What are pokemon communities?

Communities for Pokemon fans covering video games, the Trading Card Game, and trading and battling. Discord has massive servers for specific games and TCG trading, while Reddit has one of the larger gaming communities for general Pokemon discussion and news.

Where do most pokemon communities live?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (57% of 35 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

74% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical pokemon community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 202K members and the median is 42K. 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 (71%). Others that show up often include forum, paid community, 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 Pokemon topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 35 pokemon communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: pokemon listings cluster on Discord, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 35
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 202K
Median members: 42K

Where Pokemon Communities Are Hosted

Discord
20(57%)
Independent Platforms
5(14%)
Reddit
4(11%)
Facebook
3(9%)
X / Twitter
2(6%)
LinkedIn
1(3%)

Format mix

Chat communities
20(57%)
Forum / feed-based
12(34%)
Other platforms
3(9%)

Chat communities is most common (57%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (34%).

Discord leads with 57%, but Independent Platforms also has a meaningful share (14%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(3%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
4(11%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
15(43%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
7(20%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
3(9%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (202K vs 42K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Pokemon Differs From Other Categories

Pokemon is less free-to-join, larger, more chat-heavy, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Pokemon	Hive Index average
Free to join	74%	84%
Median members	42K	25K
Average members	202K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	26%	16%
Live chat	71%	41%
Discord share	57%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
71%
Forum
46%
Paid Community
26%
Online/Offline Events
23%

Niche Features

Member Perks
6%
Newsletter
6%
Pairing
3%

Live Chat appears on 71% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 98

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	20	57%	58	59%
Independent Platforms	5	14%	9	9%
Reddit	4	11%	19	19%
Facebook	3	9%	9	9%
X / Twitter	2	6%	3	3%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 57% of listings and 59% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
58(59%)
Forum / feed-based
37(38%)
Other platforms
3(3%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
78(80%)
Forum
40(41%)
Paid Community
25(26%)
Online/Offline Events
21(21%)
Member Perks
14(14%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
47(48%)
Massive
26(27%)
Gigantic
19(19%)
Large
3(3%)

Top-clicked listings

Pokemon Center
14(14%)
Pokemon: Project Bronze Forever
11(11%)
r/TheSilphRoad
11(11%)

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

Trends

Founded year

Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Pokemon. 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 Pokemon fans covering video games, the Trading Card Game, and trading and battling. Discord has massive servers for specific games and TCG trading, while Reddit has one of the larger gaming communities for general Pokemon discussion and news.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (57% of 35 listings).
: 74% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 202K members and the median is 42K. 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 (71%). Others that show up often include forum, paid community, 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 Pokemon topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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