What are beauty communities?

Communities for beauty enthusiasts covering skincare, makeup, fashion, and trends. Dedicated forums serve long-form discussion and product recommendations, while Facebook groups and smaller online spaces cater to more specific interests in beauty culture and style.

Where do most beauty communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (55% of 22 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

86% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical beauty community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 936K members and the median is 108K. 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 (91%). Others that show up often include member perks, newsletter, and online/offline events.

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 Beauty topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 22 beauty communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: beauty listings cluster on Independent Platforms, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-06

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Communities: 22
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 936K
Median members: 108K

Where Beauty Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
12(55%)
Reddit
7(32%)
Slack
1(5%)
Discord
1(5%)
Facebook
1(5%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
20(91%)
Chat communities
2(9%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (91%).

Independent Platforms leads with 55%, but Reddit also has a meaningful share (32%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(5%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(5%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(5%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
5(23%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
4(18%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
5(23%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (936K vs 108K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Beauty Differs From Other Categories

Beauty is larger than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Beauty	Hive Index average
Free to join	86%	85%
Median members	108K	25K
Average members	936K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	14%	15%
Discord share	5%	16%
Topic pageviews / mo	331	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
91%
Member Perks
27%
Newsletter
23%
Online/Offline Events
23%

Niche Features

Job Board
14%
Live Chat
14%
Paid Community
9%
Requires Application
5%

Forum appears on 91% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 30

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	12	55%	13	43%
Slack	1	5%	2	7%
Discord	1	5%	6	20%
Facebook	1	5%	9	30%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Independent Platforms hosts 55% of listings and 43% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
22(73%)
Chat communities
8(27%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
22(73%)
Live Chat
8(27%)
Member Perks
4(13%)
Online/Offline Events
4(13%)
Newsletter
3(10%)
Paid Community
3(10%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
12(40%)
Large
6(20%)
Massive
3(10%)
Medium
2(7%)

Top-clicked listings

Skin Care Beauty Products
9(30%)
Asian Beauty
6(20%)
Women Only Forum
4(13%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2010

2013

2016

2017

15 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2013.

Community Quality & Ratings

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

1.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

Asian Beauty
Discord · 1.0 stars · 7K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Beauty. 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 2026-06-06

FAQ

: Communities for beauty enthusiasts covering skincare, makeup, fashion, and trends. Dedicated forums serve long-form discussion and product recommendations, while Facebook groups and smaller online spaces cater to more specific interests in beauty culture and style.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (55% of 22 listings).
: 86% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 936K members and the median is 108K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (91%). Others that show up often include member perks, newsletter, and online/offline events.
: 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 Beauty topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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