What are pregnancy communities?

Communities for pregnant people to share experiences, get advice, and find support. Reddit has a major supportive community for pregnancy discussion, Facebook hosts large pregnancy groups, and dedicated parenting platforms connect users with due-date-based communities and resources.

Where do most pregnancy communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (39% of 18 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

89% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical pregnancy community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 385K members and the median is 136K. 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 (94%). Others that show up often include 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 Pregnancy topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 18 pregnancy communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-05-15

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Communities: 18
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 385K
Median members: 136K

Where Pregnancy Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
7(39%)
Reddit
4(22%)
Facebook
4(22%)
LinkedIn
2(11%)
X / Twitter
1(6%)

Independent Platforms leads, but Reddit 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
2(11%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(6%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(17%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
5(28%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(11%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (385K vs 136K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Pregnancy Differs From Other Categories

Pregnancy is larger than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Pregnancy	Hive Index average
Free to join	89%	85%
Median members	136K	25K
Average members	385K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	11%	15%
Topic pageviews / mo	197	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
94%
Newsletter
22%

Niche Features

Paid Community
11%
Courses
6%
Live Chat
6%

Forum appears on 94% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 4

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	7	39%	2	50%
Reddit	4	22%	2	50%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Independent Platforms hosts 39% of listings and 50% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked features

Forum
4(100%)
Newsletter
1(25%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
2(50%)
Gigantic
1(25%)

Top-clicked listings

r/TryingForABaby
2(50%)
The Bump
1(25%)
Netmums Forum
1(25%)

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

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Pregnancy. 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 2026-05-15

FAQ

: Communities for pregnant people to share experiences, get advice, and find support. Reddit has a major supportive community for pregnancy discussion, Facebook hosts large pregnancy groups, and dedicated parenting platforms connect users with due-date-based communities and resources.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (39% of 18 listings).
: 89% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 385K members and the median is 136K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (94%). Others that show up often include 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 Pregnancy topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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