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 (43% of 7 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 45K members and the median is 14K. 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 (86%). 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 7 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 communities are broad and fragmented, with many small groups and a few very large outliers.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 7
Platforms: 4
Avg members: 45K
Median members: 14K

Where User Generated Content Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
3(43%)
Facebook
2(29%)
Discord
1(14%)
Independent Platforms
1(14%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
6(86%)
Chat communities
1(14%)

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

Reddit leads (43% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
2(29%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
0(0%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(43%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
1(14%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
0(0%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (45K vs 14K), 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%	85%
Median members	14K	25K
Average members	45K	658K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	15%
Live chat	71%	41%
Discord share	14%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
86%
Live Chat
71%
Online/Offline Events
29%

Live Chat appears on 71% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 180

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	3	43%	17	9%
Facebook	2	29%	121	67%
Discord	1	14%	41	23%
Independent Platforms	1	14%	1	1%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Facebook gets 67% of clicks but only 29% of listings, so visitors click it more than you'd expect from supply alone.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
139(77%)
Chat communities
41(23%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
179(99%)
Live Chat
177(98%)
Online/Offline Events
42(23%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Huge
135(75%)
Massive
2(1%)
Medium
2(1%)

Top-clicked listings

UGC Creators Community
97(54%)
Content Creators Collective
41(23%)
UGC Brand Deals
24(13%)

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 (43% of 7 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 45K members and the median is 14K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (86%). 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.

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