What are cosplay communities?

Communities for cosplayers to share builds, get feedback, find collaborators, and celebrate the craft. Discord and dedicated forums host thousands of makers, with Reddit having large general cosplay communities for sharing work and getting help on materials and techniques.

Where do most cosplay communities live?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (31% of 16 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

94% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical cosplay community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 254K 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 (69%). Others that show up often include live chat.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 16 cosplay communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2024-06-09

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Communities: 16
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 254K
Median members: 12K

Where Cosplay Communities Are Hosted

Discord
5(31%)
Independent Platforms
5(31%)
Reddit
2(13%)
Facebook
2(13%)
LinkedIn
1(6%)
Quora
1(6%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
10(63%)
Chat communities
5(31%)
Other platforms
1(6%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (63%), but chat communities is also well represented (31%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(6%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(38%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(38%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
0(0%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(13%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (254K vs 12K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Cosplay Differs From Other Categories

Cosplay is more free-to-join, and smaller, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Cosplay	Hive Index average
Free to join	94%	85%
Median members	12K	25K
Average members	254K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	6%	15%
Live chat	31%	38%
Discord share	31%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
69%
Live Chat
31%

Niche Features

Online/Offline Events
13%
Member Perks
6%
Paid Community
6%

Forum appears on 69% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 44

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	5	31%	22	71%
Independent Platforms	5	31%	6	19%
Reddit	2	13%	3	10%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 31% of listings and 71% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
22(71%)
Forum / feed-based
9(29%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
22(71%)
Forum
9(29%)
Member Perks
8(26%)
Online/Offline Events
3(10%)
Paid Community
1(3%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
13(42%)
Huge
12(39%)
Gigantic
3(10%)
Medium
1(3%)

Top-clicked listings

Cosplay Connect
8(26%)
ProCosplay Club
8(26%)
Anime, Cosplay & Life (AC&L)
4(13%)

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

Trends

Founded year

Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Cosplay. 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 2024-06-09

FAQ

: Communities for cosplayers to share builds, get feedback, find collaborators, and celebrate the craft. Discord and dedicated forums host thousands of makers, with Reddit having large general cosplay communities for sharing work and getting help on materials and techniques.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (31% of 16 listings).
: 94% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 254K 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 (69%). Others that show up often include live chat.
: 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 Cosplay topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.