What are hr communities?

Communities for HR professionals covering recruiting, people ops, compensation, and organizational culture. Slack hosts some of the most active communities in this space, with discussion covering everything from building DEI programs and managing layoffs to navigating compliance and evaluating HR tech tools.

Where do most hr communities live?

Slack is the most common platform in this report (31% of 29 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

72% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical hr community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 176K members and the median is 3K. 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 (62%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and job board.

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

HR Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends & Data |...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 29 hr communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: hr 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: 29
Platforms: 9
Avg members: 176K
Median members: 3K

Where HR Communities Are Hosted

Slack
9(31%)
LinkedIn
7(24%)
Independent Platforms
5(17%)
Facebook
1(3%)
Discord
1(3%)
Mighty Networks
1(3%)
X / Twitter
1(3%)
Circle
1(3%)

Format mix

Chat communities
11(38%)
Other platforms
10(34%)
Forum / feed-based
6(21%)
Private membership
2(7%)

Chat communities is most common (38%), but other platforms is also well represented (34%).

Slack leads, but LinkedIn and Independent Platforms also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
1(3%)
Small
20-100 members
2(7%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
8(28%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(21%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(10%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
5(17%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(7%)

2 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (176K vs 3K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How HR Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	HR	Hive Index average
Free to join	72%	84%
Median members	3K	25K
Average members	176K	662K
Paid or apply-to-join	28%	16%
Live chat	55%	41%
Discord share	3%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
62%
Live Chat
55%
Online/Offline Events
48%
Job Board
41%
Newsletter
38%
Requires Application
21%
Courses
17%
Member Perks
17%

Niche Features

Tools
10%

Live Chat appears on 55% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 81

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Slack	9	31%	55	68%
LinkedIn	7	24%	13	16%
Independent Platforms	5	17%	3	4%
Discord	1	3%	2	2%
WhatsApp	1	3%	8	10%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack hosts 31% of listings and 68% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
65(80%)
Other platforms
13(16%)
Forum / feed-based
3(4%)

Most-clicked features

Job Board
50(62%)
Forum
46(57%)
Online/Offline Events
45(56%)
Live Chat
36(44%)
Pairing
34(42%)
Newsletter
19(23%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
30(37%)
Large
13(16%)
Massive
8(10%)
Tiny
8(10%)
Gigantic
7(9%)

Top-clicked listings

People Geek
28(35%)
Fractional People People
9(11%)
MadeYou Community
8(10%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and other platforms communities.

Trends

Founded year

2007

2008

2009

2010

2016

2020

2022

2023

17 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2020.

Community Quality & Ratings

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

4.9 average rating across 2 communities.

Rated examples

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as HR. 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 HR professionals covering recruiting, people ops, compensation, and organizational culture. Slack hosts some of the most active communities in this space, with discussion covering everything from building DEI programs and managing layoffs to navigating compliance and evaluating HR tech tools.
: Slack is the most common platform in this report (31% of 29 listings).
: 72% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 176K members and the median is 3K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (62%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and job board.
: 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 HR topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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