What are robotics communities?

Communities for robotics enthusiasts, engineers, and educators covering hardware builds, automation, and research. Discord hosts maker communities for Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects, while professional and academic organizations serve more specialized robotics practitioners and researchers.

Where do most robotics communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (33% of 30 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

97% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical robotics community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 558K members and the median is 106K. 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 (90%). Others that show up often include online/offline events.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 30 robotics communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: robotics 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: 30
Platforms: 8
Avg members: 558K
Median members: 106K

Where Robotics Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
10(33%)
Discourse
7(23%)
Independent Platforms
6(20%)
Discord
2(7%)
Facebook
2(7%)
LinkedIn
1(3%)
Telegram
1(3%)
Github
1(3%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
25(83%)
Chat communities
3(10%)
Other platforms
2(7%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (83%).

Reddit leads, but Discourse 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
1(3%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(3%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
5(17%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
5(17%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(7%)

16 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (558K vs 106K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Robotics Differs From Other Categories

Robotics is more free-to-join, larger, and more platform-diverse, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Robotics	Hive Index average
Free to join	97%	84%
Median members	106K	25K
Average members	558K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	3%	16%
Discord share	7%	17%
Topic pageviews / mo	340	842

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
90%
Online/Offline Events
20%

Niche Features

Live Chat
10%
Paid Community
3%

Forum appears on 90% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 29

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	10	33%	3	10%
Discourse	7	23%	3	10%
Discord	2	7%	15	52%
Facebook	2	7%	6	21%
Telegram	1	3%	2	7%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 52% of clicks but only 7% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
17(59%)
Forum / feed-based
12(41%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
17(59%)
Forum
12(41%)
Online/Offline Events
4(14%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Medium
12(41%)
Massive
3(10%)
Huge
3(10%)

Top-clicked listings

Robotics
12(41%)
Robotics and Automation Community
5(17%)
ROS Discourse
3(10%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2005

2010

2012

27 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2005.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

Updated periodically

FAQ

: Communities for robotics enthusiasts, engineers, and educators covering hardware builds, automation, and research. Discord hosts maker communities for Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects, while professional and academic organizations serve more specialized robotics practitioners and researchers.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (33% of 30 listings).
: 97% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 558K members and the median is 106K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (90%). Others that show up often include online/offline events.
: 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 Robotics topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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