What are comedy communities?

Communities for comedy fans and performers covering sitcoms, stand-up, improv, and online comedy culture. You will find long-running forums for TV comedy fans with message boards and reviews, alongside smaller communities for comedians sharing material and discussing the craft.

Where do most comedy communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (29% of 14 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

79% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical comedy community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 547K members and the median is 12K. 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 (93%). Others that show up often include paid community.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 14 comedy communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: In this smaller sample, comedy communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2023-07-12

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Communities: 14
Platforms: 7
Avg members: 547K
Median members: 12K

Where Comedy Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
4(29%)
Reddit
2(14%)
Quora
2(14%)
Facebook
2(14%)
LinkedIn
2(14%)
Discord
1(7%)
Slack
1(7%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
10(71%)
Chat communities
2(14%)
Other platforms
2(14%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (71%).

Independent Platforms leads (29% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(7%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(14%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
3(21%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
2(14%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(7%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
3(21%)

2 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (547K vs 12K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Comedy Differs From Other Categories

Comedy is smaller than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Comedy	Hive Index average
Free to join	79%	85%
Median members	12K	25K
Average members	547K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	21%	15%
Discord share	7%	16%
Topic pageviews / mo	193	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
93%
Paid Community
21%

Niche Features

Newsletter
14%
Online/Offline Events
14%
Job Board
7%
Live Chat
7%
Member Perks
7%

Forum appears on 93% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 15

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	4	29%	2	13%
Facebook	2	14%	13	87%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Facebook gets 87% of clicks but only 14% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked size ranges

Gigantic
10(67%)
Massive
3(20%)
Huge
2(13%)

Top-clicked listings

House of Comedy
10(67%)
Comedy Land
3(20%)
Cook'd and Bomb'd
2(13%)

A few listings get most of the clicks; the rest split what is left.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Comedy. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional.
•Last updated 2023-07-12

FAQ

: Communities for comedy fans and performers covering sitcoms, stand-up, improv, and online comedy culture. You will find long-running forums for TV comedy fans with message boards and reviews, alongside smaller communities for comedians sharing material and discussing the craft.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (29% of 14 listings).
: 79% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 547K members and the median is 12K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (93%). Others that show up often include paid community.
: 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 Comedy topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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