What are content creation communities?

One of the larger categories on the site, covering communities for video creators, streamers, podcasters, musicians, and written content producers. Discord has communities for every type of creator, while Facebook groups and Reddit subreddits serve platform-specific creators working across YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch.

Where do most content creation communities live?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (34% of 82 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

78% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical content creation community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 133K members and the median is 19K. 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?

Live Chat is the most common (62%). Others that show up often include forum, paid community, 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 Content Creation topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Content Creation Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 82 content creation communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 82
Platforms: 12
Avg members: 133K
Median members: 19K

Where Content Creation Communities Are Hosted

Discord
28(34%)
Reddit
21(26%)
Independent Platforms
10(12%)
Facebook
7(9%)
Skool
7(9%)
WhatsApp
3(4%)
X / Twitter
2(2%)
Nas.io
1(1%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
39(48%)
Chat communities
31(38%)
Private membership
7(9%)
Other platforms
5(6%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (48%), but chat communities is also well represented (38%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
4(5%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
11(13%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
8(10%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
28(34%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
7(9%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(2%)

22 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (133K vs 19K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Content Creation Differs From Other Categories

Content Creation is more platform-diverse, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Content Creation	Hive Index average
Free to join	78%	84%
Median members	19K	25K
Average members	133K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	22%	16%
Live chat	62%	41%
Discord share	34%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
62%
Forum
51%
Paid Community
18%
Online/Offline Events
17%
Courses
15%

Niche Features

Newsletter
7%
Job Board
6%
Pairing
6%
Requires Application
6%
Tools
5%
Member Perks
2%

Live Chat appears on 62% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 401

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	28	34%	259	65%
Reddit	21	26%	21	5%
Independent Platforms	10	12%	4	1%
Facebook	7	9%	96	24%
Skool	7	9%	2	0%
Nas.io	1	1%	1	0%
YourKind	1	1%	1	0%
Slack	1	1%	17	4%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 34% of listings and 65% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
276(69%)
Forum / feed-based
121(30%)
Other platforms
2(0%)
Private membership
2(0%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
355(89%)
Forum
165(41%)
Online/Offline Events
141(35%)
Paid Community
65(16%)
Courses
61(15%)
Pairing
53(13%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
268(67%)
Large
42(10%)
Medium
35(9%)
Massive
12(3%)
Small
5(1%)

Top-clicked listings

StreamScheme Discord
46(11%)
UGC Creators Community
44(11%)
TikTok Discord
42(10%)

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

Trends

Founded year

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2019

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2022

2024

62 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2019.

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

Next Acess
Discord · 5.0 stars · 600 members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

Updated periodically

FAQ

: One of the larger categories on the site, covering communities for video creators, streamers, podcasters, musicians, and written content producers. Discord has communities for every type of creator, while Facebook groups and Reddit subreddits serve platform-specific creators working across YouTube, TikTok, and Twitch.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (34% of 82 listings).
: 78% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 133K members and the median is 19K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Live Chat is the most common (62%). Others that show up often include forum, paid community, 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 Content Creation topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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