What are religion communities?

Communities for people exploring faith, theology, and religious practice across traditions. Discord hosts large communities for Christianity and interfaith debate, while Facebook groups cover everything from specific faith traditions to cross-religious discussion spaces.

Where do most religion communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (32% of 28 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

86% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical religion community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 186K members and the median is 51K. 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 (82%). 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 Religion topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Religion Communities Report: Stats, Platforms, Trends &...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 28 religion communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: religion 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: 28
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 186K
Median members: 51K

Where Religion Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
9(32%)
Discord
6(21%)
Independent Platforms
6(21%)
X / Twitter
4(14%)
Facebook
3(11%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
18(64%)
Chat communities
6(21%)
Other platforms
4(14%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (64%), but chat communities is also well represented (21%).

Reddit leads, but Discord and Independent Platforms 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
3(11%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
5(18%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
6(21%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
12(43%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

2 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (186K vs 51K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Religion Differs From Other Categories

Religion is larger than typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Religion	Hive Index average
Free to join	86%	84%
Median members	51K	25K
Average members	186K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	14%	16%
Live chat	25%	41%
Discord share	21%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
82%
Live Chat
25%

Niche Features

Online/Offline Events
14%
Paid Community
11%
Requires Application
7%
Courses
4%
Member Perks
4%
Newsletter
4%

Forum appears on 82% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 41

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	9	32%	9	22%
Discord	6	21%	16	39%
Independent Platforms	6	21%	5	12%
X / Twitter	4	14%	6	15%
Facebook	3	11%	5	12%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 39% of clicks but only 21% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
19(46%)
Chat communities
16(39%)
Other platforms
6(15%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
25(61%)
Live Chat
17(41%)
Online/Offline Events
7(17%)
Newsletter
4(10%)
Paid Community
4(10%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
18(44%)
Medium
7(17%)
Large
6(15%)
Huge
6(15%)

Top-clicked listings

Talklean
6(15%)
r/Christianity
4(10%)
Hinduism
4(10%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2008

2011

2012

24 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2008.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Religion. 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 exploring faith, theology, and religious practice across traditions. Discord hosts large communities for Christianity and interfaith debate, while Facebook groups cover everything from specific faith traditions to cross-religious discussion spaces.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (32% of 28 listings).
: 86% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 186K members and the median is 51K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (82%). 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 Religion topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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