What are dance communities?

Communities for dancers and dance enthusiasts covering ballet, hip-hop, contemporary, Latin styles, and fitness-oriented dance. You will find studios and groups online for specific genres, practice communities, and discussion spaces for both hobbyists and professionals developing their craft.

Where do most dance communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (25% of 20 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

90% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical dance community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 84K members and the median is 21K. 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 (85%). Others that show up often include live chat and courses.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 20 dance communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-22

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Communities: 20
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 84K
Median members: 21K

Where Dance Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
5(25%)
Reddit
4(20%)
Facebook
4(20%)
LinkedIn
3(15%)
X / Twitter
2(10%)
Skool
2(10%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
13(65%)
Other platforms
5(25%)
Private membership
2(10%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (65%), but other platforms is also well represented (25%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(5%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(5%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
4(20%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
7(35%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
3(15%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

4 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (84K vs 21K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Dance Differs From Other Categories

Metric	Dance	Hive Index average
Free to join	90%	85%
Median members	21K	25K
Average members	84K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	10%	15%
Live chat	20%	38%
Topic pageviews / mo	153	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
85%
Live Chat
20%
Courses
15%

Niche Features

Paid Community
10%
Pairing
10%
Online/Offline Events
5%

Forum appears on 85% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 6

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	4	20%	3	50%
Facebook	4	20%	3	50%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Reddit gets 50% of clicks but only 20% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked features

Forum
6(100%)
Courses
1(17%)
Live Chat
1(17%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
4(67%)
Large
1(17%)
Massive
1(17%)

Top-clicked listings

Belly Dance
2(33%)
r/tango
1(17%)
r/DanceTutorials
1(17%)

A few listings get most of the clicks; the rest split what is left.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Dance. 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 2026-06-22

FAQ

: Communities for dancers and dance enthusiasts covering ballet, hip-hop, contemporary, Latin styles, and fitness-oriented dance. You will find studios and groups online for specific genres, practice communities, and discussion spaces for both hobbyists and professionals developing their craft.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (25% of 20 listings).
: 90% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 84K members and the median is 21K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (85%). Others that show up often include live chat and courses.
: 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 Dance topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.