Executive Summary
We analyzed 24 minecraft communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: minecraft communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically
- Communities
- 24
- Platforms
- 5
- Avg members
- 1.3M
- Median members
- 107K
Where Minecraft Communities Are Hosted
- Discord: 8 communities (33%)
- Independent Platforms: 5 communities (21%)
- Facebook: 5 communities (21%)
- Reddit: 4 communities (17%)
- X / Twitter: 2 communities (8%)
- 8(33%)
Discord - 5(21%)
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Independent Platforms - 5(21%)
Facebook - 4(17%)
Reddit - 2(8%)
X / Twitter
Format mix
- 14(58%)Forum / feed-based
- 8(33%)Chat communities
- 2(8%)Other platforms
Forum / feed-based is most common (58%), but chat communities is also well represented (33%).
Discord leads, but Independent Platforms and Facebook also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 0 communities (0%)
- Small: 1 communities (4%)
- Medium: 2 communities (8%)
- Large: 1 communities (4%)
- Huge: 7 communities (29%)
- Massive: 7 communities (29%)
- Gigantic: 6 communities (25%)
- 0(0%)Tiny<20 members
- 1(4%)Small20-100 members
- 2(8%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 1(4%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 7(29%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 7(29%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 6(25%)Gigantic1M+ members
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 23 communities (96%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 1 communities (4%)
The average is much higher than the median (1.3M vs 107K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Minecraft Differs From Other Categories
Minecraft is more free-to-join, larger, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | Minecraft | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 96% | 84% |
| Median members | 107K | 25K |
| Average members | 1.3M | 673K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 4% | 16% |
| Live chat | 63% | 41% |
| Discord share | 33% | 17% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 16 communities (67%)
- Live Chat: 15 communities (63%)
- 67%Forum
- 63%Live Chat
Niche Features
- Online/Offline Events: 3 communities (13%)
- Pairing: 1 communities (4%)
- Requires Application: 1 communities (4%)
- 13%Online/Offline Events
- 4%Pairing
- 4%Requires Application
Live Chat appears on 63% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 64
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discord | 8 | 33% | 42 | 66% |
| Independent Platforms | 5 | 21% | 10 | 16% |
| 5 | 21% | 4 | 6% | |
| 4 | 17% | 8 | 13% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Discord hosts 33% of listings and 66% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.
Most-clicked formats
- 42(66%)Chat communities
- 22(34%)Forum / feed-based
Most-clicked features
- 56(88%)Live Chat
- 22(34%)Forum
- 3(5%)Online/Offline Events
Most-clicked size ranges
- 37(58%)Huge
- 15(23%)Gigantic
- 10(16%)Massive
- 2(3%)Large
Top-clicked listings
- 33(52%)Minecraft Dungeons
- 4(6%)Planet Minecraft Forums
- 3(5%)r/Minecraft
Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based 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 Minecraft. 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.
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