What are biohacking communities?

Communities for people experimenting with their biology to optimize performance, health, and longevity. Covers wearables, sleep, nutrition, nootropics, red light therapy, cold exposure, continuous glucose monitoring, and self-tracking.

Where do most biohacking communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (32% of 28 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical biohacking community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 46K members and the median is 8K. 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.

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

Biohacking Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 28 biohacking communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: biohacking 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: 28
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 46K
Median members: 8K

Where Biohacking Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
9(32%)
Reddit
6(21%)
Discord
6(21%)
Skool
3(11%)
Facebook
2(7%)
Meetup
2(7%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
17(61%)
Chat communities
6(21%)
Private membership
3(11%)
Other platforms
2(7%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (61%), but chat communities is also well represented (21%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
4(14%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
10(36%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
11(39%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
3(11%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (46K vs 8K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Biohacking Differs From Other Categories

Biohacking is more free-to-join, and smaller, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Biohacking	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	84%
Median members	8K	25K
Average members	46K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	16%
Live chat	29%	41%
Discord share	21%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
71%
Live Chat
29%

Niche Features

Online/Offline Events
14%

Forum appears on 71% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 117

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	9	32%	8	7%
Reddit	6	21%	3	3%
Discord	6	21%	104	89%
Skool	3	11%	1	1%
Meetup	2	7%	1	1%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 89% of clicks but only 21% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
104(89%)
Forum / feed-based
11(9%)
Private membership
1(1%)
Other platforms
1(1%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
97(83%)
Live Chat
20(17%)
Online/Offline Events
2(2%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
90(77%)
Medium
17(15%)
Large
7(6%)
Massive
3(3%)

Top-clicked listings

BodyHackGuide
85(73%)
WWB Quarters
16(14%)
Dangerous Things Forum
3(3%)

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 Biohacking. 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 people experimenting with their biology to optimize performance, health, and longevity. Covers wearables, sleep, nutrition, nootropics, red light therapy, cold exposure, continuous glucose monitoring, and self-tracking.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (32% of 28 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 46K members and the median is 8K. 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.
: 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 Biohacking topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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