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 periodically
- Communities
- 24
- Platforms
- 4
- Avg members
- 168K
- Median members
- 58K
Where Camping Communities Are Hosted
- Independent Platforms: 16 communities (67%)
- Facebook: 4 communities (17%)
- Reddit: 3 communities (13%)
- Discord: 1 communities (4%)
- 16(67%)
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Independent Platforms - 4(17%)
Facebook - 3(13%)
Reddit - 1(4%)
Discord
Format mix
- 23(96%)Forum / feed-based
- 1(4%)Chat communities
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: 1 communities (4%)
- Small: 0 communities (0%)
- Medium: 1 communities (4%)
- Large: 2 communities (8%)
- Huge: 4 communities (17%)
- Massive: 6 communities (25%)
- Gigantic: 0 communities (0%)
- 1(4%)Tiny<20 members
- 0(0%)Small20-100 members
- 1(4%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 2(8%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 4(17%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 6(25%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 0(0%)Gigantic1M+ members
10 communities have unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 9 communities (38%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 15 communities (63%)
The average is much higher than the median (168K vs 58K), 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% | 84% |
| Median members | 58K | 25K |
| Average members | 168K | 672K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 63% | 16% |
| Discord share | 4% | 18% |
| Topic pageviews / mo | 128 | 827 |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 18 communities (75%)
- Requires Application: 13 communities (54%)
- Newsletter: 10 communities (42%)
- Online/Offline Events: 6 communities (25%)
- Paid Community: 6 communities (25%)
- Courses: 5 communities (21%)
- Member Perks: 4 communities (17%)
- 75%Forum
- 54%Requires Application
- 42%Newsletter
- 25%Online/Offline Events
- 25%Paid Community
- 21%Courses
- 17%Member Perks
Niche Features
- Live Chat: 3 communities (13%)
- 13%Live Chat
Forum appears on 75% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 3
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 13% | 2 | 67% | |
| Discord | 1 | 4% | 1 | 33% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Reddit gets 67% of clicks but only 13% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.
Most-clicked formats
- 2(67%)Forum / feed-based
- 1(33%)Chat communities
Most-clicked features
- 3(100%)Forum
- 1(33%)Live Chat
- 1(33%)Member Perks
- 1(33%)Newsletter
- 1(33%)Online/Offline Events
Most-clicked size ranges
- 1(33%)Tiny
- 1(33%)Massive
- 1(33%)Huge
Top-clicked listings
- 1(33%)Apex Hiking Club
- 1(33%)r/WildernessBackpacking
- 1(33%)r/boondocking
Most clicks go to forum / feed-based and chat communities communities.
Trends
Founded year
- 2000: 1 communities (17%)
- 2009: 1 communities (17%)
- 2010: 1 communities (17%)
- 2011: 1 communities (17%)
- 2013: 2 communities (33%)
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.
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