What are cars communities?

Communities for car enthusiasts covering everything from JDM imports to sim racing and electric vehicles. Discord hosts large servers for general car culture and model-specific groups, while Facebook and Reddit round out the mix with general car talk, brand-specific communities, and buying advice.

Where do most cars communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (57% of 21 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

90% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical cars community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 699K members and the median is 132K. 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 and newsletter.

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

Cars Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends & Data...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 21 cars communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2025-12-23

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Communities: 21
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 699K
Median members: 132K

Where Cars Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
12(57%)
Discord
3(14%)
Reddit
3(14%)
Slack
2(10%)
Facebook
1(5%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
16(76%)
Chat communities
5(24%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (76%), but chat communities is also well represented (24%).

Independent Platforms leads with 57%, but Discord also has a meaningful share (14%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
1(5%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(5%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(5%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
5(24%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
7(33%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
3(14%)

3 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (699K vs 132K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Cars Differs From Other Categories

Cars is larger than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Cars	Hive Index average
Free to join	90%	85%
Median members	132K	25K
Average members	699K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	10%	15%
Live chat	29%	38%
Discord share	14%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
76%
Live Chat
29%
Newsletter
24%

Niche Features

Member Perks
14%
Paid Community
10%
Online/Offline Events
5%

Forum appears on 76% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 40

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	12	57%	2	5%
Discord	3	14%	32	80%
Reddit	3	14%	2	5%
Slack	2	10%	3	8%
Facebook	1	5%	1	3%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 80% of clicks but only 14% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
35(88%)
Forum / feed-based
5(13%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
35(88%)
Member Perks
32(80%)
Paid Community
10(25%)
Forum
5(13%)
Online/Offline Events
2(5%)
Newsletter
1(3%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
32(80%)
Massive
3(8%)
Medium
2(5%)
Gigantic
2(5%)
Tiny
1(3%)

Top-clicked listings

The Car Community
18(45%)
JDM Flair Car Community
8(20%)
ROBLOX Car Meets
6(15%)

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

Community Quality & Ratings

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

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

Fourbie Exchange
Independent Platforms · 5.0 stars · 30K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Cars. 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 2025-12-23

FAQ

: Communities for car enthusiasts covering everything from JDM imports to sim racing and electric vehicles. Discord hosts large servers for general car culture and model-specific groups, while Facebook and Reddit round out the mix with general car talk, brand-specific communities, and buying advice.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (57% of 21 listings).
: 90% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 699K members and the median is 132K. 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 and newsletter.
: 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 Cars topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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