What are pickleball communities?

Communities for pickleball players to find games, partners, and courts. The sport has grown fast, with Facebook groups hosting the largest communities, dedicated platforms for finding local games, and Reddit subreddits for technique discussion, gear recommendations, and sports news.

Where do most pickleball communities live?

Facebook is the most common platform in this report (44% of 18 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

94% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical pickleball community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 25K 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?

Forum is the most common (89%). Others that show up often include live chat, newsletter, and online/offline events.

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

PickleBall Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 18 pickleball communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

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

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Communities: 18
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 25K
Median members: 2K

Where PickleBall Communities Are Hosted

Facebook
8(44%)
Independent Platforms
5(28%)
Reddit
3(17%)
Discord
1(6%)
Discourse
1(6%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
17(94%)
Chat communities
1(6%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (94%).

Facebook leads, but Independent Platforms and Reddit also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(6%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
3(17%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
7(39%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
2(11%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(6%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

4 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (25K vs 2K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How PickleBall Differs From Other Categories

PickleBall is more free-to-join, and smaller, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	PickleBall	Hive Index average
Free to join	94%	85%
Median members	2K	24K
Average members	25K	652K
Paid or apply-to-join	6%	15%
Live chat	17%	40%
Discord share	6%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
89%
Live Chat
17%
Newsletter
17%
Online/Offline Events
17%
Pairing
17%

Niche Features

Courses
11%
Member Perks
6%
Paid Community
6%

Forum appears on 89% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 8

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Facebook	8	44%	2	25%
Independent Platforms	5	28%	2	25%
Reddit	3	17%	3	38%
Discord	1	6%	1	13%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Reddit gets 38% of clicks but only 17% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
7(88%)
Chat communities
1(13%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
7(88%)
Online/Offline Events
3(38%)
Pairing
3(38%)
Live Chat
2(25%)
Newsletter
2(25%)
Courses
1(13%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
3(38%)
Huge
3(38%)
Large
1(13%)
Medium
1(13%)

Top-clicked listings

r/Pickleball
3(38%)
The Kitchen - A Pickleball Community
2(25%)
NOVA Pickleball
1(13%)

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

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

PCKL Pickleball Community
Facebook · 5.0 stars · 767 members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

FAQ

: Communities for pickleball players to find games, partners, and courts. The sport has grown fast, with Facebook groups hosting the largest communities, dedicated platforms for finding local games, and Reddit subreddits for technique discussion, gear recommendations, and sports news.
: Facebook is the most common platform in this report (44% of 18 listings).
: 94% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 25K 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.
: Forum is the most common (89%). Others that show up often include live chat, newsletter, and online/offline events.
: 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 PickleBall topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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