What are gambling communities?

Communities for casino enthusiasts, sports bettors, and online gambling fans. Discord hosts crypto casino communities, sports pick competitions, and poker groups, with some communities offering real-money games and others focused purely on strategy and entertainment.

Where do most gambling communities live?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (55% of 44 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

57% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical gambling community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 124K members and the median is 30K. 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 (70%). Others that show up often include paid community, forum, and member perks.

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 Gambling topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 44 gambling communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: gambling listings cluster on Discord, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 44
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 124K
Median members: 30K

Where Gambling Communities Are Hosted

Discord
24(55%)
Independent Platforms
9(20%)
Reddit
6(14%)
Facebook
3(7%)
X / Twitter
1(2%)
Telegram
1(2%)

Format mix

Chat communities
25(57%)
Forum / feed-based
18(41%)
Other platforms
1(2%)

Chat communities is most common (57%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (41%).

Discord leads with 55%, but Independent Platforms also has a meaningful share (20%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(2%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(5%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(14%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
11(25%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
7(16%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

17 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (124K vs 30K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Gambling Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	Gambling	Hive Index average
Free to join	57%	84%
Median members	30K	25K
Average members	124K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	43%	16%
Live chat	70%	41%
Discord share	55%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
70%
Paid Community
43%
Forum
39%
Member Perks
20%

Niche Features

Newsletter
11%
Online/Offline Events
11%
Token
2%

Live Chat appears on 70% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 429

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	24	55%	148	62%
Independent Platforms	9	20%	20	8%
Reddit	6	14%	35	15%
Facebook	3	7%	17	7%
X / Twitter	1	2%	8	3%
Telegram	1	2%	10	4%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 55% of listings and 62% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
158(66%)
Forum / feed-based
72(30%)
Other platforms
8(3%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
172(72%)
Paid Community
81(34%)
Forum
77(32%)
Member Perks
37(16%)
Online/Offline Events
28(12%)
Token
18(8%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
68(29%)
Medium
52(22%)
Massive
48(20%)
Large
29(12%)
Small
3(1%)

Top-clicked listings

Sharpcard Sports Betting
49(21%)
24/7 Casino
22(9%)
r/sportsbook
22(9%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.

Trends

Founded year

Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Gambling. 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 for casino enthusiasts, sports bettors, and online gambling fans. Discord hosts crypto casino communities, sports pick competitions, and poker groups, with some communities offering real-money games and others focused purely on strategy and entertainment.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (55% of 44 listings).
: 57% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 124K members and the median is 30K. 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 (70%). Others that show up often include paid community, forum, and member perks.
: 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 Gambling topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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