What are making friends communities?

Communities for adults looking to build new friendships and social connections. Discord has the most active servers in this space, ranging from general hangout communities to activity-based groups, with apps and platforms designed to help people meet others in their city or online.

Where do most making friends communities live?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (45% of 33 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

85% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical making friends community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 272K members and the median is 20K. 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?

Live Chat is the most common (73%). Others that show up often include online/offline events, forum, and member perks.

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

Making Friends Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 33 making friends communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: making friends has many smaller groups and a few very large outliers pulling averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-12

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Communities: 33
Platforms: 8
Avg members: 272K
Median members: 20K

Format mix

Chat communities
18(55%)
Forum / feed-based
12(36%)
Other platforms
3(9%)

Chat communities is most common (55%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (36%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(3%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
8(24%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
4(12%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
7(21%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
9(27%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(6%)

2 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (272K vs 20K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Making Friends Differs From Other Categories

Making Friends is more platform-diverse, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Making Friends	Hive Index average
Free to join	85%	85%
Median members	20K	24K
Average members	272K	652K
Paid or apply-to-join	15%	15%
Live chat	73%	40%
Discord share	45%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
73%
Online/Offline Events
45%
Forum
39%
Member Perks
18%
Pairing
15%

Niche Features

Newsletter
12%
Paid Community
12%
Requires Application
6%
Job Board
3%

Live Chat appears on 73% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 4K

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	15	45%	3K	83%
Independent Platforms	5	15%	21	1%
Reddit	4	12%	18	1%
Telegram	3	9%	368	10%
Nas.io	2	6%	27	1%
WhatsApp	2	6%	175	5%
LinkedIn	1	3%	7	0%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 45% of listings and 83% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
3K(98%)
Forum / feed-based
39(1%)
Other platforms
34(1%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
4K(99%)
Online/Offline Events
2K(66%)
Paid Community
553(16%)
Member Perks
166(5%)
Forum
57(2%)
Requires Application
31(1%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
2K(58%)
Medium
514(15%)
Large
510(14%)
Huge
317(9%)
Small
19(1%)

Top-clicked listings

Relationships & Dating 18+
1K(41%)
DM Request
320(9%)
Friendscord
304(9%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2009

2013

2014

2016

2019

2020

2022

2023

24 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2020.

Community Quality & Ratings

Rating breakdown

21(81%)
4(15%)
1(4%)
0(0%)
0(0%)

26 reviews across 7 communities · 4.8 average rating.

Among highly rated communities

Live Chatover-indexes86%vs 73% overall
Online/Offline Eventsover-indexes71%vs 45% overall
Forum43%vs 39% overall
Member Perksover-indexes29%vs 18% overall
Newsletterover-indexes29%vs 12% overall

Based on 7 communities rated 4+ stars.

Highly rated examples

Among reviewed communities, highly rated groups often include live chat, online/offline events, and forum.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

•Last updated 2026-06-12

FAQ

: Communities for adults looking to build new friendships and social connections. Discord has the most active servers in this space, ranging from general hangout communities to activity-based groups, with apps and platforms designed to help people meet others in their city or online.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (45% of 33 listings).
: 85% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 272K members and the median is 20K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Live Chat is the most common (73%). Others that show up often include online/offline events, forum, and member perks.
: 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 Making Friends topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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