What are market research communities?

Communities for entrepreneurs, product managers, and researchers focused on ideating, validating business ideas, and conducting continuous market research. Covers market sizing, customer discovery, competitive analysis, and idea validation.

Where do most market research communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (62% of 21 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

76% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical market research community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 350K members and the median is 55K. 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 (100%). Others that show up often include job board 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 Market Research topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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Executive Summary

We analyzed 21 market research communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: market research listings cluster on Independent Platforms, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-08-02

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Communities: 21
Platforms: 2
Avg members: 350K
Median members: 55K

Where Market Research Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
13(62%)
Reddit
8(38%)

Independent Platforms leads with 62%, but Reddit also has a meaningful share (38%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
0(0%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
0(0%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(29%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
3(14%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(5%)

11 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (350K vs 55K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Market Research Differs From Other Categories

Market Research is less free-to-join, larger, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Market Research	Hive Index average
Free to join	76%	84%
Median members	55K	25K
Average members	350K	673K
Paid or apply-to-join	24%	16%
Topic pageviews / mo	461	886

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
100%
Job Board
33%
Online/Offline Events
29%

Niche Features

Newsletter
14%
Paid Community
14%
Courses
10%
Member Perks
10%
Requires Application
10%
Tools
5%

Forum appears on 100% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 10

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	13	62%	6	60%
Reddit	8	38%	4	40%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Independent Platforms hosts 62% of listings and 60% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked features

Forum
10(100%)
Member Perks
5(50%)
Newsletter
5(50%)
Paid Community
4(40%)
Tools
4(40%)
Job Board
2(20%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
5(50%)
Huge
4(40%)

Clicks by access model

Free to join
5(50%)
Paid or apply-to-join
5(50%)

Top-clicked listings

Starter Story
4(40%)
Indie Hackers
1(10%)
r/alphaandbetausers
1(10%)

A few listings get most of the clicks; the rest split what is left.

Trends

Founded year

1946

1983

1986

1998

2012

2014

2015

2016

2018

2019

2020

8 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 1998.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

Starter Story
Independent Platforms · 5.0 stars · 235K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Market Research. 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 2026-08-02

FAQ

: Communities for entrepreneurs, product managers, and researchers focused on ideating, validating business ideas, and conducting continuous market research. Covers market sizing, customer discovery, competitive analysis, and idea validation.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (62% of 21 listings).
: 76% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 350K members and the median is 55K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (100%). Others that show up often include job board 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 Market Research topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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