Executive Summary
We analyzed 16 roleplay communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.
The big picture: roleplay has many smaller groups and a few very large outliers pulling averages up.
Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically
- Communities
- 16
- Platforms
- 3
- Avg members
- 134K
- Median members
- 13K
Where Roleplay Communities Are Hosted
- Independent Platforms: 7 communities (44%)
- Discord: 6 communities (38%)
- Reddit: 3 communities (19%)
- 7(44%)
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Independent Platforms - 6(38%)
Discord - 3(19%)
Reddit
Format mix
- 10(63%)Forum / feed-based
- 6(38%)Chat communities
Forum / feed-based is most common (63%), but chat communities is also well represented (38%).
Independent Platforms leads, but Discord and Reddit also represent meaningful shares.
Audience Size & Access
Community size
- Tiny: 1 communities (6%)
- Small: 1 communities (6%)
- Medium: 3 communities (19%)
- Large: 3 communities (19%)
- Huge: 5 communities (31%)
- Massive: 2 communities (13%)
- Gigantic: 1 communities (6%)
- 1(6%)Tiny<20 members
- 1(6%)Small20-100 members
- 3(19%)Medium100-1,000 members
- 3(19%)Large1,000-10,000 members
- 5(31%)Huge10,000-100,000 members
- 2(13%)Massive100,000-1M members
- 1(6%)Gigantic1M+ members
Free vs paid
- Free to join: 16 communities (100%)
- Paid or apply-to-join: 0 communities (0%)
The average is much higher than the median (134K vs 13K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.
How Roleplay Differs From Other Categories
Roleplay is more free-to-join, and smaller, compared with typical Hive Index topics.
| Metric | Roleplay | Hive Index average |
|---|---|---|
| Free to join | 100% | 83% |
| Median members | 13K | 25K |
| Average members | 134K | 666K |
| Paid or apply-to-join | 0% | 17% |
| Live chat | 38% | 40% |
| Discord share | 38% | 17% |
Feature Mix
Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.
Common Features
- Forum: 11 communities (69%)
- Live Chat: 6 communities (38%)
- Online/Offline Events: 3 communities (19%)
- 69%Forum
- 38%Live Chat
- 19%Online/Offline Events
Forum appears on 69% of listings.
What Visitors Click
- Outbound clicks / mo
- 44
Platform supply vs. clicks
| Platform | Communities | Share of communities | Outbound clicks | Share of clicks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Platforms | 7 | 44% | 21 | 48% |
| Discord | 6 | 38% | 18 | 41% |
| 3 | 19% | 5 | 11% |
Share is calculated within this topic.
Independent Platforms hosts 44% of listings and 48% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.
Most-clicked formats
- 26(59%)Forum / feed-based
- 18(41%)Chat communities
Most-clicked features
- 28(64%)Forum
- 18(41%)Live Chat
- 8(18%)Online/Offline Events
Most-clicked size ranges
- 16(36%)Huge
- 11(25%)Medium
- 8(18%)Large
- 4(9%)Massive
- 2(5%)Small
Top-clicked listings
- 7(16%)RPNation
- 6(14%)Aldermore - Freeform Roleplay
- 4(9%)Era Indomitus
Most clicks go to forum / feed-based and chat communities communities.
Methodology & FAQ
Methodology
This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Roleplay. 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.