What are music production communities?

Communities for music producers of all levels, from bedroom beatmakers to professional studio engineers, covering DAWs, sound design, mixing, and collaboration.

Where do most music production communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (50% of 10 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

90% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical music production community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 644K members and the median is 62K. 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 (50%). 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 Music Production topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Music Production Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 10 music production communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: In this smaller sample, music production listings cluster on Independent Platforms, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-05-23

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Communities: 10
Platforms: 3
Avg members: 644K
Median members: 62K

Where Music Production Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
5(50%)
Discord
4(40%)
Reddit
1(10%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
6(60%)
Chat communities
4(40%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (60%), but chat communities is also well represented (40%).

Independent Platforms leads (50% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(10%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(10%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(30%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
3(30%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(10%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (644K vs 62K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Music Production Differs From Other Categories

Music Production is larger, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Music Production	Hive Index average
Free to join	90%	85%
Median members	62K	25K
Average members	644K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	10%	15%
Live chat	50%	38%
Discord share	40%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
50%
Live Chat
50%

Niche Features

Courses
10%
Paid Community
10%

Live Chat appears on 50% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 21

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	5	50%	4	20%
Discord	4	40%	16	80%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 80% of clicks but only 40% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
16(80%)
Forum / feed-based
4(20%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
16(80%)
Forum
4(20%)
Courses
1(5%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
14(70%)
Medium
2(10%)
Massive
1(5%)

Top-clicked listings

Producer Network
7(35%)
Music Production
6(30%)
KVR Developer Challenge
3(15%)

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 Music Production. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional.
•Last updated 2026-05-23

FAQ

: Communities for music producers of all levels, from bedroom beatmakers to professional studio engineers, covering DAWs, sound design, mixing, and collaboration.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (50% of 10 listings).
: 90% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 644K members and the median is 62K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (50%). 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 Music Production topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.