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 (28% of 39 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

69% 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 42K members and the median is 5K. 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?

Live Chat is the most common (62%). Others that show up often include forum, 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 39 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 periodically

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Communities: 39
Platforms: 11
Avg members: 42K
Median members: 5K

Where Sales Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
11(28%)
Slack
8(21%)
Skool
8(21%)
LinkedIn
3(8%)
Kajabi
2(5%)
Discord
2(5%)
Reddit
1(3%)
Nas.io
1(3%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
12(31%)
Chat communities
11(28%)
Other platforms
8(21%)
Private membership
8(21%)

Independent Platforms leads, but Slack and Skool 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
13(33%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(15%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
7(18%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
3(8%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

9 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (42K vs 5K), 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	69%	84%
Median members	5K	25K
Average members	42K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	31%	16%
Live chat	62%	41%
Discord share	5%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
62%
Forum
51%
Online/Offline Events
41%
Job Board
28%
Newsletter
26%
Paid Community
21%
Pairing
18%
Member Perks
15%

Niche Features

Courses
13%
Requires Application
13%
Tools
3%

Live Chat appears on 62% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 476

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	11	28%	13	3%
Slack	8	21%	90	19%
Skool	8	21%	14	3%
LinkedIn	3	8%	21	4%
Discord	2	5%	13	3%
Reddit	1	3%	3	1%
WhatsApp	1	3%	320	68%

Share is calculated within this topic.

WhatsApp gets 68% of clicks but only 3% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
423(89%)
Other platforms
21(4%)
Forum / feed-based
16(3%)
Private membership
14(3%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
436(92%)
Online/Offline Events
111(23%)
Job Board
85(18%)
Forum
69(15%)
Newsletter
54(11%)
Pairing
47(10%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Medium
364(77%)
Huge
45(9%)
Large
29(6%)
Massive
9(2%)

Top-clicked listings

Entrepreneurs
320(68%)
RevGenius
27(6%)
Salesforge HQ
23(5%)

Most clicks go to chat communities and other platforms communities.

Trends

Founded year

2003

2007

2008

2021

2023

32 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.

Updated periodically

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 (28% of 39 listings).
: 69% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 42K members and the median is 5K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Live Chat is the most common (62%). Others that show up often include forum, 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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