What are engineering management communities?

Communities for engineering managers, CTOs, and tech leads covering people management, technical roadmapping, and the transition from individual contributor to manager. Slack hosts some of the most active spaces, with discussion spanning hiring, performance reviews, incident management, and navigating org politics.

Where do most engineering management communities live?

Slack is the most common platform in this report (50% of 14 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

64% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical engineering management community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 17K members and the median is 4K. 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?

Live Chat is the most common (71%). Others that show up often include forum, 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 Engineering Management topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Engineering Management Communities Report: Stats,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 14 engineering management 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, engineering management listings cluster on Slack, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-05-01

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Communities: 14
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 17K
Median members: 4K

Where Engineering Management Communities Are Hosted

Slack
7(50%)
Reddit
2(14%)
Circle
2(14%)
Independent Platforms
1(7%)
Discourse
1(7%)
LinkedIn
1(7%)

Format mix

Chat communities
7(50%)
Forum / feed-based
4(29%)
Private membership
2(14%)
Other platforms
1(7%)

Chat communities is most common (50%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (29%).

Slack leads (50% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
2(14%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(14%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
4(29%)
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 (17K vs 4K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Engineering Management Differs From Other Categories

Engineering Management is less free-to-join, smaller, more chat-heavy, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Engineering Management	Hive Index average
Free to join	64%	85%
Median members	4K	25K
Average members	17K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	36%	15%
Live chat	71%	38%
Topic pageviews / mo	239	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
71%
Forum
50%
Online/Offline Events
43%
Newsletter
29%
Job Board
21%
Paid Community
21%

Niche Features

Requires Application
14%
Courses
7%
Member Perks
7%
Pairing
7%

Live Chat appears on 71% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 43

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Slack	7	50%	35	83%
Circle	2	14%	2	5%
Discourse	1	7%	2	5%
LinkedIn	1	7%	3	7%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack hosts 50% of listings and 83% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
35(83%)
Other platforms
3(7%)
Forum / feed-based
2(5%)
Private membership
2(5%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
39(93%)
Online/Offline Events
22(52%)
Job Board
18(43%)
Newsletter
14(33%)
Forum
9(21%)
Requires Application
8(19%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
10(24%)
Huge
5(12%)
Small
5(12%)
Massive
3(7%)
Medium
2(5%)

Top-clicked listings

LeadDev
11(26%)
CTO Craft
7(17%)
Eng Managers
6(14%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and other platforms communities.

Trends

Founded year

2005

2012

2016

2017

2019

2020

2022

5 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2017.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Engineering Management. 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 2026-05-01

FAQ

: Communities for engineering managers, CTOs, and tech leads covering people management, technical roadmapping, and the transition from individual contributor to manager. Slack hosts some of the most active spaces, with discussion spanning hiring, performance reviews, incident management, and navigating org politics.
: Slack is the most common platform in this report (50% of 14 listings).
: 64% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 17K members and the median is 4K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Live Chat is the most common (71%). Others that show up often include forum, 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 Engineering Management topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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