What are students communities?

Communities for students at high school, university, and graduate level, covering study skills, campus life, career prep, and mental health. Discord hosts massive study communities with focus rooms and accountability systems, while Reddit has subreddits for specific schools, programs, and academic disciplines.

Where do most students communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (57% of 47 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

91% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical students community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 625K members and the median is 188K. 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 (79%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and member perks.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 47 students communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 47
Platforms: 9
Avg members: 625K
Median members: 188K

Where Students Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
27(57%)
Independent Platforms
7(15%)
Discord
3(6%)
Slack
2(4%)
Nas.io
2(4%)
WhatsApp
2(4%)
Intros AI
1(2%)
Telegram
1(2%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
34(72%)
Chat communities
8(17%)
Other platforms
5(11%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (72%).

Reddit leads with 57%, but Independent Platforms also has a meaningful share (15%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
1(2%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
6(13%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
5(11%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
4(9%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
22(47%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
6(13%)

3 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (625K vs 188K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Students Differs From Other Categories

Students is larger, and more platform-diverse, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Students	Hive Index average
Free to join	91%	84%
Median members	188K	25K
Average members	625K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	9%	16%
Live chat	32%	41%
Discord share	6%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
79%
Live Chat
32%
Online/Offline Events
17%
Member Perks
15%
Newsletter
15%

Niche Features

Courses
13%
Job Board
11%
Requires Application
9%
Paid Community
2%
Pairing
2%
Tools
2%

Forum appears on 79% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 91

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	27	57%	23	25%
Independent Platforms	7	15%	4	4%
Discord	3	6%	36	40%
Slack	2	4%	12	13%
Intros AI	1	2%	4	4%
Telegram	1	2%	12	13%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 40% of clicks but only 6% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
60(66%)
Forum / feed-based
27(30%)
Other platforms
4(4%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
61(67%)
Member Perks
40(44%)
Forum
36(40%)
Online/Offline Events
36(40%)
Newsletter
21(23%)
Requires Application
12(13%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Large
35(38%)
Gigantic
23(25%)
Massive
13(14%)
Huge
10(11%)
Medium
10(11%)

Top-clicked listings

Public Speaking Buddies
19(21%)
Education Opportunities Digest
12(13%)
Study Together
12(13%)

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

Trends

Founded year

1999

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

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2014

2016

2017

2019

2020

2021

2022

16 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2009.

Community Quality & Ratings

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

5.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

Cross The Skylimits
Nas.io · 5.0 stars · 1K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Students. 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 students at high school, university, and graduate level, covering study skills, campus life, career prep, and mental health. Discord hosts massive study communities with focus rooms and accountability systems, while Reddit has subreddits for specific schools, programs, and academic disciplines.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (57% of 47 listings).
: 91% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 625K members and the median is 188K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (79%). Others that show up often include live chat, online/offline events, and member perks.
: 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 Students topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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