What are youtube communities?

Communities for YouTube creators learning how to grow their channels, improve video quality, and build audiences. Reddit has a major community for smaller creators, with Discord groups and structured Skool programs serving growth-focused creators at various stages.

Where do most youtube communities live?

Reddit is the most common platform in this report (45% of 11 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 youtube community?

Among listings with public size data, the average is 533K members and the median is 123K. 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 (55%). Others that show up often include live chat, courses, and tools.

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

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

Executive Summary

We analyzed 11 youtube 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, youtube has many smaller groups and a few very large outliers pulling averages up.

Source: Hive Index community database · Updated periodically

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Communities: 11
Platforms: 4
Avg members: 533K
Median members: 123K

Where YouTube Communities Are Hosted

Reddit
5(45%)
Discord
4(36%)
Independent Platforms
1(9%)
Skool
1(9%)

Format mix

Forum / feed-based
6(55%)
Chat communities
4(36%)
Private membership
1(9%)

Forum / feed-based is most common (55%), but chat communities is also well represented (36%).

Reddit leads (45% of listings).

Audience Size & Access

Community size

Tiny
<20 members
0(0%)
Small
20-100 members
1(9%)
Medium
100-1,000 members
0(0%)
Large
1,000-10,000 members
1(9%)
Huge
10,000-100,000 members
3(27%)
Massive
100,000-1M members
4(36%)
Gigantic
1M+ members
1(9%)

1 community has unknown member counts.

Free vs paid

The average is much higher than the median (533K vs 123K), which usually means a few large groups are pulling the average up.

How YouTube Differs From Other Categories

YouTube is more free-to-join, and larger, compared with typical Hive Index topics.

Metric	YouTube	Hive Index average
Free to join	100%	85%
Median members	123K	25K
Average members	533K	657K
Paid or apply-to-join	0%	15%
Live chat	45%	41%
Discord share	36%	18%

Feature Mix

Common features appear in at least 15% of listings.

Common Features

Forum
55%
Live Chat
45%
Courses
27%
Tools
27%

Niche Features

Online/Offline Events
9%

Forum appears on 55% of listings.

What Visitors Click

Outbound clicks / mo: 62

Platform supply vs. clicks

Platform	Communities	Share of communities	Outbound clicks	Share of clicks
Reddit	5	45%	33	53%
Discord	4	36%	17	27%
Independent Platforms	1	9%	2	3%
Skool	1	9%	10	16%

Share is calculated within this topic.

Reddit hosts 45% of listings and 53% of clicks, so supply and interest line up.

Most-clicked formats

Forum / feed-based
35(56%)
Chat communities
17(27%)
Private membership
10(16%)

Most-clicked features

Forum
35(56%)
Courses
32(52%)
Live Chat
27(44%)
Tools
23(37%)
Online/Offline Events
2(3%)

Most-clicked size ranges

Massive
28(45%)
Huge
15(24%)
Large
10(16%)
Gigantic
5(8%)
Small
2(3%)

Top-clicked listings

r/NewTubers
18(29%)
TubeBuddy Discord
10(16%)
YouTube Academy
10(16%)

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

Trends

Founded year

2008

2009

2012

2019

7 communities have no founding year on file.

Most listed groups were founded around 2008.

Methodology & FAQ

Methodology

This report uses communities in the Hive Index database tagged as YouTube. 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 YouTube creators learning how to grow their channels, improve video quality, and build audiences. Reddit has a major community for smaller creators, with Discord groups and structured Skool programs serving growth-focused creators at various stages.
: Reddit is the most common platform in this report (45% of 11 listings).
: 100% are free to join. The rest require payment, an application, or both.
: Among listings with public size data, the average is 533K members and the median is 123K. The median is usually the better signal for a typical group because a few large ones inflate the average.
: Forum is the most common (55%). Others that show up often include live chat, courses, and tools.
: 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 YouTube topic page, where you can filter by platform, size, features, and more.

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