What are .net communities?

Communities for .NET developers working with C#, ASP.NET, and the broader Microsoft stack. Slack, Reddit, and Discord serve developers building on the ecosystem at all levels, with discussion covering framework updates, architecture patterns, and career development.

Where do most .net communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (29% of 14 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical .net community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 30K members and the median is 6K. 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 (64%). Others that show up often include live chat, newsletter, and online/offline events.

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

.NET Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends & Data...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 14 .net communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: In this smaller sample, .net communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2024-04-14

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Communities: 14
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 30K
Median members: 6K

Where .NET Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
4(29%)
Slack
4(29%)
Discord
4(29%)
Github
2(14%)
Reddit
1(7%)
Facebook
1(7%)

Format mix

Chat communities
7(50%)
Forum / feed-based
6(43%)
Other platforms
1(7%)

Chat communities is most common (50%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (43%).

Independent Platforms leads (29% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(7%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
7(50%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
2(14%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(7%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

3 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (30K vs 6K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How .NET Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	.NET	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	85%
Median members	6K	24K
Average members	30K	652K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	15%
Live chat	50%	40%
Discord share	29%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
64%
Live Chat
50%
Newsletter
29%
Online/Offline Events
21%

Niche Features

Courses
7%
Job Board
7%
Member Perks
7%

Live Chat appears on 50% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 55

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	4	29%	5	9%
Slack	4	29%	38	69%
Discord	4	29%	6	11%
Github	2	14%	2	4%
Reddit	1	7%	2	4%
Facebook	1	7%	2	4%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack gets 69% of clicks but only 29% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
44(80%)
Forum / feed-based
9(16%)
Other platforms
2(4%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
44(80%)
Forum
16(29%)
Job Board
14(25%)
Online/Offline Events
8(15%)
Newsletter
5(9%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
31(56%)
Huge
6(11%)
Massive
2(4%)
Medium
2(4%)

Top-clicked listings

NetDev Community
20(36%)
msdev.chat
14(25%)
C# Developer Community
4(7%)

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

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as .NET. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional.
•Last updated 2024-04-14

FAQ

: Communities for .NET developers working with C#, ASP.NET, and the broader Microsoft stack. Slack, Reddit, and Discord serve developers building on the ecosystem at all levels, with discussion covering framework updates, architecture patterns, and career development.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (29% of 14 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 30K members and the median is 6K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (64%). Others that show up often include live chat, newsletter, and online/offline events.
: 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 .NET topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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