What are regional advice communities?

Communities for asking questions and getting advice about specific cities, regions, and local areas.

Where do most regional advice communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (48% of 25 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical regional advice community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 367K members and the median is 288K.

What do these communities usually include?

Forum is the most common (80%). Others that show up often include live chat.

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 Regional Advice topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Regional Advice Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 25 regional advice communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: most regional advice communities are free to join, so the space is easy to explore.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-08

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Communities: 25
Platforms: 3
Avg members: 367K
Median members: 288K

Where Regional Advice Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
12(48%)
Reddit
8(32%)
Discord
5(20%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
20(80%)
Chat communities
5(20%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (80%), but chat communities is also well represented (20%).

Independent Platforms leads, but Reddit and Discord 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
0(0%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
0(0%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
0(0%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
8(32%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

17 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

Every listing is free to join.

How Regional Advice Differs From Other Categories

Regional Advice is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Regional Advice	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	85%
Median members	288K	25K
Average members	367K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	15%
Live chat	20%	38%
Discord share	20%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
80%
Live Chat
20%

Forum appears on 80% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 9

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	12	48%	1	11%
Reddit	8	32%	2	22%
Discord	5	20%	6	67%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 67% of clicks but only 20% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
6(67%)
Forum / feed-based
3(33%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
6(67%)
Forum
3(33%)

Top-clicked listings

Toronto Discord
2(22%)
r/AskSF
1(11%)
r/vancouver
1(11%)

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 Regional Advice. 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 2026-06-08

FAQ

: Communities for asking questions and getting advice about specific cities, regions, and local areas.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (48% of 25 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 367K members and the median is 288K.
: Forum is the most common (80%). Others that show up often include live chat.
: 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 Regional Advice topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.