Executive Summary
We analyzed 22 credit cards communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: credit cards has many smaller groups and a few very large outliers pulling averages up.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-10-14
- Communities
- 22
- Platforms
- 4
- Avg members
- 2.5M
- Median members
- 403K
Where Credit Cards Communities Are Hosted
- Independent Platforms: 10 communities (45%)
- Reddit: 9 communities (41%)
- Facebook: 2 communities (9%)
- Discord: 1 communities (5%)
- 10(45%)
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Independent Platforms - 9(41%)
Reddit - 2(9%)
Facebook - 1(5%)
Discord
Format mix
- 21(95%)Forum / feed-based
- 1(5%)Chat communities
Most listings are forum / feed-based (95%).
Independent Platforms leads, but Reddit and Facebook also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 0 communities (0%)
- Small: 0 communities (0%)
- Medium: 0 communities (0%)
- Large: 0 communities (0%)
- Huge: 3 communities (14%)
- Massive: 5 communities (23%)
- Gigantic: 3 communities (14%)
- 0(0%)Tiny<20 members
- 0(0%)Small20-100 members
- 0(0%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 0(0%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 3(14%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 5(23%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 3(14%)Gigantic1M+ members
11 communities have unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 22 communities (100%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 0 communities (0%)
The average is much higher than the median (2.5M vs 403K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Credit Cards Differs From Other Categories
Credit Cards is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | Credit Cards | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 100% | 84% |
| Median members | 403K | 25K |
| Average members | 2.5M | 662K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 0% | 16% |
| Discord share | 5% | 18% |
| Topic pageviews / mo | 35 | 989 |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 21 communities (95%)
- 95%Forum
Niche Features
- Live Chat: 1 communities (5%)
- 5%Live Chat
Forum appears on 95% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 2
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 41% | 1 | 50% | |
| Discord | 1 | 5% | 1 | 50% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Most-clicked formats
- 1(50%)Forum / feed-based
- 1(50%)Chat communities
Most-clicked features
- 1(50%)Forum
- 1(50%)Live Chat
Top-clicked listings
- 1(50%)r/personalfinance
- 1(50%)Churning Discord
Most clicks go to forum / feed-based and chat communities communities.
Trends
Founded year
- 1998: 1 communities (5%)
- 1999: 1 communities (5%)
- 2001: 1 communities (5%)
- 2002: 1 communities (5%)
- 2003: 1 communities (5%)
- 2008: 1 communities (5%)
- 2009: 1 communities (5%)
- 2010: 1 communities (5%)
- 2011: 1 communities (5%)
- 2012: 3 communities (16%)
- 2013: 2 communities (11%)
- 2014: 2 communities (11%)
- 2015: 1 communities (5%)
- 2017: 1 communities (5%)
- 2020: 1 communities (5%)
3 communities have no founding year on file.
Most listed groups were founded around 2012.
Methodology & FAQ
Methodology
This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Credit Cards. 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 2026-10-14