Prompt Engineering Communities Report

Executive Summary

We analyzed 23 prompt engineering communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

Communities
23
Platforms
5
Avg members
839K
Median members
40K

Where Prompt Engineering Communities Are Hosted

  • Discord: 8 communities (35%)
  • Independent Platforms: 7 communities (30%)
  • Reddit: 6 communities (26%)
  • Facebook: 1 communities (4%)
  • Telegram: 1 communities (4%)
  • Discord
    8(35%)
  • Independent Platforms
    Independent Platforms
    7(30%)
  • Reddit
    6(26%)
  • Facebook
    1(4%)
  • Telegram
    1(4%)

Format mix

  • Forum / feed-based
    14(61%)
  • Chat communities
    9(39%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (61%), but chat communities is also well represented (39%).

Discord leads, but Independent Platforms and Reddit also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

  • Tiny: 0 communities (0%)
  • Small: 1 communities (4%)
  • Medium: 1 communities (4%)
  • Large: 4 communities (17%)
  • Huge: 6 communities (26%)
  • Massive: 4 communities (17%)
  • Gigantic: 3 communities (13%)
  • Tiny
    <20 members
    0(0%)
  • Small
    20-100 members
    1(4%)
  • Medium
    100-1,000 members
    1(4%)
  • Large
    1,000-10,000 members
    4(17%)
  • Huge
    10,000-100,000 members
    6(26%)
  • Massive
    100,000-1M members
    4(17%)
  • Gigantic
    1M+ members
    3(13%)

4 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

  • Free to join: 19 communities (83%)
  • Paid or apply-to-join: 4 communities (17%)

The average is much higher than the median (839K vs 40K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Prompt Engineering Differs From Other Categories

Prompt Engineering is larger than typical Hive Index topics.

MetricPrompt EngineeringHive Index average
Free to join83%84%
Median members40K25K
Average members839K670K
Paid or apply-to-join17%16%
Live chat43%41%
Discord share35%18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

  • Forum: 15 communities (65%)
  • Courses: 10 communities (43%)
  • Live Chat: 10 communities (43%)
  • Newsletter: 7 communities (30%)
  • Paid Community: 4 communities (17%)
  • Forum
    65%
  • Courses
    43%
  • Live Chat
    43%
  • Newsletter
    30%
  • Paid Community
    17%

Niche Features

  • Requires Application: 2 communities (9%)
  • Job Board: 1 communities (4%)
  • Online/Offline Events: 1 communities (4%)
  • Tools: 1 communities (4%)
  • Requires Application
    9%
  • Job Board
    4%
  • Online/Offline Events
    4%
  • Tools
    4%

Forum appears on 65% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo
131

Platform supply vs. clicks

PlatformCommunitiesShare of communitiesOutbound clicksShare of clicks
Discord835%
7356%
Independent Platforms730%
22%
Reddit626%
1713%
Facebook14%
86%
Telegram14%
3124%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 35% of listings and 56% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

  • Chat communities
    104(79%)
  • Forum / feed-based
    27(21%)

Most-clicked features

  • Live Chat
    103(79%)
  • Forum
    44(34%)
  • Newsletter
    19(15%)
  • Courses
    15(11%)
  • Tools
    10(8%)
  • Online/Offline Events
    4(3%)

Most-clicked size ranges

  • Huge
    60(46%)
  • Large
    34(26%)
  • Gigantic
    23(18%)
  • Massive
    12(9%)
  • Small
    1(1%)

Top-clicked listings

  • Civitai
    40(31%)
  • The Prompt Index
    31(24%)
  • Learn Prompting
    11(8%)

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

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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