Executive Summary
We analyzed 85 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
- Communities
- 85
- Platforms
- 12
- Avg members
- 129K
- Median members
- 16K
Where Content Creation Communities Are Hosted
- Discord: 30 communities (35%)
- Reddit: 21 communities (25%)
- Independent Platforms: 10 communities (12%)
- Facebook: 7 communities (8%)
- Skool: 7 communities (8%)
- WhatsApp: 3 communities (4%)
- X / Twitter: 2 communities (2%)
- Slack: 2 communities (2%)
- Nas.io: 1 communities (1%)
- YourKind: 1 communities (1%)
- Discourse: 1 communities (1%)
- LinkedIn: 1 communities (1%)
- 30(35%)
Discord - 21(25%)
Reddit - 10(12%)
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Independent Platforms - 7(8%)
Facebook - 7(8%)
Skool - 3(4%)
WhatsApp - 2(2%)
X / Twitter - 2(2%)
Slack
Format mix
- 39(46%)Forum / feed-based
- 34(40%)Chat communities
- 7(8%)Private membership
- 5(6%)Other platforms
Forum / feed-based is most common (46%), but chat communities is also well represented (40%).
Discord leads, but Reddit and Independent Platforms also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 1 communities (1%)
- Small: 4 communities (5%)
- Medium: 12 communities (14%)
- Large: 8 communities (9%)
- Huge: 28 communities (33%)
- Massive: 7 communities (8%)
- Gigantic: 2 communities (2%)
- 1(1%)Tiny<20 members
- 4(5%)Small20-100 members
- 12(14%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 8(9%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 28(33%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 7(8%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 2(2%)Gigantic1M+ members
23 communities have unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 66 communities (78%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 19 communities (22%)
The average is much higher than the median (129K vs 16K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Content Creation Differs From Other Categories
Content Creation is smaller, 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 | 16K | 25K |
| Average members | 129K | 673K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 22% | 16% |
| Live chat | 64% | 41% |
| Discord share | 35% | 17% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Live Chat: 54 communities (64%)
- Forum: 42 communities (49%)
- Online/Offline Events: 15 communities (18%)
- Paid Community: 15 communities (18%)
- 64%Live Chat
- 49%Forum
- 18%Online/Offline Events
- 18%Paid Community
Niche Features
- Courses: 12 communities (14%)
- Newsletter: 6 communities (7%)
- Requires Application: 6 communities (7%)
- Job Board: 5 communities (6%)
- Pairing: 5 communities (6%)
- Tools: 4 communities (5%)
- Member Perks: 2 communities (2%)
- 14%Courses
- 7%Newsletter
- 7%Requires Application
- 6%Job Board
- 6%Pairing
- 5%Tools
- 2%Member Perks
Live Chat appears on 64% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 391
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discord | 30 | 35% | 219 | 56% |
| 21 | 25% | 22 | 6% | |
| Independent Platforms | 10 | 12% | 2 | 1% |
| 7 | 8% | 98 | 25% | |
| Skool | 7 | 8% | 5 | 1% |
| 3 | 4% | 19 | 5% | |
| X / Twitter | 2 | 2% | 1 | 0% |
| Slack | 2 | 2% | 23 | 6% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Discord hosts 35% of listings and 56% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.
Most-clicked formats
- 261(67%)Chat communities
- 122(31%)Forum / feed-based
- 5(1%)Private membership
- 3(1%)Other platforms
Most-clicked features
- 340(87%)Live Chat
- 182(47%)Forum
- 136(35%)Online/Offline Events
- 62(16%)Paid Community
- 59(15%)Courses
- 51(13%)Pairing
Most-clicked size ranges
- 246(63%)Huge
- 56(14%)Medium
- 31(8%)Large
- 9(2%)Massive
- 4(1%)Small
Top-clicked listings
- 56(14%)TikTok Discord
- 48(12%)UGC Creators Community
- 42(11%)Next Acess
Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.
Trends
Founded year
- 2008: 1 communities (5%)
- 2009: 1 communities (5%)
- 2011: 2 communities (10%)
- 2012: 1 communities (5%)
- 2013: 2 communities (10%)
- 2017: 1 communities (5%)
- 2018: 1 communities (5%)
- 2019: 6 communities (30%)
- 2020: 3 communities (15%)
- 2022: 1 communities (5%)
- 2024: 1 communities (5%)
65 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
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
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