Executive Summary
We analyzed 284 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
- 284
- Platforms
- 19
- Avg members
- 107K
- Median members
- 827
Where Entrepreneurship Communities Are Hosted
- Independent Platforms: 101 communities (36%)
- Slack: 41 communities (14%)
- Discord: 34 communities (12%)
- Skool: 19 communities (7%)
- Reddit: 18 communities (6%)
- Facebook: 16 communities (6%)
- Circle: 12 communities (4%)
- WhatsApp: 11 communities (4%)
- LinkedIn: 8 communities (3%)
- Mighty Networks: 6 communities (2%)
- Nas.io: 5 communities (2%)
- Telegram: 4 communities (1%)
- Heartbeat: 2 communities (1%)
- Kajabi: 2 communities (1%)
- Quora: 1 communities (0%)
- X / Twitter: 1 communities (0%)
- Campfire: 1 communities (0%)
- Turf: 1 communities (0%)
- Meetup: 1 communities (0%)
- 101(36%)
Independent Platforms - 41(14%)Slack
- 34(12%)
Discord - 19(7%)
Skool - 18(6%)
Reddit - 16(6%)
Facebook - 12(4%)Circle
- 11(4%)
WhatsApp
Format mix
- 136(48%)Forum / feed-based
- 88(31%)Chat communities
- 37(13%)Private membership
- 23(8%)Other platforms
Forum / feed-based is most common (48%), but chat communities is also well represented (31%).
Independent Platforms leads, but Slack and Discord also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 7 communities (2%)
- Small: 23 communities (8%)
- Medium: 68 communities (24%)
- Large: 39 communities (14%)
- Huge: 33 communities (12%)
- Massive: 16 communities (6%)
- Gigantic: 4 communities (1%)
- 7(2%)Tiny<20 members
- 23(8%)Small20-100 members
- 68(24%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 39(14%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 33(12%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 16(6%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 4(1%)Gigantic1M+ members
94 communities have unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 190 communities (67%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 94 communities (33%)
The average is much higher than the median (107K vs 827), 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, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | Entrepreneurship | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 67% | 84% |
| Median members | 827 | 25K |
| Average members | 107K | 670K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 33% | 16% |
| Live chat | 52% | 41% |
| Discord share | 12% | 18% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 183 communities (64%)
- Live Chat: 147 communities (52%)
- Online/Offline Events: 113 communities (40%)
- Newsletter: 86 communities (30%)
- Paid Community: 66 communities (23%)
- Member Perks: 58 communities (20%)
- Courses: 51 communities (18%)
- Requires Application: 50 communities (18%)
- 64%Forum
- 52%Live Chat
- 40%Online/Offline Events
- 30%Newsletter
- 23%Paid Community
- 20%Member Perks
- 18%Courses
- 18%Requires Application
Niche Features
- Job Board: 40 communities (14%)
- Pairing: 34 communities (12%)
- Tools: 14 communities (5%)
- 14%Job Board
- 12%Pairing
- 5%Tools
Live Chat appears on 52% 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 | 101 | 36% | 100 | 3% |
| Slack | 41 | 14% | 554 | 18% |
| Discord | 34 | 12% | 714 | 23% |
| Skool | 19 | 7% | 17 | 1% |
| 18 | 6% | 32 | 1% | |
| 16 | 6% | 81 | 3% | |
| Circle | 12 | 4% | 58 | 2% |
| 11 | 4% | 1K | 46% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
WhatsApp gets 46% of clicks but only 4% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.
Most-clicked formats
- 3K(87%)Chat communities
- 214(7%)Forum / feed-based
- 100(3%)Other platforms
- 88(3%)Private membership
Most-clicked features
- 3K(91%)Live Chat
- 1K(40%)Forum
- 1K(38%)Online/Offline Events
- 782(25%)Newsletter
- 717(23%)Job Board
- 499(16%)Pairing
Most-clicked size ranges
- 962(31%)Medium
- 712(23%)Large
- 455(15%)Small
- 319(10%)Huge
- 91(3%)Tiny
Top-clicked listings
- 586(19%)Entrepreneurs
- 352(11%)Founders Hub
- 195(6%)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: 5 communities (6%)
- 2018: 4 communities (5%)
- 2019: 5 communities (6%)
- 2020: 21 communities (25%)
- 2021: 7 communities (8%)
- 2022: 11 communities (13%)
- 2023: 9 communities (11%)
199 communities have no founding year on file.
Most listed groups were founded around 2020.
Community Quality & Ratings
Rating breakdown
- 72(96%)
- 1(1%)
- 0(0%)
- 1(1%)
- 1(1%)
75 reviews across 24 communities · 4.9 average rating.
Among highly rated communities
- Live Chatover-indexes91%vs 52% overall
- Newsletterover-indexes77%vs 30% overall
- Member Perksover-indexes68%vs 20% overall
- Online/Offline Eventsover-indexes68%vs 40% overall
- Paid Communityover-indexes55%vs 23% 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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