Executive Summary
We analyzed 15 nintendo communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: nintendo listings cluster on Discord, while a few large groups pull member averages up.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-05-16
- Communities
- 15
- Platforms
- 3
- Avg members
- 223K
- Median members
- 31K
Where Nintendo Communities Are Hosted
- Discord: 9 communities (60%)
- Reddit: 5 communities (33%)
- Independent Platforms: 1 communities (7%)
- 9(60%)
Discord - 5(33%)
Reddit - 1(7%)
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Independent Platforms
Format mix
- 9(60%)Chat communities
- 6(40%)Forum / feed-based
Chat communities is most common (60%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (40%).
Discord leads with 60%, but Reddit also has a meaningful share (33%).
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 0 communities (0%)
- Small: 0 communities (0%)
- Medium: 1 communities (7%)
- Large: 3 communities (20%)
- Huge: 7 communities (47%)
- Massive: 2 communities (13%)
- Gigantic: 2 communities (13%)
- 0(0%)Tiny<20 members
- 0(0%)Small20-100 members
- 1(7%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 3(20%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 7(47%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 2(13%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 2(13%)Gigantic1M+ members
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 15 communities (100%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 0 communities (0%)
The average is much higher than the median (223K vs 31K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Nintendo Differs From Other Categories
Nintendo is more free-to-join, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | Nintendo | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 100% | 85% |
| Median members | 31K | 25K |
| Average members | 223K | 669K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 0% | 15% |
| Live chat | 93% | 38% |
| Discord share | 60% | 16% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Live Chat: 14 communities (93%)
- Forum: 11 communities (73%)
- 93%Live Chat
- 73%Forum
Niche Features
- Newsletter: 1 communities (7%)
- Tools: 1 communities (7%)
- 7%Newsletter
- 7%Tools
Live Chat appears on 93% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 30
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discord | 9 | 60% | 29 | 97% |
| 5 | 33% | 1 | 3% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Discord hosts 60% of listings and 97% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.
Most-clicked formats
- 29(97%)Chat communities
- 1(3%)Forum / feed-based
Most-clicked features
- 30(100%)Live Chat
- 16(53%)Forum
- 8(27%)Newsletter
- 1(3%)Tools
Most-clicked size ranges
- 16(53%)Huge
- 8(27%)Gigantic
- 5(17%)Large
- 1(3%)Massive
Top-clicked listings
- 8(27%)Nintendo Life
- 6(20%)r/NintendoSwitch Discord
- 4(13%)Dragon's Dogma Central
Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.
Trends
Founded year
- 2003: 1 communities (8%)
- 2005: 1 communities (8%)
- 2007: 1 communities (8%)
- 2012: 2 communities (15%)
- 2013: 2 communities (15%)
- 2016: 1 communities (8%)
- 2018: 1 communities (8%)
- 2019: 2 communities (15%)
- 2020: 1 communities (8%)
- 2022: 1 communities (8%)
2 communities have no founding year on file.
Most listed groups were founded around 2012.
Methodology & FAQ
Methodology
This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Nintendo. 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 2026-05-16