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?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (19% of 21 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

81% 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 414K members and the median is 14K. 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 (71%). 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 21 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 2026-05-15

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Communities: 21
Platforms: 7
Avg members: 414K
Median members: 14K

Where Baseball Communities Are Hosted

Discord
4(19%)
Independent Platforms
4(19%)
LinkedIn
3(14%)
Reddit
3(14%)
Facebook
3(14%)
X / Twitter
2(10%)
Skool
2(10%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
10(48%)
Other platforms
5(24%)
Chat communities
4(19%)
Private membership
2(10%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (48%), but other platforms is also well represented (24%).

Discord leads, but Independent Platforms 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(29%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(29%)
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 (414K vs 14K), 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	81%	85%
Median members	14K	25K
Average members	414K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	19%	15%
Live chat	29%	38%
Discord share	19%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
71%
Live Chat
29%
Courses
24%
Newsletter
19%
Paid Community
19%

Niche Features

Member Perks
14%
Online/Offline Events
14%
Job Board
5%
Pairing
5%

Forum appears on 71% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 358

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	4	19%	342	98%
Independent Platforms	4	19%	1	0%
Reddit	3	14%	3	1%
Facebook	3	14%	4	1%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 19% of listings and 98% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
342(98%)
Forum / feed-based
8(2%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
342(98%)
Member Perks
335(96%)
Online/Offline Events
316(90%)
Courses
315(90%)
Paid Community
20(6%)
Forum
8(2%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
342(98%)
Large
3(1%)
Gigantic
3(1%)
Massive
1(0%)

Top-clicked listings

MySportPick
315(90%)
MLB Chat
20(6%)
Throwback Studios
4(1%)

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

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

MySportPick
Discord · 5.0 stars · 62K members

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.
•Last updated 2026-05-15

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.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (19% of 21 listings).
: 81% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 414K members and the median is 14K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (71%). 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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