What are personal growth communities?

Communities for people working on habits, mindset, and self-improvement in a broad sense. You will find daily check-ins, coaching spaces, and peer support across Discord, WhatsApp, and subscription communities on various platforms. Range from casual motivation groups to more structured personal development programs.

Where do most personal growth communities live?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (18% of 61 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

75% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical personal growth community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 206K members and the median is 2K. 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?

Live Chat is the most common (79%). Others that show up often include forum, online/offline events, 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 Personal Growth topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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Executive Summary

We analyzed 61 personal growth communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: personal growth communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 61
Platforms: 14
Avg members: 206K
Median members: 2K

Where Personal Growth Communities Are Hosted

Discord
11(18%)
Reddit
9(15%)
Skool
7(11%)
Independent Platforms
6(10%)
Facebook
5(8%)
WhatsApp
5(8%)
Slack
3(5%)
Mighty Networks
3(5%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
21(34%)
Chat communities
19(31%)
Private membership
12(20%)
Other platforms
9(15%)

Discord leads, but Reddit and Skool also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
4(7%)
Small
20-100 members
4(7%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
13(21%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
9(15%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
11(18%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
8(13%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
3(5%)

9 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (206K vs 2K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Personal Growth Differs From Other Categories

Personal Growth is less free-to-join, smaller, more platform-diverse, more chat-heavy, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Personal Growth	Hive Index average
Free to join	75%	84%
Median members	2K	25K
Average members	206K	672K
Paid or apply-to-join	25%	16%
Live chat	79%	41%
Discord share	18%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
79%
Forum
44%
Online/Offline Events
31%
Newsletter
18%
Paid Community
18%
Courses
15%
Member Perks
15%

Niche Features

Pairing
10%
Requires Application
10%
Job Board
7%
Token
2%

Live Chat appears on 79% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 314

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	11	18%	165	53%
Reddit	9	15%	14	4%
Skool	7	11%	10	3%
Independent Platforms	6	10%	2	1%
Facebook	5	8%	20	6%
WhatsApp	5	8%	56	18%
Slack	3	5%	1	0%
Mighty Networks	3	5%	5	2%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 18% of listings and 53% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
240(77%)
Forum / feed-based
36(12%)
Private membership
20(6%)
Other platforms
17(5%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
296(95%)
Forum
86(27%)
Online/Offline Events
57(18%)
Member Perks
36(12%)
Requires Application
27(9%)
Courses
23(7%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
85(27%)
Large
77(25%)
Medium
69(22%)
Massive
22(7%)
Gigantic
9(3%)

Top-clicked listings

Goal Getters Discord
74(24%)
Bookish Insights
29(9%)
Habits Garden
24(8%)

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

Trends

Founded year

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2009

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2011

2012

2015

2016

2017

2019

2021

2022

2023

36 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2022.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Personal Growth. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

Updated periodically

FAQ

: Communities for people working on habits, mindset, and self-improvement in a broad sense. You will find daily check-ins, coaching spaces, and peer support across Discord, WhatsApp, and subscription communities on various platforms. Range from casual motivation groups to more structured personal development programs.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (18% of 61 listings).
: 75% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 206K members and the median is 2K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Live Chat is the most common (79%). Others that show up often include forum, online/offline events, 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 Personal Growth topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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