What are relationships communities?

Communities for people navigating dating, partnerships, marriage, and the dynamics of personal relationships. Reddit has the largest and most active communities here, spanning advice for long-distance couples, relationship challenges, and general discussion about dating and love, with some Discord servers for more real-time conversation.

Where do most relationships communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (44% of 18 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

72% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical relationships community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 1.0M members and the median is 111K. 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 (72%). Others that show up often include live chat and paid community.

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

Relationships Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

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

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 18
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 1.0M
Median members: 111K

Where Relationships Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
8(44%)
Skool
5(28%)
Independent Platforms
3(17%)
Telegram
1(6%)
Discord
1(6%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
11(61%)
Private membership
5(28%)
Chat communities
2(11%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (61%), but private membership is also well represented (28%).

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

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(6%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(6%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
2(11%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(17%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
5(28%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
3(17%)

3 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (1.0M vs 111K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Relationships Differs From Other Categories

Relationships is less free-to-join, larger, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Relationships	Hive Index average
Free to join	72%	84%
Median members	111K	25K
Average members	1.0M	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	28%	16%
Live chat	44%	41%
Discord share	6%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
72%
Live Chat
44%
Paid Community
28%

Niche Features

Courses
11%
Member Perks
11%
Newsletter
11%
Online/Offline Events
11%
Pairing
11%
Requires Application
6%

Forum appears on 72% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 405

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	8	44%	32	8%
Skool	5	28%	3	1%
Independent Platforms	3	17%	321	79%
Telegram	1	6%	30	7%
Discord	1	6%	19	5%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Independent Platforms gets 79% of clicks but only 17% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
353(87%)
Chat communities
49(12%)
Private membership
3(1%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
369(91%)
Forum
356(88%)
Newsletter
318(79%)
Online/Offline Events
318(79%)
Pairing
318(79%)
Courses
22(5%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
318(79%)
Gigantic
22(5%)
Massive
10(2%)
Medium
3(1%)

Top-clicked listings

The Cage
318(79%)
Real-Chat Talk Worldwide
30(7%)
r/dating
19(5%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2008

2013

2014

2018

2021

11 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2013.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

: Communities for people navigating dating, partnerships, marriage, and the dynamics of personal relationships. Reddit has the largest and most active communities here, spanning advice for long-distance couples, relationship challenges, and general discussion about dating and love, with some Discord servers for more real-time conversation.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (44% of 18 listings).
: 72% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 1.0M members and the median is 111K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (72%). Others that show up often include live chat and paid community.
: 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 Relationships topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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