What are poetry communities?

Communities for poets and poetry enthusiasts to share original work, get feedback, and discuss craft. Reddit and Discord serve general poetry communities, with dedicated platforms celebrating specific traditions and styles including urban and spoken word poetry.

Where do most poetry communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (40% of 15 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical poetry community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 300K members and the median is 53K. 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 (73%). Others that show up often include live chat 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 Poetry topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 15 poetry communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: poetry 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: 15
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 300K
Median members: 53K

Where Poetry Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
6(40%)
Independent Platforms
6(40%)
Facebook
1(7%)
Meetup
1(7%)
WhatsApp
1(7%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
13(87%)
Other platforms
1(7%)
Chat communities
1(7%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (87%).

Reddit leads, but Independent Platforms and Facebook 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
1(7%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
3(20%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
2(13%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
3(20%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(7%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (300K vs 53K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Poetry Differs From Other Categories

Poetry is more free-to-join, larger, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Poetry	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	84%
Median members	53K	25K
Average members	300K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	16%
Live chat	60%	41%
Topic pageviews / mo	243	842

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
73%
Live Chat
60%
Online/Offline Events
20%

Niche Features

Courses
7%
Job Board
7%

Live Chat appears on 60% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 15

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	6	40%	8	53%
Independent Platforms	6	40%	7	47%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Reddit hosts 40% of listings and 53% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked features

Forum
11(73%)
Live Chat
11(73%)
Online/Offline Events
5(33%)
Courses
1(7%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
6(40%)
Huge
2(13%)
Large
2(13%)

Top-clicked listings

r/OCPoetry
4(27%)
r/poetry_critics
2(13%)
Hello Poetry
2(13%)

A few listings get most of the clicks; the rest split what is left.

Trends

Founded year

2000

2008

2014

2018

9 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2014.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Poetry. 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.

FAQ

: Communities for poets and poetry enthusiasts to share original work, get feedback, and discuss craft. Reddit and Discord serve general poetry communities, with dedicated platforms celebrating specific traditions and styles including urban and spoken word poetry.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (40% of 15 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 300K members and the median is 53K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (73%). Others that show up often include live chat 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 Poetry topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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