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 (40% of 15 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

87% 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 17K members and the median is 10K. 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 (53%). 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 15 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: newsletters communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-11

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Communities: 15
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 17K
Median members: 10K

Where Newsletters Communities Are Hosted

Slack
6(40%)
Reddit
3(20%)
Facebook
2(13%)
Independent Platforms
2(13%)
Telegram
1(7%)
LinkedIn
1(7%)

Format mix

Chat communities
7(47%)
Forum / feed-based
7(47%)
Other platforms
1(7%)

Chat communities is most common (47%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (47%).

Slack leads, but Reddit and Facebook 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(13%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
3(20%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(40%)
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 (17K vs 10K), 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	87%	85%
Median members	10K	25K
Average members	17K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	13%	15%
Live chat	47%	38%
Topic pageviews / mo	177	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
53%
Live Chat
47%

Niche Features

Member Perks
13%
Newsletter
13%
Courses
7%
Online/Offline Events
7%
Paid Community
7%
Requires Application
7%

Forum appears on 53% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 30

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Slack	6	40%	28	93%
Independent Platforms	2	13%	1	3%
Telegram	1	7%	1	3%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Slack hosts 40% of listings and 93% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
29(97%)
Forum / feed-based
1(3%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
29(97%)
Forum
1(3%)
Member Perks
1(3%)
Newsletter
1(3%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
27(90%)
Medium
1(3%)
Large
1(3%)

Top-clicked listings

Online Geniuses
23(77%)
Email Geeks Slack
4(13%)
Newsletter Geeks
1(3%)

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 Newsletters. 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 2026-06-11

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 (40% of 15 listings).
: 87% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 17K members and the median is 10K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (53%). 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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