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 (60% of 45 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 623K members and the median is 185K. 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 (82%). 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 45 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 2026-06-06

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Communities: 45
Platforms: 8
Avg members: 623K
Median members: 185K

Where Students Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
27(60%)
Independent Platforms
7(16%)
Discord
3(7%)
Slack
2(4%)
Nas.io
2(4%)
Intros AI
1(2%)
Telegram
1(2%)
YourKind
1(2%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
34(76%)
Chat communities
6(13%)
Other platforms
5(11%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (76%).

Reddit leads with 60%, but Independent Platforms also has a meaningful share (16%).

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(49%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
6(13%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (623K vs 185K), 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%	85%
Median members	185K	25K
Average members	623K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	9%	15%
Live chat	29%	38%
Discord share	7%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
82%
Live Chat
29%
Online/Offline Events
18%
Member Perks
16%
Newsletter
16%

Niche Features

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

Forum appears on 82% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 95

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	27	60%	28	32%
Independent Platforms	7	16%	5	6%
Discord	3	7%	36	41%
Slack	2	4%	11	13%
Nas.io	2	4%	1	1%
Intros AI	1	2%	5	6%
YourKind	1	2%	2	2%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Discord gets 41% of clicks but only 7% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Chat communities
47(53%)
Forum / feed-based
33(38%)
Other platforms
8(9%)

Most-clicked features

Live Chat
53(60%)
Forum
39(44%)
Member Perks
39(44%)
Online/Offline Events
36(41%)
Newsletter
9(10%)
Courses
6(7%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Gigantic
26(30%)
Large
24(27%)
Massive
19(22%)
Huge
11(13%)
Medium
8(9%)

Top-clicked listings

Public Speaking Buddies
17(19%)
Study Together
14(16%)
Hack Club
10(11%)

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

Trends

Founded year

1999

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2016

2017

2019

2020

2021

2022

14 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.

•Last updated 2026-06-06

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 (60% of 45 listings).
: 91% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 623K members and the median is 185K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (82%). 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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