What are mobile development communities?

Communities for iOS and Android developers covering Swift, Kotlin, React Native, and cross-platform frameworks. Discord and Slack host the most active spaces, with discussion ranging from app architecture and App Store optimization to finding beta testers and sharing indie app launches.

Where do most mobile development communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (35% of 23 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 mobile development community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 130K members and the median is 40K. 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 (83%). 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 Mobile Development topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Mobile Development Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 23 mobile development communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: mobile development 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: 23
Platforms: 7
Avg members: 130K
Median members: 40K

Where Mobile Development Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
8(35%)
Facebook
4(17%)
Discord
3(13%)
Slack
2(9%)
Independent Platforms
2(9%)
Discourse
2(9%)
LinkedIn
1(4%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
16(70%)
Chat communities
5(22%)
Other platforms
2(9%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (70%), but chat communities is also well represented (22%).

Reddit leads, but Facebook 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
2(9%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
2(9%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
11(48%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
4(17%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(4%)

3 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (130K vs 40K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Mobile Development Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	Mobile Development	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	84%
Median members	40K	25K
Average members	130K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	16%
Live chat	26%	41%
Discord share	13%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
83%
Live Chat
26%

Niche Features

Job Board
9%
Member Perks
9%
Newsletter
4%
Online/Offline Events
4%
Pairing
4%

Forum appears on 83% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 35

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Facebook	4	17%	4	11%
Discord	3	13%	15	43%
Slack	2	9%	16	46%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack gets 46% of clicks but only 9% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
31(89%)
Forum / feed-based
4(11%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
31(89%)
Forum
12(34%)
Member Perks
8(23%)
Online/Offline Events
8(23%)
Job Board
6(17%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
19(54%)
Medium
8(23%)
Massive
6(17%)
Large
1(3%)

Top-clicked listings

iOS Developers
15(43%)
Enable3 Community
8(23%)
Reactiflux
6(17%)

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

Trends

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9 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2015.

Community Quality & Ratings

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

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

iOS Developers
Slack · 5.0 stars · 36K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Mobile Development. 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 iOS and Android developers covering Swift, Kotlin, React Native, and cross-platform frameworks. Discord and Slack host the most active spaces, with discussion ranging from app architecture and App Store optimization to finding beta testers and sharing indie app launches.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (35% of 23 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 130K members and the median is 40K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (83%). 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 Mobile Development topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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