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 (32% of 28 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 hr community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 183K members and the median is 4K. 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 (68%). 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.

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Executive Summary

We analyzed 28 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 2026-06-12

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Communities: 28
Platforms: 7
Avg members: 183K
Median members: 4K

Where HR Communities Are Hosted

Slack
9(32%)
LinkedIn
8(29%)
Independent Platforms
5(18%)
Facebook
1(4%)
Discord
1(4%)
Mighty Networks
1(4%)
X / Twitter
1(4%)

Format mix

Other platforms
11(39%)
Chat communities
10(36%)
Forum / feed-based
6(21%)
Private membership
1(4%)

Other platforms is most common (39%), but chat communities is also well represented (36%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
3(11%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
7(25%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(21%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(11%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
5(18%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(7%)

2 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (183K vs 4K), 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 chat-heavy, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	HR	Hive Index average
Free to join	71%	85%
Median members	4K	25K
Average members	183K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	29%	15%
Live chat	54%	38%
Discord share	4%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
68%
Live Chat
54%
Online/Offline Events
50%
Job Board
43%
Newsletter
39%
Requires Application
21%
Courses
18%
Member Perks
18%

Niche Features

Tools
11%

Live Chat appears on 54% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 75

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Slack	9	32%	38	51%
LinkedIn	8	29%	30	40%
Independent Platforms	5	18%	2	3%
Discord	1	4%	5	7%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack hosts 32% of listings and 51% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
43(57%)
Other platforms
30(40%)
Forum / feed-based
2(3%)

Most-clicked features

Job Board
54(72%)
Forum
50(67%)
Online/Offline Events
42(56%)
Newsletter
29(39%)
Live Chat
25(33%)
Pairing
24(32%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
20(27%)
Huge
19(25%)
Large
15(20%)
Gigantic
11(15%)
Medium
7(9%)

Top-clicked listings

People Geek
17(23%)
Linked:HR
11(15%)
#people
8(11%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and other platforms communities.

Trends

Founded year

2007

2008

2009

2010

2016

2020

2022

2023

15 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2020.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 3 communities have ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

4.9 average rating across 3 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.
•Last updated 2026-06-12

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 (32% of 28 listings).
: 71% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 183K members and the median is 4K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (68%). 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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