What are movies communities?

Communities for film fans to discuss releases, genres, and specific franchises. Discord hosts active fan servers for major film franchises and horror communities, while Facebook groups and Reddit cover mainstream releases, film critique, and niche cinema communities.

Where do most movies communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (48% of 21 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

95% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical movies community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 78K members and the median is 7K. 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 (71%). Others that show up often include live chat, member perks, and online/offline events.

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

Movies Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends &...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 21 movies communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: movies has many smaller groups and a few very large outliers pulling averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-05-08

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Communities: 21
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 78K
Median members: 7K

Where Movies Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
10(48%)
Discord
4(19%)
Facebook
3(14%)
LinkedIn
2(10%)
Slack
1(5%)
Telegram
1(5%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
13(62%)
Chat communities
6(29%)
Other platforms
2(10%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (62%), but chat communities is also well represented (29%).

Independent Platforms leads, but Discord and Facebook also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(5%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(10%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(29%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
4(19%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(5%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

7 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (78K vs 7K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Movies Differs From Other Categories

Movies is more free-to-join, and smaller, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Movies	Hive Index average
Free to join	95%	85%
Median members	7K	25K
Average members	78K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	5%	15%
Live chat	29%	38%
Discord share	19%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
71%
Live Chat
29%
Member Perks
19%
Online/Offline Events
19%

Niche Features

Newsletter
14%
Paid Community
5%

Forum appears on 71% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 16

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	10	48%	1	6%
Discord	4	19%	7	44%
Facebook	3	14%	2	13%
Slack	1	5%	1	6%
Telegram	1	5%	5	31%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 44% of clicks but only 19% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
13(81%)
Forum / feed-based
3(19%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
13(81%)
Member Perks
7(44%)
Online/Offline Events
7(44%)
Forum
3(19%)
Newsletter
1(6%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
7(44%)
Huge
6(38%)
Massive
1(6%)
Medium
1(6%)

Top-clicked listings

Anime Movies
5(31%)
Shudder
4(25%)
Marvel Discord
3(19%)

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 Movies. 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 2026-05-08

FAQ

: Communities for film fans to discuss releases, genres, and specific franchises. Discord hosts active fan servers for major film franchises and horror communities, while Facebook groups and Reddit cover mainstream releases, film critique, and niche cinema communities.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (48% of 21 listings).
: 95% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 78K members and the median is 7K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (71%). Others that show up often include live chat, member perks, and online/offline events.
: 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 Movies topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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