What are newsletters communities?

Communities for newsletter writers and email marketers covering design, deliverability, list growth, and monetization. Slack hosts the most active professional email communities, with dedicated spaces for email developers and specific communities supporting women in the industry.

Where do most newsletters communities live?

Slack is the most common platform in this report (36% of 14 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

86% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical newsletters community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 18K members and the median is 11K. 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 (57%). 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 Newsletters topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 14 newsletters 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, newsletters 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: 14
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 18K
Median members: 11K

Where Newsletters Communities Are Hosted

Slack
5(36%)
Reddit
3(21%)
Facebook
2(14%)
Independent Platforms
2(14%)
Telegram
1(7%)
LinkedIn
1(7%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
7(50%)
Chat communities
6(43%)
Other platforms
1(7%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (50%), but chat communities is also well represented (43%).

Slack leads (36% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(14%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
3(21%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
5(36%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
0(0%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

4 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (18K vs 11K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Newsletters Differs From Other Categories

Newsletters is smaller than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Newsletters	Hive Index average
Free to join	86%	84%
Median members	11K	25K
Average members	18K	673K
Paid or apply-to-join	14%	16%
Live chat	43%	41%
Topic pageviews / mo	206	883

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
57%
Live Chat
43%

Niche Features

Member Perks
14%
Newsletter
14%
Courses
7%
Online/Offline Events
7%
Paid Community
7%
Requires Application
7%

Forum appears on 57% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 23

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
23(100%)
Requires Application
4(17%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
18(78%)
Large
1(4%)

Clicks by access model

Free to join
19(83%)
Paid or apply-to-join
4(17%)

Top-clicked listings

Online Geniuses
14(61%)
emailgeeks
4(17%)
The Hiiv (beehiiv)
2(9%)

Groups with live chat picked up 100% of tracked clicks.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Newsletters. 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.

FAQ

: Communities for newsletter writers and email marketers covering design, deliverability, list growth, and monetization. Slack hosts the most active professional email communities, with dedicated spaces for email developers and specific communities supporting women in the industry.
: Slack is the most common platform in this report (36% of 14 listings).
: 86% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 18K members and the median is 11K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (57%). 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 Newsletters topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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