8 Best Olympics Independent Communities (Updated Apr 2026)

8 Olympics communities on Independent Platforms

Updated 4/9/2026

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#1
Team USA
The official digital home of Team USA, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. Features athlete profiles, Games coverage, highlight videos, and community content around Olympic and Paralympic competition.
Forum
Events
Newsletter
4 views / month
#2
LetsRun.com Forum
The world's most popular online running and track & field community, founded in 2000. Features a message board where coaches, elite athletes, and fans debate elite athletics, Olympic coverage, training, and race news around the clock.
Forum
Newsletter
2 views / month
#3
World Athletics
World Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, road running, race walking, cross country, mountain and ultra running. The official hub for world rankings, records, athlete profiles, and competition results.
Forum
5 views / month
#4
GymCastic
Inarguably, the best gymnastics podcast in the history of the universe. A weekly talk show with interviews, opinions, and analysis for fans by the wittiest, wisest fans in the game.
Forum
2 views / month
#5
FloTrack
FloTrack offers live track and field event coverage, breaking news, rankings, and community for running and field sports.
Forum
4 views / month
#6
insidethegames.biz
insidethegames.biz is the world's leading Olympic and Paralympic news website, providing independent coverage of the Olympic Movement and all Olympic sports.
Forum
2 views / month
#7
SwimSwam
SwimSwam is the leading swimming news site. Covers elite competition, college swimming, masters swimming, and Olympic-level aquatic sports with news, forums, and discussion.
Forum
#8
Tilastopaja Athletics Database
Tilastopaja collects results from all legal athletics competitions, whether in the World Athletics calendar or not. The world's most comprehensive track and field statistics database.
Forum

All Olympics communities

Olympics
29 communities for Olympic Fans
174 / mo
Olympics, 29 communities, 174 views per month including community pages

FAQ

: Communities for Olympic fans covering summer and winter games, specific sports like triathlon and track, and athlete stories. Reddit has a general Olympics community for event coverage, alongside specialized forums for athletics fans and official national team channels.
: Hive Index lists 8 Olympics independent communities on Independent Platforms. We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional. The main Olympics topic page covers every platform we track for this topic.
: Forum is the most common (100%). Others that show up often include newsletter. Use the feature filters above the list to narrow results.
: All 8 listings on this page are free to join (no paid membership or application gate listed). Access rules can still change on the community side.
: On Hive Index, the default Popular sort surfaces Team USA, LetsRun.com Forum, World Athletics, and GymCastic first. Popularity reflects visitor interest in communities on the site, not a universal quality score. Use the sort menu for Ratings, Largest, or Newest.
: Listings are submitted by community builders and researchers, reviewed for topic relevance, and updated with platform, feature, member, review, and traffic data where available. Member counts are approximate. Popular reflects visitor interest in communities on the site, with richer profiles breaking ties. Ratings, Largest, and Newest use review scores, reported member counts, and listing age instead.
: This page was last updated 4/9/2026, based on the most recent change to the topic or its listings. We refresh entries when communities are submitted, claimed, or reviewed, and we update member counts, features, and traffic data on an ongoing basis.