What are crafts communities?

Communities for crafters of all kinds, from knitting and sewing to DIY home projects. Reddit has massive general communities for craft inspiration, with UK-based forums, Facebook groups, and platforms like Craftsy serving more specific interests in tutorials, pattern sharing, and technique development.

Where do most crafts communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (57% of 23 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

87% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical crafts community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 889K members and the median is 17K. 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 (87%). Others that show up often include online/offline events 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 Crafts topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 23 crafts communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-08

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Communities: 23
Platforms: 8
Avg members: 889K
Median members: 17K

Where Crafts Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
13(57%)
Reddit
2(9%)
Discord
2(9%)
Quora
2(9%)
Slack
1(4%)
LinkedIn
1(4%)
Facebook
1(4%)
Discourse
1(4%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
19(83%)
Chat communities
3(13%)
Other platforms
1(4%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (83%).

Independent Platforms leads with 57%, but Reddit also has a meaningful share (9%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(4%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(9%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
4(17%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(13%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
5(22%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
3(13%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (889K vs 17K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Crafts Differs From Other Categories

Crafts is smaller, and more platform-diverse, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Crafts	Hive Index average
Free to join	87%	85%
Median members	17K	25K
Average members	889K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	13%	15%
Discord share	9%	16%
Topic pageviews / mo	390	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
87%
Online/Offline Events
35%
Newsletter
30%

Niche Features

Live Chat
13%
Paid Community
13%
Courses
4%
Member Perks
4%

Forum appears on 87% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 39

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	13	57%	15	43%
Reddit	2	9%	2	6%
Discord	2	9%	6	17%
Slack	1	4%	1	3%
Facebook	1	4%	11	31%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Independent Platforms hosts 57% of listings and 43% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
28(80%)
Chat communities
7(20%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
28(80%)
Paid Community
14(40%)
Member Perks
11(31%)
Online/Offline Events
9(26%)
Newsletter
8(23%)
Live Chat
7(20%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
13(37%)
Large
8(23%)
Gigantic
6(17%)
Huge
2(6%)

Top-clicked listings

Craft & Creative Ideas DIY
11(31%)
Coffee and Crochet
4(11%)
Ravelry
4(11%)

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

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Crafts. 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 2026-06-08

FAQ

: Communities for crafters of all kinds, from knitting and sewing to DIY home projects. Reddit has massive general communities for craft inspiration, with UK-based forums, Facebook groups, and platforms like Craftsy serving more specific interests in tutorials, pattern sharing, and technique development.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (57% of 23 listings).
: 87% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 889K members and the median is 17K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (87%). Others that show up often include online/offline events 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 Crafts topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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