What are finance communities?

Communities covering personal finance, investing, and financial planning for individuals and families. Reddit has enormous communities for budgeting and investment strategy, with more niche Discord servers and independent forums serving people focused on specific goals like early retirement or building wealth on an average salary.

Where do most finance communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (26% of 46 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

87% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical finance community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 536K members and the median is 56K. 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, newsletter, 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 Finance topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 46 finance communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 46
Platforms: 10
Avg members: 536K
Median members: 56K

Where Finance Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
12(26%)
Independent Platforms
11(24%)
X / Twitter
8(17%)
Slack
4(9%)
LinkedIn
3(7%)
Facebook
2(4%)
Discord
2(4%)
Skool
2(4%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
25(54%)
Other platforms
11(24%)
Chat communities
8(17%)
Private membership
2(4%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (54%), but other platforms is also well represented (24%).

Reddit leads, but Independent Platforms and X / Twitter also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(2%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
5(11%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
9(20%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(13%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
12(26%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
5(11%)

8 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (536K vs 56K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Finance Differs From Other Categories

Finance is larger, and more platform-diverse, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Finance	Hive Index average
Free to join	87%	84%
Median members	56K	25K
Average members	536K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	13%	16%
Live chat	41%	41%
Discord share	4%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
85%
Live Chat
41%
Newsletter
30%
Courses
22%
Job Board
17%

Niche Features

Member Perks
13%
Online/Offline Events
13%
Paid Community
11%
Pairing
7%
Requires Application
4%
Tools
2%

Forum appears on 85% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 137

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	12	26%	6	4%
X / Twitter	8	17%	33	24%
Slack	4	9%	59	43%
LinkedIn	3	7%	13	10%
Facebook	2	4%	6	4%
Discord	2	4%	13	10%
Telegram	1	2%	1	1%
WhatsApp	1	2%	5	4%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack gets 43% of clicks but only 9% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
78(57%)
Other platforms
46(34%)
Forum / feed-based
12(9%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
109(80%)
Newsletter
87(64%)
Courses
82(60%)
Member Perks
74(54%)
Job Board
67(49%)
Forum
64(47%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
64(47%)
Massive
34(25%)
Medium
11(8%)
Huge
8(6%)
Gigantic
4(3%)

Top-clicked listings

Confluence.VC
49(36%)
X Finance
20(15%)
OctoBot
8(6%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and other platforms communities.

Trends

Founded year

1931

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2012

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2015

2016

2018

2020

2021

2022

2024

29 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2012.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 2 communities have ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 2 communities.

Rated examples

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

Updated periodically

FAQ

: Communities covering personal finance, investing, and financial planning for individuals and families. Reddit has enormous communities for budgeting and investment strategy, with more niche Discord servers and independent forums serving people focused on specific goals like early retirement or building wealth on an average salary.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (26% of 46 listings).
: 87% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 536K members and the median is 56K. 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, newsletter, 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 Finance topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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