Executive Summary
We analyzed 15 pool owners communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: pool owners has many smaller groups and a few very large outliers pulling averages up.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-10-19
- Communities
- 15
- Platforms
- 3
- Avg members
- 122K
- Median members
- 54K
Where Pool Owners Communities Are Hosted
- Independent Platforms: 7 communities (47%)
- Facebook: 5 communities (33%)
- Reddit: 3 communities (20%)
- 7(47%)
![Independent Platforms]()
Independent Platforms - 5(33%)
Facebook - 3(20%)
Reddit
Independent Platforms leads, but Facebook and Reddit also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 0 communities (0%)
- Small: 0 communities (0%)
- Medium: 0 communities (0%)
- Large: 0 communities (0%)
- Huge: 4 communities (27%)
- Massive: 2 communities (13%)
- Gigantic: 0 communities (0%)
- 0(0%)Tiny<20 members
- 0(0%)Small20-100 members
- 0(0%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 0(0%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 4(27%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 2(13%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 0(0%)Gigantic1M+ members
9 communities have unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 15 communities (100%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 0 communities (0%)
The average is much higher than the median (122K vs 54K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Pool Owners Differs From Other Categories
Pool Owners is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | Pool Owners | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 100% | 85% |
| Median members | 54K | 25K |
| Average members | 122K | 658K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 0% | 15% |
| Live chat | 27% | 41% |
| Topic pageviews / mo | 109 | 1K |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 11 communities (73%)
- Live Chat: 4 communities (27%)
- 73%Forum
- 27%Live Chat
Forum appears on 73% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 3
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Platforms | 7 | 47% | 1 | 33% |
| 5 | 33% | 1 | 33% | |
| 3 | 20% | 1 | 33% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Independent Platforms hosts 47% of listings and 33% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.
Top-clicked listings
- 1(33%)Pool and Spa Forum
- 1(33%)The Pool Owner Network
- 1(33%)r/hottub
A few listings get most of the clicks; the rest split what is left.
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 Pool Owners. 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 2026-10-19
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