What are user generated content communities?

Communities for User Generated Content creators focused on brand deals, rates, and content production. Reddit has active strategy and business discussion for UGC creators, with Facebook and Discord communities for finding brand opportunities and collaborating with other creators.

Where do most user generated content communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (50% of 6 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical user generated content community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 49K members and the median is 15K. 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 (100%). Others that show up often include live chat and online/offline events.

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 User Generated Content topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

User Generated Content Communities Report: Stats,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 6 user generated content communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: In this smaller sample, user generated content listings cluster on Reddit, while a few large groups pull member averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

Browse all User Generated Content communities Know a community we're missing? Add it

Communities: 6
Platforms: 3
Avg members: 49K
Median members: 15K

Where User Generated Content Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
3(50%)
Facebook
2(33%)
Discord
1(17%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
5(83%)
Chat communities
1(17%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (83%).

Reddit leads (50% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
1(17%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
0(0%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(50%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(17%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (49K vs 15K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How User Generated Content Differs From Other Categories

User Generated Content is more free-to-join, smaller, and more chat-heavy, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	User Generated Content	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	84%
Median members	15K	25K
Average members	49K	668K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	16%
Live chat	67%	41%
Discord share	17%	17%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
100%
Live Chat
67%
Online/Offline Events
17%

Live Chat appears on 67% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 98

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	3	50%	11	11%
Facebook	2	33%	67	68%
Discord	1	17%	20	20%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Facebook gets 68% of clicks but only 33% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
78(80%)
Chat communities
20(20%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
98(100%)
Live Chat
90(92%)
Online/Offline Events
20(20%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
70(71%)
Massive
7(7%)
Medium
1(1%)

Top-clicked listings

UGC Creators Community
43(44%)
UGC Brand Deals
24(24%)
Content Creators Collective
20(20%)

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

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

•We only have a handful of listings so far, so treat these numbers as directional.

FAQ

: Communities for User Generated Content creators focused on brand deals, rates, and content production. Reddit has active strategy and business discussion for UGC creators, with Facebook and Discord communities for finding brand opportunities and collaborating with other creators.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (50% of 6 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 49K members and the median is 15K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (100%). Others that show up often include live chat and online/offline events.
: 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 User Generated Content topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Keep exploring

Browse

All User Generated Content communities

Related reports