What are memes communities?

Communities dedicated to sharing, creating, and discussing internet memes. Discord dominates this space with large servers hosting tens of thousands of active members posting dank memes, reaction content, and original creations. One of the more active casual categories on the site.

Where do most memes communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (43% of 44 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

98% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical memes community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 2.4M members and the median is 175K. 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 (64%). Others that show up often include live chat.

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

Memes Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends &...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 44 memes communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: memes communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 44
Platforms: 4
Avg members: 2.4M
Median members: 175K

Where Memes Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
19(43%)
Discord
16(36%)
Facebook
8(18%)
X / Twitter
1(2%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
27(61%)
Chat communities
16(36%)
Other platforms
1(2%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (61%), but chat communities is also well represented (36%).

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

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
4(9%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
10(23%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
14(32%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
15(34%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (2.4M vs 175K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Memes Differs From Other Categories

Memes is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Memes	Hive Index average
Free to join	98%	84%
Median members	175K	25K
Average members	2.4M	672K
Paid or apply-to-join	2%	16%
Live chat	41%	41%
Discord share	36%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
64%
Live Chat
41%

Niche Features

Online/Offline Events
2%
Paid Community
2%

Forum appears on 64% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 379

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	19	43%	52	14%
Discord	16	36%	312	82%
Facebook	8	18%	7	2%
X / Twitter	1	2%	8	2%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 82% of clicks but only 36% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
312(82%)
Forum / feed-based
59(16%)
Other platforms
8(2%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
316(83%)
Forum
67(18%)
Paid Community
17(4%)
Online/Offline Events
5(1%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
205(54%)
Massive
84(22%)
Gigantic
51(13%)
Large
19(5%)

Top-clicked listings

MemeStash
105(28%)
Memeplex
42(11%)
Memeified
32(8%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2012

2016

2017

41 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2012.

Community Quality & Ratings

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

4.3 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

Memeplex
Discord · 4.3 stars · 79K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Memes. 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 dedicated to sharing, creating, and discussing internet memes. Discord dominates this space with large servers hosting tens of thousands of active members posting dank memes, reaction content, and original creations. One of the more active casual categories on the site.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (43% of 44 listings).
: 98% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 2.4M members and the median is 175K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (64%). Others that show up often include live chat.
: 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 Memes topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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