What are spirituality communities?

Communities for people exploring spirituality, metaphysics, witchcraft, and esoteric traditions. Discord hosts active communities with open dialogue and educational content, while dedicated forums with hundreds of thousands of members cover everything from astral projection to Zen practice.

Where do most spirituality communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (31% of 29 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

76% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical spirituality community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 363K members and the median is 11K. 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 (69%). Others that show up often include live chat, paid community, and newsletter.

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

Spirituality Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 29 spirituality communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: spirituality 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: 29
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 363K
Median members: 11K

Where Spirituality Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
9(31%)
Skool
7(24%)
Discord
5(17%)
Reddit
4(14%)
LinkedIn
2(7%)
Facebook
2(7%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
15(52%)
Private membership
7(24%)
Chat communities
5(17%)
Other platforms
2(7%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (52%), but private membership is also well represented (24%).

Independent Platforms leads, but Skool and Discord 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
6(21%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
6(21%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
7(24%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
4(14%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(3%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (363K vs 11K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Spirituality Differs From Other Categories

Spirituality is less free-to-join, smaller, and more paid or gated, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Spirituality	Hive Index average
Free to join	76%	84%
Median members	11K	25K
Average members	363K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	24%	16%
Live chat	38%	41%
Discord share	17%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
69%
Live Chat
38%
Paid Community
24%
Newsletter
21%
Courses
17%
Online/Offline Events
17%

Niche Features

Job Board
3%

Forum appears on 69% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 101

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	9	31%	27	27%
Skool	7	24%	4	4%
Discord	5	17%	55	54%
Reddit	4	14%	10	10%
LinkedIn	2	7%	4	4%
Facebook	2	7%	1	1%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 54% of clicks but only 17% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
55(54%)
Forum / feed-based
38(38%)
Other platforms
4(4%)
Private membership
4(4%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
57(56%)
Forum
52(51%)
Courses
25(25%)
Online/Offline Events
13(13%)
Newsletter
3(3%)
Paid Community
3(3%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
32(32%)
Huge
31(31%)
Large
24(24%)
Medium
11(11%)
Gigantic
3(3%)

Top-clicked listings

Spiritual Forums
23(23%)
My Reality
22(22%)
Witching Hour
20(20%)

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

Trends

Founded year

Not enough founding-year data to chart yet.

Community Quality & Ratings

Only 1 community has ratings so far, so read this as a small sample.

1.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

Witching Hour
Discord · 1.0 stars · 30K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Spirituality. 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 spirituality, metaphysics, witchcraft, and esoteric traditions. Discord hosts active communities with open dialogue and educational content, while dedicated forums with hundreds of thousands of members cover everything from astral projection to Zen practice.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (31% of 29 listings).
: 76% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 363K members and the median is 11K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (69%). Others that show up often include live chat, paid community, and newsletter.
: 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 Spirituality topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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