What are plants communities?

Communities for plant enthusiasts covering houseplants, outdoor gardening, and specialty collecting. Dedicated forums serve niche communities for carnivorous plant collectors, succulent enthusiasts, and tomato growers, with larger gardening groups active on Facebook and Reddit.

Where do most plants communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (61% of 23 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

96% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical plants community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 800K members and the median is 16K. 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 (91%). Others that show up often include live chat 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 Plants topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 23 plants communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: plants listings cluster on Independent Platforms, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-09

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Communities: 23
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 800K
Median members: 16K

Where Plants Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
14(61%)
Reddit
6(26%)
Facebook
1(4%)
Slack
1(4%)
Discord
1(4%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
21(91%)
Chat communities
2(9%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (91%).

Independent Platforms leads with 61%, but Reddit also has a meaningful share (26%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(4%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(26%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
5(22%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
4(17%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(9%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (800K vs 16K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Plants Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	Plants	Hive Index average
Free to join	96%	85%
Median members	16K	25K
Average members	800K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	4%	15%
Live chat	17%	38%
Discord share	4%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
91%
Live Chat
17%
Newsletter
17%

Niche Features

Member Perks
13%
Online/Offline Events
9%
Job Board
4%
Paid Community
4%

Forum appears on 91% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 17

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	14	61%	11	65%
Reddit	6	26%	5	29%
Slack	1	4%	1	6%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Independent Platforms hosts 61% of listings and 65% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
16(94%)
Chat communities
1(6%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
16(94%)
Newsletter
4(24%)
Member Perks
3(18%)
Online/Offline Events
3(18%)
Live Chat
2(12%)
Job Board
1(6%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
6(35%)
Massive
5(29%)
Huge
2(12%)
Medium
1(6%)
Gigantic
1(6%)

Top-clicked listings

UK Fungi
3(18%)
UBC Botanical Garden Forums
2(12%)
r/MushroomGrowers
2(12%)

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

Trends

Founded year

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2018

2021

12 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2017.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Plants. 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 2026-06-09

FAQ

: Communities for plant enthusiasts covering houseplants, outdoor gardening, and specialty collecting. Dedicated forums serve niche communities for carnivorous plant collectors, succulent enthusiasts, and tomato growers, with larger gardening groups active on Facebook and Reddit.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (61% of 23 listings).
: 96% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 800K members and the median is 16K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (91%). Others that show up often include live chat 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 Plants topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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