Executive Summary
We analyzed 217 entrepreneurship communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: entrepreneurship communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically
- Communities
- 217
- Platforms
- 18
- Avg members
- 107K
- Median members
- 877
Where Entrepreneurship Communities Are Hosted
- Independent Platforms: 53 communities (24%)
- Slack: 34 communities (16%)
- Discord: 32 communities (15%)
- Skool: 20 communities (9%)
- Reddit: 15 communities (7%)
- Facebook: 14 communities (6%)
- Circle: 12 communities (6%)
- WhatsApp: 9 communities (4%)
- LinkedIn: 8 communities (4%)
- Mighty Networks: 5 communities (2%)
- Nas.io: 5 communities (2%)
- Heartbeat: 2 communities (1%)
- Kajabi: 2 communities (1%)
- Telegram: 2 communities (1%)
- Quora: 1 communities (0%)
- X / Twitter: 1 communities (0%)
- Campfire: 1 communities (0%)
- Turf: 1 communities (0%)
- 53(24%)
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Independent Platforms - 34(16%)
Slack - 32(15%)
Discord - 20(9%)
Skool - 15(7%)
Reddit - 14(6%)
Facebook - 12(6%)Circle
- 9(4%)
WhatsApp
Format mix
- 83(38%)Forum / feed-based
- 75(35%)Chat communities
- 37(17%)Private membership
- 22(10%)Other platforms
Forum / feed-based is most common (38%), but chat communities is also well represented (35%).
Independent Platforms leads, but Slack and Discord also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 6 communities (3%)
- Small: 23 communities (11%)
- Medium: 64 communities (29%)
- Large: 39 communities (18%)
- Huge: 32 communities (15%)
- Massive: 14 communities (6%)
- Gigantic: 4 communities (2%)
- 6(3%)Tiny<20 members
- 23(11%)Small20-100 members
- 64(29%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 39(18%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 32(15%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 14(6%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 4(2%)Gigantic1M+ members
35 communities have unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 123 communities (57%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 94 communities (43%)
The average is much higher than the median (107K vs 877), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Entrepreneurship Differs From Other Categories
Entrepreneurship is less free-to-join, smaller, more platform-diverse, more chat-heavy, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | Entrepreneurship | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 57% | 84% |
| Median members | 877 | 25K |
| Average members | 107K | 668K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 43% | 16% |
| Live chat | 61% | 41% |
| Discord share | 15% | 18% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 133 communities (61%)
- Live Chat: 133 communities (61%)
- Online/Offline Events: 109 communities (50%)
- Newsletter: 88 communities (41%)
- Paid Community: 67 communities (31%)
- Member Perks: 60 communities (28%)
- Courses: 52 communities (24%)
- Requires Application: 49 communities (23%)
- 61%Forum
- 61%Live Chat
- 50%Online/Offline Events
- 41%Newsletter
- 31%Paid Community
- 28%Member Perks
- 24%Courses
- 23%Requires Application
Niche Features
- Pairing: 31 communities (14%)
- Tools: 14 communities (6%)
- 14%Pairing
- 6%Tools
Live Chat appears on 61% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 3K
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Platforms | 53 | 24% | 69 | 3% |
| Slack | 34 | 16% | 577 | 23% |
| Discord | 32 | 15% | 713 | 29% |
| Skool | 20 | 9% | 48 | 2% |
| 15 | 7% | 18 | 1% | |
| 14 | 6% | 114 | 5% | |
| Circle | 12 | 6% | 40 | 2% |
| 9 | 4% | 778 | 31% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
WhatsApp gets 31% of clicks but only 4% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.
Most-clicked formats
- 2K(83%)Chat communities
- 203(8%)Forum / feed-based
- 117(5%)Other platforms
- 109(4%)Private membership
Most-clicked features
- 2K(90%)Live Chat
- 1K(54%)Forum
- 1K(45%)Online/Offline Events
- 828(33%)Newsletter
- 709(28%)Job Board
- 533(21%)Requires Application
Most-clicked size ranges
- 852(34%)Large
- 662(26%)Medium
- 314(13%)Huge
- 286(11%)Small
- 57(2%)Massive
Top-clicked listings
- 320(13%)Entrepreneurs
- 215(9%)Founders Hub
- 164(7%)Clarity
Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.
Trends
Founded year
- 2001: 1 communities (1%)
- 2002: 1 communities (1%)
- 2005: 1 communities (1%)
- 2007: 2 communities (2%)
- 2008: 2 communities (2%)
- 2009: 4 communities (5%)
- 2010: 2 communities (2%)
- 2011: 1 communities (1%)
- 2012: 2 communities (2%)
- 2013: 1 communities (1%)
- 2014: 1 communities (1%)
- 2015: 3 communities (4%)
- 2016: 2 communities (2%)
- 2017: 6 communities (7%)
- 2018: 4 communities (5%)
- 2019: 4 communities (5%)
- 2020: 21 communities (25%)
- 2021: 7 communities (8%)
- 2022: 11 communities (13%)
- 2023: 9 communities (11%)
132 communities have no founding year on file.
Most listed groups were founded around 2020.
Community Quality & Ratings
Rating breakdown
- 74(96%)
- 1(1%)
- 0(0%)
- 1(1%)
- 1(1%)
77 reviews across 24 communities · 4.9 average rating.
Among highly rated communities
- Live Chatover-indexes91%vs 61% overall
- Newsletterover-indexes82%vs 41% overall
- Member Perksover-indexes73%vs 28% overall
- Online/Offline Eventsover-indexes73%vs 50% overall
- Forum55%vs 61% overall
Based on 22 communities rated 4+ stars.
Among reviewed communities, highly rated groups often include live chat, newsletter, and member perks.
Methodology & FAQ
Methodology
This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Entrepreneurship. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.
Updated periodically
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