What are parkour communities?

Communities for parkour practitioners and freerunning enthusiasts sharing tutorials, training tips, and movement exploration. Discord and dedicated forums host practitioners at all levels, with international organizations connecting the global parkour community for events and collaboration.

Where do most parkour communities live?

Facebook is the most common platform in this report (42% of 12 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

83% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical parkour community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 24K members and the median is 5K. 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 (67%). Others that show up often include live chat, courses, and newsletter.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 12 parkour 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, parkour communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2023-07-08

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Communities: 12
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 24K
Median members: 5K

Where Parkour Communities Are Hosted

Facebook
5(42%)
Independent Platforms
3(25%)
Discord
2(17%)
Reddit
1(8%)
Slack
1(8%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
9(75%)
Chat communities
3(25%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (75%), but chat communities is also well represented (25%).

Facebook leads (42% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(8%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(8%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
4(33%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
5(42%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
0(0%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (24K vs 5K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Parkour Differs From Other Categories

Parkour is smaller than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Parkour	Hive Index average
Free to join	83%	85%
Median members	5K	24K
Average members	24K	652K
Paid or apply-to-join	17%	15%
Live chat	33%	40%
Discord share	17%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
67%
Live Chat
33%
Courses
17%
Newsletter
17%
Online/Offline Events
17%
Paid Community
17%

Forum appears on 67% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 3

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	2	17%	2	67%
Slack	1	8%	1	33%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 67% of clicks but only 17% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
2(67%)
Forum
1(33%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Medium
1(33%)
Small
1(33%)
Large
1(33%)

Top-clicked listings

Movement Paradise
1(33%)
Parkour and Freerunners Offical
1(33%)
Parkour / Calisthenics and Fitness Group
1(33%)

A few listings get most of the clicks; the rest split what is left.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Parkour. 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 2023-07-08

FAQ

: Communities for parkour practitioners and freerunning enthusiasts sharing tutorials, training tips, and movement exploration. Discord and dedicated forums host practitioners at all levels, with international organizations connecting the global parkour community for events and collaboration.
: Facebook is the most common platform in this report (42% of 12 listings).
: 83% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 24K members and the median is 5K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (67%). Others that show up often include live chat, courses, and newsletter.
: 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 Parkour topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.