Executive Summary
We analyzed 21 cricket communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: cricket communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically
- Communities
- 21
- Platforms
- 7
- Avg members
- 191K
- Median members
- 24K
Where Cricket Communities Are Hosted
- Independent Platforms: 6 communities (29%)
- Discord: 3 communities (14%)
- LinkedIn: 3 communities (14%)
- Facebook: 3 communities (14%)
- Reddit: 2 communities (10%)
- Telegram: 2 communities (10%)
- Quora: 1 communities (5%)
- 6(29%)
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Independent Platforms - 3(14%)
Discord - 3(14%)
LinkedIn - 3(14%)
Facebook - 2(10%)
Reddit - 2(10%)
Telegram - 1(5%)
Quora
Format mix
- 12(57%)Forum / feed-based
- 5(24%)Chat communities
- 4(19%)Other platforms
Forum / feed-based is most common (57%), but chat communities is also well represented (24%).
Independent Platforms leads, but Discord and LinkedIn also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 1 communities (5%)
- Small: 0 communities (0%)
- Medium: 1 communities (5%)
- Large: 4 communities (19%)
- Huge: 6 communities (29%)
- Massive: 3 communities (14%)
- Gigantic: 1 communities (5%)
- 1(5%)Tiny<20 members
- 0(0%)Small20-100 members
- 1(5%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 4(19%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 6(29%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 3(14%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 1(5%)Gigantic1M+ members
5 communities have unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 19 communities (90%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 2 communities (10%)
The average is much higher than the median (191K vs 24K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Cricket Differs From Other Categories
| Metric | Cricket | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 90% | 84% |
| Median members | 24K | 25K |
| Average members | 191K | 668K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 10% | 16% |
| Live chat | 29% | 41% |
| Discord share | 14% | 17% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 15 communities (71%)
- Live Chat: 6 communities (29%)
- Online/Offline Events: 5 communities (24%)
- 71%Forum
- 29%Live Chat
- 24%Online/Offline Events
Niche Features
- Member Perks: 2 communities (10%)
- Newsletter: 2 communities (10%)
- Paid Community: 2 communities (10%)
- Courses: 1 communities (5%)
- 10%Member Perks
- 10%Newsletter
- 10%Paid Community
- 5%Courses
Forum appears on 71% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 25
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Platforms | 6 | 29% | 1 | 4% |
| Discord | 3 | 14% | 11 | 44% |
| 3 | 14% | 9 | 36% | |
| Telegram | 2 | 10% | 4 | 16% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Discord gets 44% of clicks but only 14% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.
Most-clicked formats
- 15(60%)Chat communities
- 10(40%)Forum / feed-based
Most-clicked features
- 15(60%)Live Chat
- 10(40%)Forum
- 10(40%)Online/Offline Events
- 3(12%)Member Perks
- 1(4%)Newsletter
Most-clicked size ranges
- 11(44%)Massive
- 7(28%)Huge
- 7(28%)Large
Top-clicked listings
- 7(28%)CC-Cricket
- 5(20%)Cricket Lovers
- 3(12%)World Cricket Championship
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 Cricket. 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.
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