Executive Summary
We analyzed 128 professional sports communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: professional sports communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically
- Communities
- 128
- Platforms
- 8
- Avg members
- 963K
- Median members
- 19K
Where Professional Sports Communities Are Hosted
- Independent Platforms: 30 communities (23%)
- Discord: 28 communities (22%)
- LinkedIn: 16 communities (13%)
- Reddit: 15 communities (12%)
- Facebook: 14 communities (11%)
- X / Twitter: 10 communities (8%)
- Telegram: 1 communities (1%)
- Discourse: 1 communities (1%)
- 30(23%)
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Independent Platforms - 28(22%)
Discord - 16(13%)
LinkedIn - 15(12%)
Reddit - 14(11%)
Facebook - 10(8%)
X / Twitter - 1(1%)
Telegram - 1(1%)
Discourse
Format mix
- 60(47%)Forum / feed-based
- 39(30%)Other platforms
- 29(23%)Chat communities
Forum / feed-based is most common (47%), but other platforms is also well represented (30%).
Independent Platforms leads, but Discord and LinkedIn also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 1 communities (1%)
- Small: 6 communities (5%)
- Medium: 18 communities (14%)
- Large: 20 communities (16%)
- Huge: 37 communities (29%)
- Massive: 12 communities (9%)
- Gigantic: 14 communities (11%)
- 1(1%)Tiny<20 members
- 6(5%)Small20-100 members
- 18(14%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 20(16%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 37(29%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 12(9%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 14(11%)Gigantic1M+ members
20 communities have unknown member counts.
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 95 communities (74%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 33 communities (26%)
The average is much higher than the median (963K vs 19K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Professional Sports Differs From Other Categories
Professional Sports is less free-to-join, more platform-diverse, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | Professional Sports | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 74% | 85% |
| Median members | 19K | 25K |
| Average members | 963K | 657K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 26% | 15% |
| Live chat | 37% | 41% |
| Discord share | 22% | 18% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 94 communities (73%)
- Live Chat: 47 communities (37%)
- Online/Offline Events: 31 communities (24%)
- Paid Community: 31 communities (24%)
- Member Perks: 20 communities (16%)
- 73%Forum
- 37%Live Chat
- 24%Online/Offline Events
- 24%Paid Community
- 16%Member Perks
Niche Features
- Newsletter: 16 communities (13%)
- Courses: 7 communities (5%)
- Job Board: 4 communities (3%)
- Requires Application: 3 communities (2%)
- Pairing: 2 communities (2%)
- Tools: 1 communities (1%)
- 13%Newsletter
- 5%Courses
- 3%Job Board
- 2%Requires Application
- 2%Pairing
- 1%Tools
Forum appears on 73% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 1K
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Platforms | 30 | 23% | 8 | 1% |
| Discord | 28 | 22% | 1K | 93% |
| 16 | 13% | 15 | 1% | |
| 15 | 12% | 33 | 3% | |
| 14 | 11% | 21 | 2% | |
| X / Twitter | 10 | 8% | 12 | 1% |
| Telegram | 1 | 1% | 2 | 0% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Discord gets 93% of clicks but only 22% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.
Most-clicked formats
- 1K(93%)Chat communities
- 62(5%)Forum / feed-based
- 27(2%)Other platforms
Most-clicked features
- 1K(87%)Live Chat
- 995(81%)Paid Community
- 832(68%)Forum
- 810(66%)Member Perks
- 755(62%)Online/Offline Events
- 569(47%)Courses
Most-clicked size ranges
- 721(59%)Large
- 360(29%)Huge
- 47(4%)Massive
- 41(3%)Gigantic
- 37(3%)Medium
Top-clicked listings
- 530(43%)PropWave
- 121(10%)SharpLine Sports
- 115(9%)Dropout Degens
Most clicks go to chat communities and forum / feed-based communities.
Trends
Founded year
- 1912: 1 communities (5%)
- 1988: 1 communities (5%)
- 2006: 1 communities (5%)
- 2007: 1 communities (5%)
- 2009: 1 communities (5%)
- 2012: 2 communities (9%)
- 2018: 1 communities (5%)
- 2020: 1 communities (5%)
- 2021: 1 communities (5%)
- 2022: 12 communities (55%)
106 communities have no founding year on file.
Most listed groups were founded around 2022.
Community Quality & Ratings
Rating breakdown
- 58(100%)
- 0(0%)
- 0(0%)
- 0(0%)
- 0(0%)
58 reviews across 6 communities · 5.0 average rating.
Among highly rated communities
- Live Chatover-indexes83%vs 37% overall
- Paid Communityover-indexes83%vs 24% overall
- Online/Offline Eventsover-indexes50%vs 24% overall
- Forum33%vs 73% overall
- Member Perksover-indexes33%vs 16% overall
Based on 6 communities rated 4+ stars.
Among reviewed communities, highly rated groups often include live chat, paid community, and online/offline events.
Methodology & FAQ
Methodology
This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Professional Sports. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.
Updated periodically
FAQ
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