Executive Summary
We analyzed 10 general management 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, general management listings cluster on Slack, while a few large groups pull member averages up.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically
- Communities
- 10
- Platforms
- 3
- Avg members
- 6K
- Median members
- 3K
Where General Management Communities Are Hosted
- Slack: 5 communities (50%)
- Independent Platforms: 4 communities (40%)
- Reddit: 1 communities (10%)
- 5(50%)
Slack - 4(40%)
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Independent Platforms - 1(10%)
Reddit
Format mix
- 5(50%)Forum / feed-based
- 5(50%)Chat communities
Forum / feed-based is most common (50%), but chat communities is also well represented (50%).
Slack leads (50% of listings).
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 1 communities (10%)
- Small: 2 communities (20%)
- Medium: 1 communities (10%)
- Large: 3 communities (30%)
- Huge: 2 communities (20%)
- Massive: 0 communities (0%)
- Gigantic: 0 communities (0%)
- 1(10%)Tiny<20 members
- 2(20%)Small20-100 members
- 1(10%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 3(30%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 2(20%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 0(0%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 0(0%)Gigantic1M+ members
1 community has unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 8 communities (80%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 2 communities (20%)
The average is much higher than the median (6K vs 3K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How General Management Differs From Other Categories
General Management is smaller, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | General Management | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 80% | 84% |
| Median members | 3K | 25K |
| Average members | 6K | 668K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 20% | 16% |
| Live chat | 70% | 41% |
| Topic pageviews / mo | 165 | 842 |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Live Chat: 7 communities (70%)
- Online/Offline Events: 5 communities (50%)
- Forum: 4 communities (40%)
- Job Board: 4 communities (40%)
- Newsletter: 4 communities (40%)
- Courses: 3 communities (30%)
- Member Perks: 3 communities (30%)
- Pairing: 3 communities (30%)
- 70%Live Chat
- 50%Online/Offline Events
- 40%Forum
- 40%Job Board
- 40%Newsletter
- 30%Courses
- 30%Member Perks
- 30%Pairing
Niche Features
- Requires Application: 1 communities (10%)
- Tools: 1 communities (10%)
- 10%Requires Application
- 10%Tools
Live Chat appears on 70% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 23
Most-clicked features
- 23(100%)Live Chat
- 14(61%)Newsletter
- 8(35%)Member Perks
- 8(35%)Online/Offline Events
- 7(30%)Job Board
Most-clicked size ranges
- 14(61%)Large
- 7(30%)Huge
- 2(9%)Small
Top-clicked listings
- 8(35%)CTO Craft
- 7(30%)Rands Leadership Slack
- 6(26%)#people
Groups with live chat picked up 100% of tracked clicks.
Trends
Founded year
- 2011: 1 communities (17%)
- 2016: 1 communities (17%)
- 2017: 1 communities (17%)
- 2022: 1 communities (17%)
- 2023: 2 communities (33%)
4 communities have no founding year on file.
Most listed groups were founded around 2023.
Community Quality & Ratings
Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.
4.9 average rating across 1 community.
Methodology & FAQ
Methodology
This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as General Management. 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.