What are camping communities?

Communities for campers and RV enthusiasts to share trip tips, gear advice, and campsite recommendations. Covers dedicated membership clubs for full-time RVers, app-based communities for finding campsites, and Facebook groups for families living the road life.

Where do most camping communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (67% of 24 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

38% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical camping community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 167K members and the median is 57K. 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 (75%). Others that show up often include requires application, 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 Camping topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 24 camping communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-09

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Communities: 24
Platforms: 4
Avg members: 167K
Median members: 57K

Where Camping Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
16(67%)
Facebook
4(17%)
Reddit
3(13%)
Discord
1(4%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
23(96%)
Chat communities
1(4%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (96%).

Independent Platforms leads with 67%, but Facebook also has a meaningful share (17%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
1(4%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(4%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
2(8%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
4(17%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
6(25%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

10 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (167K vs 57K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Camping Differs From Other Categories

Camping is less free-to-join, larger, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Camping	Hive Index average
Free to join	38%	85%
Median members	57K	24K
Average members	167K	652K
Paid or apply-to-join	63%	15%
Discord share	4%	16%
Topic pageviews / mo	128	725

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
75%
Requires Application
54%
Newsletter
42%
Online/Offline Events
25%
Paid Community
25%
Courses
21%
Member Perks
17%

Niche Features

Live Chat
13%

Forum appears on 75% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 6

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	16	67%	2	33%
Facebook	4	17%	3	50%
Discord	1	4%	1	17%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Facebook gets 50% of clicks but only 17% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
5(83%)
Chat communities
1(17%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
4(67%)
Forum
2(33%)
Member Perks
2(33%)
Newsletter
2(33%)
Online/Offline Events
1(17%)
Paid Community
1(17%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
3(50%)
Tiny
1(17%)

Top-clicked listings

Van Dwellers
2(33%)
The Dyrt
1(17%)
Apex Hiking Club
1(17%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2000

2009

2010

2011

2013

18 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2013.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Camping. 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 2026-06-09

FAQ

: Communities for campers and RV enthusiasts to share trip tips, gear advice, and campsite recommendations. Covers dedicated membership clubs for full-time RVers, app-based communities for finding campsites, and Facebook groups for families living the road life.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (67% of 24 listings).
: 38% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 167K members and the median is 57K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (75%). Others that show up often include requires application, 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 Camping topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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