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?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (50% of 32 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 stocks community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 2.4M members and the median is 49K. 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 (75%). Others that show up often include live chat, paid community, 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 32 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 Reddit, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-09

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Communities: 32
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 2.4M
Median members: 49K

Where Stocks Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
16(50%)
Discord
11(34%)
Independent Platforms
4(13%)
WhatsApp
2(6%)
Nas.io
1(3%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
20(63%)
Chat communities
11(34%)
Other platforms
1(3%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (63%), but chat communities is also well represented (34%).

Reddit leads with 50%, but Discord also has a meaningful share (34%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
1(3%)
Small
20-100 members
1(3%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
3(9%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
2(6%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
8(25%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
4(13%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
7(22%)

6 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (2.4M vs 49K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Stocks Differs From Other Categories

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

Metric	Stocks	Hive Index average
Free to join	69%	85%
Median members	49K	25K
Average members	2.4M	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	31%	15%
Live chat	56%	38%
Discord share	34%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
75%
Live Chat
56%
Paid Community
28%
Courses
25%
Online/Offline Events
25%
Newsletter
16%

Niche Features

Tools
6%
Requires Application
3%

Live Chat appears on 56% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 575

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	16	50%	163	32%
Discord	11	34%	319	63%
Independent Platforms	4	13%	10	2%
WhatsApp	2	6%	2	0%
Nas.io	1	3%	9	2%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 63% of clicks but only 34% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
321(64%)
Forum / feed-based
173(34%)
Other platforms
9(2%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
453(90%)
Forum
409(81%)
Online/Offline Events
274(54%)
Paid Community
263(52%)
Courses
254(50%)
Tools
201(40%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
224(45%)
Gigantic
130(26%)
Large
46(9%)
Medium
33(7%)
Massive
11(2%)

Top-clicked listings

Market Masters
169(34%)
r/pennystocks
61(12%)
Paytience
44(9%)

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

Trends

Founded year

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12 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.

•Last updated 2026-06-09

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.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (50% of 32 listings).
: 69% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 2.4M members and the median is 49K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (75%). Others that show up often include live chat, paid community, 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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