What are mixed reality communities?

Communities for developers, creators, and enthusiasts building and exploring mixed reality, augmented reality, and spatial computing experiences.

Where do most mixed reality communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (29% of 17 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical mixed reality community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 343K members and the median is 38K. 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 (65%). 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 Mixed Reality topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Mixed Reality Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 17 mixed reality communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-12

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Communities: 17
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 343K
Median members: 38K

Where Mixed Reality Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
5(29%)
Discord
5(29%)
Independent Platforms
5(29%)
LinkedIn
1(6%)
Slack
1(6%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
10(59%)
Chat communities
6(35%)
Other platforms
1(6%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (59%), but chat communities is also well represented (35%).

Reddit leads, but Discord and Independent Platforms 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
1(6%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(18%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
2(12%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(6%)

10 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (343K vs 38K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Mixed Reality Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	Mixed Reality	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	85%
Median members	38K	24K
Average members	343K	649K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	15%
Live chat	35%	40%
Discord share	29%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
65%
Live Chat
35%

Forum appears on 65% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 9

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	5	29%	3	33%
Discord	5	29%	6	67%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 67% of clicks but only 29% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
6(67%)
Forum / feed-based
3(33%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
6(67%)
Forum
3(33%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
3(33%)
Gigantic
1(11%)
Huge
1(11%)

Top-clicked listings

Official Unity Discord
2(22%)
r/VisionPro
1(11%)
r/virtualreality
1(11%)

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

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Mixed Reality. 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 2026-06-12

FAQ

: Communities for developers, creators, and enthusiasts building and exploring mixed reality, augmented reality, and spatial computing experiences.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (29% of 17 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 343K members and the median is 38K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (65%). 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 Mixed Reality topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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