What are women's health communities?

Communities for women discussing health, fertility, wellness, and shared experiences. Reddit hosts some of the largest general forums for women, with more specialized Discord servers for specific health topics like infertility support and professional organizations serving healthcare workers.

Where do most women's health communities live?

Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (48% of 21 listings).

Are most of these communities free?

95% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.

How big is a typical women's health community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 1.3M members and the median is 180K. 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 (95%). Others that show up often include newsletter.

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 Women's Health topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

Women's Health Communities Report: Stats, Platforms,...

Executive Summary

We analyzed 21 women's health communities listed on Hive Index to understand where people gather, what these groups offer, and which communities attract the most interest.

The big picture: women's health has many smaller groups and a few very large outliers pulling averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated 2026-06-09

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Communities: 21
Platforms: 5
Avg members: 1.3M
Median members: 180K

Where Women's Health Communities Are Hosted

Independent Platforms
10(48%)
Reddit
6(29%)
Facebook
3(14%)
LinkedIn
1(5%)
Slack
1(5%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
19(90%)
Other platforms
1(5%)
Chat communities
1(5%)

Most listings are forum / feed-based (90%).

Independent Platforms leads, but Reddit and Facebook also represent meaningful shares.

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
0(0%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
0(0%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(5%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
5(24%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
7(33%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
2(10%)

6 communities have unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (1.3M vs 180K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How Women's Health Differs From Other Categories

Women's Health is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	Women's Health	Hive Index average
Free to join	95%	85%
Median members	180K	25K
Average members	1.3M	669K
Paid or apply-to-join	5%	15%
Topic pageviews / mo	388	714

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
95%
Newsletter
24%

Niche Features

Job Board
10%
Online/Offline Events
10%
Courses
5%
Live Chat
5%
Requires Application
5%

Forum appears on 95% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 79

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Independent Platforms	10	48%	58	77%
Reddit	6	29%	14	19%
Facebook	3	14%	3	4%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Independent Platforms hosts 48% of listings and 77% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked features

Forum
75(100%)
Newsletter
3(4%)
Online/Offline Events
1(1%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
61(81%)
Huge
5(7%)
Gigantic
2(3%)

Top-clicked listings

SteadyHealth
47(63%)
r/WomensHealth
12(16%)
Women Only Forum
4(5%)

A few listings get most of the clicks; the rest split what is left.

Trends

Founded year

2010

2012

2016

17 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2012.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

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

•This is a smaller slice of Hive Index's database, so read trends as directional.
•Last updated 2026-06-09

FAQ

: Communities for women discussing health, fertility, wellness, and shared experiences. Reddit hosts some of the largest general forums for women, with more specialized Discord servers for specific health topics like infertility support and professional organizations serving healthcare workers.
: Independent Platforms is the most common platform in this report (48% of 21 listings).
: 95% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 1.3M members and the median is 180K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (95%). Others that show up often include newsletter.
: 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 Women's Health topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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