What are qa testing communities?

Communities for QA engineers and testers covering manual testing, test automation, performance testing, and quality engineering careers. Slack and LinkedIn host the most active professional communities, with discussion covering frameworks, tooling, and how QA teams are evolving as AI changes how software is built.

Where do most qa testing communities live?

Slack is the most common platform in this report (42% of 12 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

92% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical qa testing community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 64K members and the median is 11K. 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 (75%). Others that show up often include forum, online/offline events, and job board.

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 QA Testing topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

QA Testing Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 12 qa testing communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: In this smaller sample, qa testing communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2024-12-06

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Communities: 12
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 64K
Median members: 11K

Where QA Testing Communities Are Hosted

Slack
5(42%)
Independent Platforms
4(33%)
Reddit
1(8%)
Discord
1(8%)
Discourse
1(8%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
6(50%)
Chat communities
6(50%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (50%), but chat communities is also well represented (50%).

Slack leads (42% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
0(0%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
4(33%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
5(42%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(8%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

2 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (64K vs 11K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How QA Testing Differs From Other Categories

QA Testing is smaller, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	QA Testing	Hive Index average
Free to join	92%	85%
Median members	11K	25K
Average members	64K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	8%	15%
Live chat	75%	38%
Discord share	8%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
75%
Forum
50%
Online/Offline Events
42%
Job Board
33%
Courses
17%
Newsletter
17%

Niche Features

Requires Application
8%
Tools
8%

Live Chat appears on 75% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 44

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Slack	5	42%	16	36%
Independent Platforms	4	33%	4	9%
Reddit	1	8%	2	5%
Discord	1	8%	21	48%
Discourse	1	8%	1	2%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 48% of clicks but only 8% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
37(84%)
Forum / feed-based
7(16%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
40(91%)
Job Board
24(55%)
Forum
16(36%)
Online/Offline Events
15(34%)
Newsletter
11(25%)
Courses
2(5%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
25(57%)
Huge
15(34%)
Massive
1(2%)

Top-clicked listings

QA Team
21(48%)
Ministry of Testing
10(23%)
r/softwaretesting
2(5%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2007

2010

2014

2021

8 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2007.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

LambdaTest Community
Discourse · 5.0 stars · 15K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as QA Testing. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional.
•Last updated 2024-12-06

FAQ

: Communities for QA engineers and testers covering manual testing, test automation, performance testing, and quality engineering careers. Slack and LinkedIn host the most active professional communities, with discussion covering frameworks, tooling, and how QA teams are evolving as AI changes how software is built.
: Slack is the most common platform in this report (42% of 12 listings).
: 92% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 64K members and the median is 11K. 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 (75%). Others that show up often include forum, online/offline events, and job board.
: 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 QA Testing topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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