What are stocks communities?

Communities for stock market investors and traders covering equities, options, earnings plays, and market analysis. Reddit hosts some of the most active retail investing communities, with Discord servers for specific trading strategies and signal sharing, ranging from long-term value investors to active day traders.

Where do most stocks communities live?

Discord is the most common platform in this report (67% of 89 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

33% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical stocks community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 1.7M members and the median is 20K. 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 (85%). Others that show up often include paid community, forum, and courses.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 89 stocks communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: stocks listings cluster on Discord, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 89
Platforms: 6
Avg members: 1.7M
Median members: 20K

Where Stocks Communities Are Hosted

Discord
60(67%)
Reddit
16(18%)
Independent Platforms
7(8%)
Skool
5(6%)
WhatsApp
2(2%)
Nas.io
1(1%)

Format mix

Chat communities
60(67%)
Forum / feed-based
23(26%)
Private membership
5(6%)
Other platforms
1(1%)

Chat communities is most common (67%), but forum / feed-based is also well represented (26%).

Discord leads with 67%, but Reddit also has a meaningful share (18%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
2(2%)
Small
20-100 members
2(2%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
4(4%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
5(6%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
13(15%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
4(4%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
7(8%)

52 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (1.7M vs 20K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Stocks Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	Stocks	Hive Index average
Free to join	33%	85%
Median members	20K	25K
Average members	1.7M	657K
Paid or apply-to-join	67%	15%
Live chat	85%	41%
Discord share	67%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Live Chat
85%
Paid Community
65%
Forum
27%
Courses
15%

Niche Features

Online/Offline Events
9%
Newsletter
4%
Tools
3%
Requires Application
2%

Live Chat appears on 85% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 493

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Discord	60	67%	354	72%
Reddit	16	18%	45	9%
Skool	5	6%	5	1%
WhatsApp	2	2%	75	15%
Nas.io	1	1%	14	3%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord hosts 67% of listings and 72% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
429(87%)
Forum / feed-based
45(9%)
Other platforms
14(3%)
Private membership
5(1%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
488(99%)
Forum
303(61%)
Paid Community
267(54%)
Online/Offline Events
249(51%)
Courses
167(34%)
Tools
151(31%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
160(32%)
Tiny
78(16%)
Medium
59(12%)
Gigantic
37(8%)
Large
31(6%)

Top-clicked listings

Market Masters
90(18%)
Earners group
75(15%)
Stock Market Chat
49(10%)

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

Trends

Founded year

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70 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 Stocks. 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 stock market investors and traders covering equities, options, earnings plays, and market analysis. Reddit hosts some of the most active retail investing communities, with Discord servers for specific trading strategies and signal sharing, ranging from long-term value investors to active day traders.
: Discord is the most common platform in this report (67% of 89 listings).
: 33% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 1.7M members and the median is 20K. 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 (85%). Others that show up often include paid community, forum, and courses.
: 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 Stocks topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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