What are maternal health communities?

Communities for pregnant people, new mothers, and maternal health advocates sharing advice, experiences, and support. Facebook hosts the largest groups for pregnancy tips, birth preparation, and postpartum care, with more specialized communities for specific approaches and health concerns.

Where do most maternal health communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (46% of 13 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 maternal health community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 82K members and the median is 19K. 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 newsletter, courses, and paid community.

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 Maternal Health topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Maternal Health Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 13 maternal health communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: In this smaller sample, maternal health has many smaller groups and a few very large outliers pulling averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-05-15

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Communities: 13
Platforms: 4
Avg members: 82K
Median members: 19K

Where Maternal Health Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
6(46%)
Facebook
4(31%)
LinkedIn
2(15%)
Reddit
1(8%)

Independent Platforms leads (46% of listings).

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
2(15%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
4(31%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(8%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

6 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (82K vs 19K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Maternal Health Differs From Other Categories

Metric	Maternal Health	Hive Index average
Free to join	85%	85%
Median members	19K	24K
Average members	82K	652K
Paid or apply-to-join	15%	15%
Topic pageviews / mo	145	725

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
100%
Newsletter
23%
Courses
15%
Paid Community
15%

Niche Features

Online/Offline Events
8%

Forum appears on 100% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 14

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	6	46%	4	29%
Facebook	4	31%	8	57%
LinkedIn	2	15%	1	7%
Reddit	1	8%	1	7%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Facebook gets 57% of clicks but only 31% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
13(93%)
Other platforms
1(7%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
14(100%)
Courses
4(29%)
Online/Offline Events
4(29%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
5(36%)
Massive
3(21%)
Huge
2(14%)

Top-clicked listings

Matritto
4(29%)
Pregnancy talk and health tips
3(21%)
Women Only Forum
2(14%)

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

Trends

Founded year

Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

•We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional.
•Last updated 2026-05-15

FAQ

: Communities for pregnant people, new mothers, and maternal health advocates sharing advice, experiences, and support. Facebook hosts the largest groups for pregnancy tips, birth preparation, and postpartum care, with more specialized communities for specific approaches and health concerns.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (46% of 13 listings).
: 85% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 82K members and the median is 19K. 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 newsletter, courses, and paid community.
: 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 Maternal Health topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.