Executive Summary
We analyzed 148 investing communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: investing has many smaller groups and a few very large outliers pulling averages up.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically
- Communities
- 148
- Platforms
- 12
- Avg members
- 967K
- Median members
- 30K
Where Investing Communities Are Hosted
- Discord: 66 communities (45%)
- Reddit: 36 communities (24%)
- Independent Platforms: 27 communities (18%)
- Skool: 5 communities (3%)
- X / Twitter: 4 communities (3%)
- Telegram: 3 communities (2%)
- Nas.io: 3 communities (2%)
- WhatsApp: 2 communities (1%)
- LinkedIn: 2 communities (1%)
- Slack: 1 communities (1%)
- Facebook: 1 communities (1%)
- Discourse: 1 communities (1%)
- 66(45%)
Discord - 36(24%)
Reddit - 27(18%)
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Independent Platforms - 5(3%)
Skool - 4(3%)
X / Twitter - 3(2%)
Telegram - 3(2%)
Nas.io - 2(1%)
WhatsApp
Format mix
- 69(47%)Chat communities
- 65(44%)Forum / feed-based
- 9(6%)Other platforms
- 5(3%)Private membership
Chat communities is most common (47%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (44%).
Discord leads, but Reddit and Independent Platforms also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 4 communities (3%)
- Small: 1 communities (1%)
- Medium: 9 communities (6%)
- Large: 18 communities (12%)
- Huge: 19 communities (13%)
- Massive: 20 communities (14%)
- Gigantic: 11 communities (7%)
- 4(3%)Tiny<20 members
- 1(1%)Small20-100 members
- 9(6%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 18(12%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 19(13%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 20(14%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 11(7%)Gigantic1M+ members
66 communities have unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 64 communities (43%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 84 communities (57%)
The average is much higher than the median (967K vs 30K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Investing Differs From Other Categories
Investing is less free-to-join, more platform-diverse, more chat-heavy, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | Investing | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 43% | 84% |
| Median members | 30K | 25K |
| Average members | 967K | 668K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 57% | 16% |
| Live chat | 74% | 41% |
| Discord share | 45% | 17% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Live Chat: 110 communities (74%)
- Paid Community: 81 communities (55%)
- Forum: 59 communities (40%)
- Courses: 32 communities (22%)
- Newsletter: 22 communities (15%)
- 74%Live Chat
- 55%Paid Community
- 40%Forum
- 22%Courses
- 15%Newsletter
Niche Features
- Online/Offline Events: 17 communities (11%)
- Requires Application: 6 communities (4%)
- Member Perks: 5 communities (3%)
- Job Board: 4 communities (3%)
- Tools: 4 communities (3%)
- Pairing: 3 communities (2%)
- Token: 1 communities (1%)
- 11%Online/Offline Events
- 4%Requires Application
- 3%Member Perks
- 3%Job Board
- 3%Tools
- 2%Pairing
- 1%Token
Live Chat appears on 74% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 726
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discord | 66 | 45% | 434 | 61% |
| 36 | 24% | 111 | 16% | |
| Independent Platforms | 27 | 18% | 17 | 2% |
| Skool | 5 | 3% | 10 | 1% |
| X / Twitter | 4 | 3% | 29 | 4% |
| Telegram | 3 | 2% | 8 | 1% |
| Nas.io | 3 | 2% | 29 | 4% |
| 2 | 1% | 25 | 3% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Discord hosts 45% of listings and 61% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.
Most-clicked formats
- 517(72%)Chat communities
- 130(18%)Forum / feed-based
- 58(8%)Other platforms
- 10(1%)Private membership
Most-clicked features
- 656(92%)Live Chat
- 419(59%)Online/Offline Events
- 411(57%)Courses
- 368(51%)Paid Community
- 342(48%)Forum
- 261(37%)Newsletter
Most-clicked size ranges
- 226(32%)Large
- 190(27%)Huge
- 75(10%)Gigantic
- 55(8%)Medium
- 45(6%)Massive
Top-clicked listings
- 103(14%)Market Masters
- 67(9%)Disruptive Investments
- 50(7%)Confluence.VC
Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.
Trends
Founded year
- 2004: 1 communities (2%)
- 2007: 1 communities (2%)
- 2008: 5 communities (11%)
- 2009: 3 communities (7%)
- 2010: 2 communities (4%)
- 2011: 1 communities (2%)
- 2012: 3 communities (7%)
- 2013: 1 communities (2%)
- 2014: 4 communities (9%)
- 2015: 2 communities (4%)
- 2016: 2 communities (4%)
- 2017: 4 communities (9%)
- 2019: 2 communities (4%)
- 2020: 11 communities (24%)
- 2022: 4 communities (9%)
102 communities have no founding year on file.
Most listed groups were founded around 2020.
Community Quality & Ratings
Rating breakdown
- 8(89%)
- 1(11%)
- 0(0%)
- 0(0%)
- 0(0%)
9 reviews across 6 communities · 4.9 average rating.
Among highly rated communities
- Coursesover-indexes100%vs 22% overall
- Live Chatover-indexes100%vs 74% overall
- Newsletterover-indexes67%vs 15% overall
- Online/Offline Eventsover-indexes67%vs 11% overall
- Forumover-indexes50%vs 40% overall
Based on 6 communities rated 4+ stars.
Among reviewed communities, highly rated groups often include courses, live chat, and newsletter.
Methodology & FAQ
Methodology
This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Investing. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.
Updated periodically