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 (19% of 59 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 209K 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 (78%). 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 59 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: 59
Platforms: 14
Avg members: 209K
Median members: 2K

Where Personal Growth Communities Are Hosted

Discord
11(19%)
Reddit
9(15%)
Skool
7(12%)
Independent Platforms
5(8%)
Facebook
5(8%)
WhatsApp
5(8%)
Slack
3(5%)
Mighty Networks
3(5%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
20(34%)
Chat communities
19(32%)
Private membership
11(19%)
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
12(20%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
10(17%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
10(17%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
8(14%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
3(5%)

8 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (209K 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	209K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	25%	16%
Live chat	78%	41%
Discord share	19%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
78%
Forum
46%
Online/Offline Events
29%
Newsletter
19%
Paid Community
19%
Courses
15%
Member Perks
15%

Niche Features

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

Live Chat appears on 78% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 231

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	11	19%	108	48%
Reddit	9	15%	7	3%
Skool	7	12%	6	3%
Facebook	5	8%	24	11%
WhatsApp	5	8%	18	8%
Slack	3	5%	18	8%
Mighty Networks	3	5%	9	4%
Nas.io	3	5%	13	6%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 19% of listings and 48% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
162(71%)
Forum / feed-based
31(14%)
Private membership
20(9%)
Other platforms
14(6%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
216(95%)
Forum
70(31%)
Newsletter
48(21%)
Online/Offline Events
45(20%)
Member Perks
41(18%)
Courses
32(14%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
71(31%)
Medium
68(30%)
Huge
32(14%)
Massive
26(11%)
Small
8(4%)

Top-clicked listings

Habits Garden
31(14%)
Goal Getters Discord
23(10%)
Motivation Daily Inspiration
21(9%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2015

2016

2017

2019

2021

2022

2023

34 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 (19% of 59 listings).
: 75% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 209K 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 (78%). 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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