What are olympics communities?

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.

Where do most olympics communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (58% of 26 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 olympics community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 2.5M members and the median is 220K. 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 (96%). Others that show up often include events and member resources.

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 Olympics topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Olympics Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends &...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 26 olympics communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: olympics listings cluster on Reddit, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-04-10

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Communities: 26
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 2.5M
Median members: 220K

Where Olympics Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
15(58%)
Independent Platforms
8(31%)
Discord
1(4%)
X / Twitter
1(4%)
Facebook
1(4%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
24(92%)
Chat communities
1(4%)
Other platforms
1(4%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (92%).

Reddit leads with 58%, but Independent Platforms also has a meaningful share (31%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(4%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
0(0%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(4%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
4(15%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
8(31%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
4(15%)

8 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (2.5M vs 220K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Olympics Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	Olympics	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	85%
Median members	220K	25K
Average members	2.5M	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	15%
Discord share	4%	16%
Topic pageviews / mo	174	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
96%

Niche Features

Newsletter
8%
Online/Offline Events
8%
Live Chat
4%

Forum appears on 96% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 21

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	15	58%	2	10%
Independent Platforms	8	31%	1	5%
Discord	1	4%	2	10%
X / Twitter	1	4%	15	71%
Facebook	1	4%	1	5%

Share is calculated within this topic.

X / Twitter gets 71% of clicks but only 4% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Other platforms
15(71%)
Forum / feed-based
4(19%)
Chat communities
2(10%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
19(90%)
Live Chat
2(10%)
Newsletter
1(5%)
Online/Offline Events
1(5%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Gigantic
17(81%)
Small
2(10%)
Huge
1(5%)

Top-clicked listings

Olympics on X
15(71%)
Olympics Discord
2(10%)
r/Gymnastics
1(5%)

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

Trends

Founded year

1912

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2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

4 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2009.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Olympics. 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 2026-04-10

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.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (58% of 26 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 2.5M members and the median is 220K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (96%). Others that show up often include events and member resources.
: 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 Olympics topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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