ

: Communities for baseball fans to discuss games, stats, and picks. Discord has active servers for game chat and sports betting, while Reddit hosts team-specific subreddits and general baseball communities for analysis and fan discussion.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (20% of 20 listings).
: 80% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 437K members and the median is 13K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (75%). Others that show up often include live chat, courses, and newsletter.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available.
: The full directory is on Hive Index's Baseball topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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