What are mindfulness communities?

Communities for people practicing meditation, mindfulness, and breathwork as part of daily life. Whether you call it meditation or mindfulness, you will find Discord communities for group sessions and discussion, Reddit communities for every tradition from Zen to Vipassana, and dedicated spaces for beginners looking to start a practice.

Where do most mindfulness communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (23% of 22 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 mindfulness community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 421K members and the median is 14K. 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 (68%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and courses.

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

Mindfulness Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 22 mindfulness communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: mindfulness 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: 22
Platforms: 7
Avg members: 421K
Median members: 14K

Where Mindfulness Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
5(23%)
Independent Platforms
4(18%)
Discord
4(18%)
Skool
4(18%)
Facebook
3(14%)
WhatsApp
2(9%)
Nas.io
1(5%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
12(55%)
Chat communities
5(23%)
Private membership
4(18%)
Other platforms
1(5%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (55%), but chat communities is also well represented (23%).

Reddit leads, but Independent Platforms and Discord 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
6(27%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(5%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(27%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(5%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
3(14%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (421K vs 14K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Mindfulness Differs From Other Categories

Mindfulness is smaller than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Mindfulness	Hive Index average
Free to join	86%	84%
Median members	14K	25K
Average members	421K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	14%	16%
Live chat	50%	41%
Discord share	18%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
68%
Live Chat
50%
Online/Offline Events
32%
Courses
18%
Newsletter
18%

Niche Features

Job Board
9%
Paid Community
9%
Requires Application
5%
Token
5%
Tools
5%

Live Chat appears on 50% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 25

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	5	23%	5	20%
Discord	4	18%	16	64%
Facebook	3	14%	1	4%
Nas.io	1	5%	3	12%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 64% of clicks but only 18% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
16(64%)
Forum / feed-based
6(24%)
Other platforms
3(12%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
19(76%)
Forum
18(72%)
Online/Offline Events
16(64%)
Requires Application
3(12%)
Tools
3(12%)
Job Board
2(8%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Medium
15(60%)
Massive
3(12%)
Large
3(12%)
Gigantic
2(8%)
Huge
2(8%)

Top-clicked listings

Spiritual World
11(44%)
r/ZenHabits
3(12%)
Let's Meditate!
3(12%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2008

2009

2016

2019

2021

2023

14 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2008.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Mindfulness. 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.

FAQ

: Communities for people practicing meditation, mindfulness, and breathwork as part of daily life. Whether you call it meditation or mindfulness, you will find Discord communities for group sessions and discussion, Reddit communities for every tradition from Zen to Vipassana, and dedicated spaces for beginners looking to start a practice.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (23% of 22 listings).
: 86% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 421K members and the median is 14K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (68%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and courses.
: 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 Mindfulness topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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