What are sales communities?

Communities for salespeople and revenue teams covering cold outreach, pipeline management, objection handling, and career development. Slack hosts some of the most active practitioner communities, with discussion ranging from specific tools and scripts to the harder conversations around quota and burnout.

Where do most sales communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (33% of 33 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

70% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical sales community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 50K members and the median is 557. 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 (58%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and job board.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 33 sales communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-07

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Communities: 33
Platforms: 11
Avg members: 50K
Median members: 557

Where Sales Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
11(33%)
Slack
8(24%)
LinkedIn
3(9%)
Skool
3(9%)
Discord
2(6%)
Reddit
1(3%)
Nas.io
1(3%)
WhatsApp
1(3%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
12(36%)
Chat communities
11(33%)
Other platforms
7(21%)
Private membership
3(9%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (36%), but chat communities is also well represented (33%).

Independent Platforms leads, but Slack and LinkedIn also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(3%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
12(36%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
4(12%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
4(12%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
3(9%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

9 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (50K vs 557), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Sales Differs From Other Categories

Sales is less free-to-join, smaller, more platform-diverse, more chat-heavy, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Sales	Hive Index average
Free to join	70%	85%
Median members	557	25K
Average members	50K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	30%	15%
Live chat	55%	38%
Discord share	6%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
58%
Live Chat
55%
Online/Offline Events
45%
Job Board
33%
Newsletter
30%
Pairing
21%
Member Perks
18%
Paid Community
18%

Niche Features

Courses
12%
Tools
3%

Live Chat appears on 55% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 445

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	11	33%	12	3%
Slack	8	24%	102	23%
LinkedIn	3	9%	30	7%
Skool	3	9%	2	0%
Discord	2	6%	10	2%
Reddit	1	3%	1	0%
WhatsApp	1	3%	285	64%
Kajabi	1	3%	2	0%

Share is calculated within this topic.

WhatsApp gets 64% of clicks but only 3% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
397(89%)
Other platforms
33(7%)
Forum / feed-based
13(3%)
Private membership
2(0%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
407(91%)
Online/Offline Events
122(27%)
Job Board
79(18%)
Forum
72(16%)
Newsletter
58(13%)
Pairing
46(10%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Medium
324(73%)
Huge
47(11%)
Large
27(6%)
Massive
13(3%)
Small
1(0%)

Top-clicked listings

Entrepreneurs
285(64%)
BLKNS Community
28(6%)
RevGenius
27(6%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and other platforms communities.

Trends

Founded year

2003

2007

2008

2021

2023

26 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2008.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 3 communities have ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

5.0 average rating across 3 communities.

Rated examples

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

•Last updated 2026-06-07

FAQ

: Communities for salespeople and revenue teams covering cold outreach, pipeline management, objection handling, and career development. Slack hosts some of the most active practitioner communities, with discussion ranging from specific tools and scripts to the harder conversations around quota and burnout.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (33% of 33 listings).
: 70% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 50K members and the median is 557. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (58%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and job board.
: 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 Sales topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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