What are motorcycles communities?

Communities for motorcycle enthusiasts, riders, and fans of all bike types from sport bikes to cruisers.

Where do most motorcycles communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (65% of 20 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 motorcycles community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 301K members and the median is 80K. 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 (100%). Others that show up often include events and member resources.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 20 motorcycles communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: motorcycles listings cluster on Reddit, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 20
Platforms: 3
Avg members: 301K
Median members: 80K

Where Motorcycles Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
13(65%)
Independent Platforms
5(25%)
Discourse
2(10%)

Reddit leads with 65%, but Independent Platforms also has a meaningful share (25%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(5%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
0(0%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
0(0%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
11(55%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
7(35%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(5%)

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (301K vs 80K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Motorcycles Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	Motorcycles	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	85%
Median members	80K	25K
Average members	301K	658K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	15%
Topic pageviews / mo	249	1K

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
100%

Forum appears on 100% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 7

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	13	65%	2	29%
Independent Platforms	5	25%	5	71%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Independent Platforms gets 71% of clicks but only 25% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
5(71%)
Huge
2(29%)

Top-clicked listings

ADVRider Forums
3(43%)
r/Harley
1(14%)
Motorcycle Forum
1(14%)

A few listings get most of the clicks; the rest split what is left.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Motorcycles. 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 motorcycle enthusiasts, riders, and fans of all bike types from sport bikes to cruisers.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (65% of 20 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 301K members and the median is 80K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (100%). Others that show up often include events and member resources.
: 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 Motorcycles topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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