Executive Summary
We analyzed 11 fintech 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, fintech communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically
- Communities
- 11
- Platforms
- 6
- Avg members
- 56K
- Median members
- 25K
Where Fintech Communities Are Hosted
- Reddit: 4 communities (36%)
- Slack: 2 communities (18%)
- LinkedIn: 2 communities (18%)
- Discord: 1 communities (9%)
- Discourse: 1 communities (9%)
- Independent Platforms: 1 communities (9%)
- 4(36%)
Reddit - 2(18%)
Slack - 2(18%)
LinkedIn - 1(9%)
Discord - 1(9%)
Discourse - 1(9%)
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Independent Platforms
Format mix
- 6(55%)Forum / feed-based
- 3(27%)Chat communities
- 2(18%)Other platforms
Forum / feed-based is most common (55%), but chat communities is also well represented (27%).
Reddit leads (36% of listings).
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 0 communities (0%)
- Small: 0 communities (0%)
- Medium: 0 communities (0%)
- Large: 4 communities (36%)
- Huge: 4 communities (36%)
- Massive: 2 communities (18%)
- Gigantic: 0 communities (0%)
- 0(0%)Tiny<20 members
- 0(0%)Small20-100 members
- 0(0%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 4(36%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 4(36%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 2(18%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 0(0%)Gigantic1M+ members
1 community has unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 11 communities (100%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 0 communities (0%)
The average is much higher than the median (56K vs 25K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Fintech Differs From Other Categories
Fintech is more free-to-join, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | Fintech | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 100% | 85% |
| Median members | 25K | 25K |
| Average members | 56K | 657K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 0% | 15% |
| Live chat | 91% | 41% |
| Discord share | 9% | 18% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Live Chat: 10 communities (91%)
- Forum: 3 communities (27%)
- 91%Live Chat
- 27%Forum
Live Chat appears on 91% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 126
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 36% | 6 | 5% | |
| Slack | 2 | 18% | 103 | 82% |
| 2 | 18% | 15 | 12% | |
| Discord | 1 | 9% | 2 | 2% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Slack gets 82% of clicks but only 18% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.
Most-clicked formats
- 105(83%)Chat communities
- 15(12%)Other platforms
- 6(5%)Forum / feed-based
Most-clicked features
- 126(100%)Live Chat
- 2(2%)Forum
Most-clicked size ranges
- 106(84%)Large
- 10(8%)Huge
- 10(8%)Massive
Top-clicked listings
- 68(54%)Fintech Founders Slack
- 35(28%)Payments & Fintech Slack
- 9(7%)Fintech Community on LinkedIn
Most clicks go to chat communities and other platforms communities.
Trends
Founded year
- 2010: 1 communities (10%)
- 2012: 1 communities (10%)
- 2015: 3 communities (30%)
- 2016: 1 communities (10%)
- 2017: 2 communities (20%)
- 2018: 1 communities (10%)
- 2021: 1 communities (10%)
1 community has no founding year on file.
Most listed groups were founded around 2015.
Methodology & FAQ
Methodology
This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Fintech. 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.
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