What are bodybuilding communities?

Communities for bodybuilders and strength athletes at every level, from beginners learning the basics to competitive athletes prepping for shows. Discussion covers training splits, nutrition, supplementation, contest prep, and the science of hypertrophy.

Where do most bodybuilding communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (36% of 25 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 bodybuilding community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 771K members and the median is 50K. 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 (76%). 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 Bodybuilding topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Bodybuilding Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 25 bodybuilding communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-21

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Communities: 25
Platforms: 4
Avg members: 771K
Median members: 50K

Where Bodybuilding Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
9(36%)
Independent Platforms
8(32%)
Skool
7(28%)
Discord
1(4%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
17(68%)
Private membership
7(28%)
Chat communities
1(4%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (68%), but private membership is also well represented (28%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(4%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(4%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
5(20%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(24%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
9(36%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(8%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (771K vs 50K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Bodybuilding Differs From Other Categories

Bodybuilding is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Bodybuilding	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	85%
Median members	50K	25K
Average members	771K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	15%
Live chat	24%	38%
Discord share	4%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
76%
Live Chat
24%

Niche Features

Courses
4%

Forum appears on 76% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 36

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	9	36%	3	9%
Discord	1	4%	31	91%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 91% of clicks but only 4% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
31(91%)
Forum / feed-based
3(9%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
31(91%)
Forum
3(9%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
33(97%)
Massive
1(3%)

Top-clicked listings

Paragon Fitness
31(91%)
r/FemaleBodybuilding
2(6%)
r/brogress
1(3%)

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

Trends

Founded year

Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Bodybuilding. 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 2026-06-21

FAQ

: Communities for bodybuilders and strength athletes at every level, from beginners learning the basics to competitive athletes prepping for shows. Discussion covers training splits, nutrition, supplementation, contest prep, and the science of hypertrophy.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (36% of 25 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 771K members and the median is 50K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (76%). 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 Bodybuilding topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.