What are nlp communities?

Join NLP communities online to discuss and learn about the latest developments in language learning technology. You'll be able to chat with like-minded engineers and data scientists about the newest machine learning methods, from NLP to neural networks.

Where do most nlp communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (33% of 9 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical nlp community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 69K members and the median is 46K. 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 (78%). Others that show up often include online/offline events, job board, and 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 NLP topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

NLP Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends & Data...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 9 nlp 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, nlp communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-04-28

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Communities: 9
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 69K
Median members: 46K

Where NLP Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
3(33%)
Discourse
2(22%)
Discord
1(11%)
Slack
1(11%)
Github
1(11%)
Independent Platforms
1(11%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
6(67%)
Chat communities
2(22%)
Other platforms
1(11%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (67%), but chat communities is also well represented (22%).

Reddit leads (33% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(11%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
0(0%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
2(22%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(11%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (69K vs 46K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How NLP Differs From Other Categories

NLP is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	NLP	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	85%
Median members	46K	24K
Average members	69K	652K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	15%
Live chat	22%	40%
Discord share	11%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
78%
Online/Offline Events
44%
Job Board
22%
Live Chat
22%

Niche Features

Tools
11%

Forum appears on 78% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 4

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	3	33%	1	25%
Discourse	2	22%	2	50%
Slack	1	11%	1	25%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discourse gets 50% of clicks but only 22% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
3(75%)
Chat communities
1(25%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
3(75%)
Job Board
2(50%)
Online/Offline Events
2(50%)
Live Chat
1(25%)

Top-clicked listings

Hugging Face Discuss
2(50%)
r/LanguageTechnology
1(25%)
Merlinn Community
1(25%)

Most clicks go to forum / feed-based and chat communities communities.

Trends

Founded year

1962

2010

2011

2016

2018

2021

2023

2 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 1962.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as NLP. 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 2026-04-28

FAQ

: Join NLP communities online to discuss and learn about the latest developments in language learning technology. You'll be able to chat with like-minded engineers and data scientists about the newest machine learning methods, from NLP to neural networks.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (33% of 9 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 69K members and the median is 46K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (78%). Others that show up often include online/offline events, job board, and 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 NLP topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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