What are podcasting communities?

Communities for podcast creators covering gear, growth, production, and monetization. Slack and Discord host the most active podcaster communities, with Facebook groups for general support and spaces focused on specific niches like women in podcasting and culture-centered shows.

Where do most podcasting communities live?

Facebook is the most common platform in this report (27% of 22 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

77% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical podcasting community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 64K 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 (64%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and paid community.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 22 podcasting communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-04-28

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Communities: 22
Platforms: 7
Avg members: 64K
Median members: 5K

Where Podcasting Communities Are Hosted

Facebook
6(27%)
Independent Platforms
5(23%)
Slack
4(18%)
X / Twitter
3(14%)
Discord
1(5%)
Discourse
1(5%)
Reddit
1(5%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
13(59%)
Chat communities
5(23%)
Other platforms
4(18%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (59%), but chat communities is also well represented (23%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
5(23%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(27%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(27%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(5%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

4 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (64K vs 5K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Podcasting Differs From Other Categories

Podcasting is less free-to-join, smaller, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Podcasting	Hive Index average
Free to join	77%	85%
Median members	5K	25K
Average members	64K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	23%	15%
Live chat	32%	38%
Discord share	5%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
64%
Live Chat
32%
Online/Offline Events
27%
Paid Community
23%
Newsletter
18%

Niche Features

Member Perks
5%
Tools
5%

Forum appears on 64% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 14

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Facebook	6	27%	5	36%
Slack	4	18%	1	7%
Discord	1	5%	6	43%
Discourse	1	5%	1	7%
Reddit	1	5%	1	7%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 43% of clicks but only 5% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
7(50%)
Chat communities
7(50%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
7(50%)
Live Chat
7(50%)
Online/Offline Events
3(21%)
Newsletter
1(7%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
8(57%)
Huge
4(29%)
Medium
1(7%)
Massive
1(7%)

Top-clicked listings

The Podcasters Community
6(43%)
Podcasters' Support Group
2(14%)
Podcast Community
1(7%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2011

2013

2014

2015

2017

2019

2021

13 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2019.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Podcasting. 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 2026-04-28

FAQ

: Communities for podcast creators covering gear, growth, production, and monetization. Slack and Discord host the most active podcaster communities, with Facebook groups for general support and spaces focused on specific niches like women in podcasting and culture-centered shows.
: Facebook is the most common platform in this report (27% of 22 listings).
: 77% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 64K 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 (64%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and paid community.
: 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 Podcasting topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.