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 (46% of 35 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

86% 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 249K members and the median is 9K. 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 (74%). Others that show up often include forum and online/offline events.

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 35 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 periodically

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Communities: 35
Platforms: 9
Avg members: 249K
Median members: 9K

Format mix

Chat communities
20(57%)
Forum / feed-based
11(31%)
Other platforms
3(9%)
Private membership
1(3%)

Chat communities is most common (57%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (31%).

Discord leads, but Telegram and Reddit also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
2(6%)
Small
20-100 members
3(9%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
8(23%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
4(11%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(17%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
8(23%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(6%)

2 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (249K vs 9K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Making Friends Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	Making Friends	Hive Index average
Free to join	86%	84%
Median members	9K	25K
Average members	249K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	14%	16%
Live chat	74%	41%
Discord share	46%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
74%
Forum
40%
Online/Offline Events
40%

Niche Features

Member Perks
14%
Paid Community
11%
Pairing
11%
Newsletter
9%
Requires Application
6%
Job Board
3%

Live Chat appears on 74% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 3K

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	16	46%	2K	74%
Telegram	4	11%	450	16%
Reddit	4	11%	20	1%
Independent Platforms	4	11%	23	1%
Nas.io	2	6%	24	1%
WhatsApp	2	6%	207	7%
LinkedIn	1	3%	6	0%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 46% of listings and 74% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
3K(97%)
Forum / feed-based
43(2%)
Other platforms
30(1%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
3K(99%)
Online/Offline Events
1K(46%)
Paid Community
650(23%)
Member Perks
195(7%)
Forum
66(2%)
Pairing
27(1%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
885(31%)
Massive
729(26%)
Medium
611(22%)
Huge
422(15%)
Small
23(1%)

Top-clicked listings

DM Request
642(23%)
Friendscord
373(13%)
Friends and Talks
309(11%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2009

2013

2014

2016

2020

2022

2023

27 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2020.

Community Quality & Ratings

Rating breakdown

22(79%)
4(14%)
1(4%)
0(0%)
1(4%)

28 reviews across 7 communities · 4.6 average rating.

Among highly rated communities

Live Chat83%vs 74% overall
Online/Offline Eventsover-indexes67%vs 40% overall
Forum33%vs 40% overall
Member Perks17%vs 14% overall
Newsletter17%vs 9% overall

Based on 6 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.

Updated periodically

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 (46% of 35 listings).
: 86% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 249K members and the median is 9K. 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 (74%). Others that show up often include forum and online/offline events.
: 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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