What are home decor communities?

Communities for interior design enthusiasts, homeowners, and design professionals covering styles, furniture, renovation projects, and inspiration. Professional organizations host industry networks, while Facebook groups and Reddit communities connect people sharing design ideas across all budgets and tastes.

Where do most home decor communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (41% of 17 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

71% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical home decor community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 340K members and the median is 38K. 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 (94%). Others that show up often include member perks, online/offline events, and paid community.

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

Home Decor Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 17 home decor communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: home decor 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: 17
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 340K
Median members: 38K

Where Home Decor Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
7(41%)
Reddit
5(29%)
Facebook
1(6%)
LinkedIn
1(6%)
Discourse
1(6%)
Discord
1(6%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
14(82%)
Other platforms
2(12%)
Chat communities
1(6%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (82%).

Independent Platforms leads, but Reddit and Facebook also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(12%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(6%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
7(41%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
3(18%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
3(18%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (340K vs 38K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Home Decor Differs From Other Categories

Home Decor is less free-to-join, larger, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Home Decor	Hive Index average
Free to join	71%	84%
Median members	38K	25K
Average members	340K	670K
Paid or apply-to-join	29%	16%
Discord share	6%	18%
Topic pageviews / mo	345	1K

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
94%
Member Perks
24%
Online/Offline Events
24%
Paid Community
24%
Newsletter
18%

Niche Features

Courses
12%
Pairing
12%
Job Board
6%
Live Chat
6%
Requires Application
6%

Forum appears on 94% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 25

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	7	41%	3	12%
Reddit	5	29%	3	12%
Facebook	1	6%	8	32%
Discord	1	6%	9	36%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 36% of clicks but only 6% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
14(56%)
Chat communities
9(36%)
Other platforms
2(8%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
16(64%)
Online/Offline Events
11(44%)
Live Chat
9(36%)
Member Perks
4(16%)
Newsletter
3(12%)
Courses
2(8%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
11(44%)
Massive
9(36%)
Gigantic
3(12%)
Large
2(8%)

Top-clicked listings

Ethereal
9(36%)
Interiors & Architecture
8(32%)
Interior Design Community
2(8%)

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

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

•This is a smaller slice of Hive Index's database, so read trends as directional.

FAQ

: Communities for interior design enthusiasts, homeowners, and design professionals covering styles, furniture, renovation projects, and inspiration. Professional organizations host industry networks, while Facebook groups and Reddit communities connect people sharing design ideas across all budgets and tastes.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (41% of 17 listings).
: 71% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 340K members and the median is 38K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (94%). Others that show up often include member perks, online/offline events, and paid community.
: 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 Home Decor topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.