What are teaching communities?

Communities for teachers and educators at all levels, from K-12 classrooms to university faculty. Facebook groups and Reddit have the most active spaces for curriculum sharing, classroom management tips, and support around the emotional realities of teaching. You will also find communities for online educators and course creators building educational content.

Where do most teaching communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (54% of 35 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 teaching community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 291K members and the median is 35K. 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 (89%). Others that show up often include live chat.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 35 teaching communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

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

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2025-12-27

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Communities: 35
Platforms: 7
Avg members: 291K
Median members: 35K

Where Teaching Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
19(54%)
Independent Platforms
10(29%)
Slack
2(6%)
Discord
2(6%)
Facebook
1(3%)
LinkedIn
1(3%)
X / Twitter
1(3%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
30(86%)
Chat communities
3(9%)
Other platforms
2(6%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (86%).

Reddit leads with 54%, but Independent Platforms also has a meaningful share (29%).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
1(3%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(3%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
4(11%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
19(54%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(3%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
4(11%)

5 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (291K vs 35K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Teaching Differs From Other Categories

Metric	Teaching	Hive Index average
Free to join	91%	85%
Median members	35K	25K
Average members	291K	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	9%	15%
Live chat	26%	38%
Discord share	6%	16%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
89%
Live Chat
26%

Niche Features

Courses
14%
Job Board
14%
Pairing
11%
Online/Offline Events
9%
Paid Community
9%
Member Perks
3%
Newsletter
3%

Forum appears on 89% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 28

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	19	54%	17	61%
Independent Platforms	10	29%	4	14%
Slack	2	6%	3	11%
Discord	2	6%	3	11%
Facebook	1	3%	1	4%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Reddit hosts 54% of listings and 61% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
22(79%)
Chat communities
6(21%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
22(79%)
Live Chat
11(39%)
Job Board
7(25%)
Courses
5(18%)
Pairing
5(18%)
Online/Offline Events
4(14%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
16(57%)
Gigantic
5(18%)
Large
2(7%)
Tiny
2(7%)
Massive
2(7%)

Top-clicked listings

Language Learning Community
3(11%)
r/matheducation
2(7%)
r/Internationalteachers
2(7%)

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

Trends

Founded year

1999

2008

2010

2011

2012

2013

2015

2016

2017

2020

13 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2012.

Community Quality & Ratings

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

2.0 average rating across 1 community.

Rated examples

r/TEFL
Reddit · 2.0 stars · 98K members

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as Teaching. We exclude removed or suppressed listings. Member counts, traffic, features, reviews, and ratings may vary by source and are updated periodically.

•Last updated 2025-12-27

FAQ

: Communities for teachers and educators at all levels, from K-12 classrooms to university faculty. Facebook groups and Reddit have the most active spaces for curriculum sharing, classroom management tips, and support around the emotional realities of teaching. You will also find communities for online educators and course creators building educational content.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (54% of 35 listings).
: 91% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 291K members and the median is 35K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (89%). Others that show up often include live chat.
: 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 Teaching topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.