Executive Summary
We analyzed 24 basketball communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: basketball communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically
- Communities
- 24
- Platforms
- 5
- Avg members
- 778K
- Median members
- 21K
Where Basketball Communities Are Hosted
- Discord: 7 communities (29%)
- Independent Platforms: 5 communities (21%)
- Skool: 5 communities (21%)
- Reddit: 4 communities (17%)
- Facebook: 3 communities (13%)
- 7(29%)
Discord - 5(21%)
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Independent Platforms - 5(21%)
Skool - 4(17%)
Reddit - 3(13%)
Facebook
Format mix
- 12(50%)Forum / feed-based
- 7(29%)Chat communities
- 5(21%)Private membership
Forum / feed-based is most common (50%), but chat communities is also well represented (29%).
Discord leads, but Independent Platforms and Skool also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 0 communities (0%)
- Small: 0 communities (0%)
- Medium: 3 communities (13%)
- Large: 9 communities (38%)
- Huge: 5 communities (21%)
- Massive: 6 communities (25%)
- Gigantic: 1 communities (4%)
- 0(0%)Tiny<20 members
- 0(0%)Small20-100 members
- 3(13%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 9(38%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 5(21%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 6(25%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 1(4%)Gigantic1M+ members
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 20 communities (83%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 4 communities (17%)
The average is much higher than the median (778K vs 21K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Basketball Differs From Other Categories
| Metric | Basketball | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 83% | 84% |
| Median members | 21K | 25K |
| Average members | 778K | 673K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 17% | 16% |
| Live chat | 46% | 41% |
| Discord share | 29% | 17% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 14 communities (58%)
- Live Chat: 11 communities (46%)
- Paid Community: 4 communities (17%)
- 58%Forum
- 46%Live Chat
- 17%Paid Community
Niche Features
- Newsletter: 3 communities (13%)
- Token: 3 communities (13%)
- Online/Offline Events: 2 communities (8%)
- 13%Newsletter
- 13%Token
- 8%Online/Offline Events
Forum appears on 58% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 55
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discord | 7 | 29% | 39 | 71% |
| Independent Platforms | 5 | 21% | 4 | 7% |
| Skool | 5 | 21% | 2 | 4% |
| 4 | 17% | 10 | 18% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Discord hosts 29% of listings and 71% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.
Most-clicked formats
- 39(71%)Chat communities
- 14(25%)Forum / feed-based
- 2(4%)Private membership
Most-clicked features
- 30(55%)Forum
- 27(49%)Live Chat
- 16(29%)Paid Community
- 15(27%)Online/Offline Events
- 13(24%)Token
- 4(7%)Newsletter
Most-clicked size ranges
- 25(45%)Huge
- 15(27%)Large
- 8(15%)Gigantic
- 5(9%)Medium
- 2(4%)Massive
Top-clicked listings
- 14(25%)NBA Chat
- 9(16%)NBA Top Shot
- 8(15%)r/nba
Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.
Trends
Founded year
Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.
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
Methodology & FAQ
Methodology
This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Basketball. 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.
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