Top Independent Platforms Communities1056
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Starter Story
Entrepreneurship, Saas, Indie Business, Business, Marketing
Learn how people are starting successful businesses. 3,079 case studies with founders who built their businesses to thousands of customers.(3)235K members
ForumPerksNewsletterPaidTools - #2
Kink Talk
Bdsm
Kink Talk is a community and resource for adults researching and exploring the kink, BDSM, and fetish worlds. Here, you can discuss BDSM, Femdom, Chastity Belts, Bondage, and more!62K members
Forum - #3
Fetish.com
Bdsm
Kink-positive BDSM community for fetish dating with free chat for kinksters. With 24/7 forums, chat and magazine, you'll always be entertained!ForumChat - #4
Spiritual Forums
Spirituality
This community is for people from all backgrounds to discuss Spiritual, Paranormal, Metaphysical, Philosophical, Supernatural, and Esoteric subjects. From Astral Projection to Zen, all topics are welcome.281K members
Forum - #5
OneHallyu
K Pop
A popular international forum for K-pop and Asian entertainment discussions. A hub for international fans to engage in conversations, share news, and connect with others who share their interests in K-pop and various aspects of Asian pop culture.124K members
ForumEvents - #6
The Cage
Bdsm
Friendly, Fun, Kink Positive, BDSM Community. The Cage is a community and social networking platform focused on BDSM and kink-related discussions.ForumChatEvents - #7
Vogue Club
Beauty, Fashion
Vogue Club is a private, exclusive online community and membership platform created by Vogue magazine. It offers a unique space for fashion enthusiasts, industry professionals, and Vogue readers to connect, engage in discussions, access exclusive content, and stay updated on the latest fashion trends, news, and events.ForumPerksEventsNewsletterPaid - #8
LookBook
Fashion
Lookbook.nu is an online community and platform for fashion enthusiasts to share their personal style through photographs. It serves as a platform where individuals can showcase their outfits, experiment with different styles, and gain inspiration from others.600K members
Forum - #9
The SaaS Community
Saas, Entrepreneurship
The purpose of this community is to help and inspire each other in SaaS. Benefit from networking, expert speakers, SaaS events, and in-depth posts on SaaS metrics.3K members
ForumChatPerksEventsNewsletterJobsCourses - #10
SalesHookup
Sales, Business Development
SalesHookup is a platform that matches B2B sales professionals for video networking sessions. Members use their sessions to solve their biggest sales challenges whilst building relationships with like-minded peers. Highlights - Members in 50 countries - Trusted by LinkedIn, Hubspot, Google, and more - Automated matching - Live video networking sessions - Personalised list of your matches(4)3K members
ChatPairingEventsNewsletterJobs FetLife
Bdsm
FetLife is the most popular social network for the BDSM, fetish & kinky community. Its mission is to help people feel comfortable with who they are sexually. It's important to note that while FetLife is a popular platform for people in the BDSM and kink community, it's intended for adults only and requires users to be 18 years or older to join.10.4M members
ForumEventsHabitica
Accountability, Personal Growth
Habitica is a free habit-building and productivity app that treats your real life like a game. With in-game rewards and punishments to motivate you and a strong social network to inspire you, Habitica can help you achieve your goals to become healthy, hard-working, and happy.4.0M members
ChatCGTrader
3d Art, 3d Printing
CGTrader is the world's preferred source for 3D content. Join CGTrader community to buy & sell 3D Models, find freelance projects, showcase your art, get feedback and recognition!6.0M members
ForumEventsNewsletterJobsPaidElectronics Point
Electrical Engineering
Electronics Point was founded in 2005 by a young electrical engineer located in the UK while at University. His efforts over the last decade have helped it become a community where members can discuss, advise and debate electronics-related topics. We look to promote the community through technology commentary, community research, and interviews with the engineers who are designing the future. We aim to explore up-and-coming components, designs, and consumer products and assess the pending progress of the industry as it relates to the hardware engineer. We want to uncover the people behind the hardware, better understand their lives and habits, and knit together a community of big-picture thinkers.53K members
ForumTravel Massive
Travel, Professions
Travel Massive connects thousands of tourism professionals, travel media, influencers and startups from around the world to meet, connect and share ideas.80K members
ForumEventsNewsletterJobsCoursesTravellerspoint
Travel
Travellerspoint helps you discover new destinations, organise your trips and share your travel experiences1.1M members
ForumDrooble
Music
The Social Network For Musicians! A revolutionary approach to networking and music promotion104K members
ForumThe Fashion Spot
Fashion, Beauty
The ultimate spot for the fashion obsessed including runway reviews, celebrity style and fashion, fashion and beauty trends, designers, models, and more. The Fashion Spot forum is a platform for fashion enthusiasts to engage in discussions, share their fashion insights, ask for advice, and connect with like-minded individuals. It covers various categories, including fashion news, trends, celebrity style, beauty, shopping, and more.82K members
ForumMathematical Association of America
Math
The Mathematical Association of America is the world’s largest community of mathematicians, students, and enthusiasts. We further the understanding of our world through mathematics because mathematics drives society and shapes our lives.ForumPerksEventsPaidTalkFood
Food, Cooking
A community forum dedicated to discussions about various food-related topics. It provides a platform for members to share recipes, cooking tips, restaurant recommendations, and engage in discussions about food and culinary experiences.33K members
ForumMy BDSM Hookups
Bdsm
My BDSM Hookups is here to bring together local mistresses and men who want nothing more than to become slaves. You can engage in group chat, swap pictures and meet like-minded people or 1-to-1 chat for more private conversations.ChatAll Poetry
Poetry
The web's largest poetry writing group - from beginners to experts. Improve your poetry, create a fan base, and read the best poetry of our generation. Allpoetry is home base for poets.2K members
ForumChatCoursesThursday Night Sales
Sales
The #1 Weekly Virtual Sales Happy Hour!ChatEventsGirlBoss
Entrepreneurship, Female Founders
The Girlboss Professional Network is a platform built for ambitious women. It’s a place for entrepreneurs, career pros, side-hustlers, freelancers, and gig-economy workers to ask questions, exchange ideas, and connect with each other. We’re creating a space for you to share not just what you do, but who you are.ForumEventsNewsletterJobsF6S
Cofounder, Venture Capital
A free platform with over 4 million users. F6S lets you connect with accelerators, funds, investors — you name it. More to the point, they'll let you post a position at your startup. The F6S community delivers company growth through funding, investment, pilot contracts, grants, partnerships, jobs & talent and company services.4.6M members
ForumApplyEventsNewsletterJobsCoursesThe Full Stack
Software Development, Web Development
Make code not war ♥️ Discover and connect with developers sharing their work5K members
ForumChatEventsNewsletterJobsSheWrites
Writing
She Writes is the largest online community and content site for women writers at every stage of their writing lives, working in every genre and representing every generation – all around the world. Founded by Kamy Wicoff in 2009, She Writes supports, encourages and educates writers, providing them with a place that is both inspirational and practical. In 2012, in response to the barriers to traditional publishing for women, Kamy and Brooke Warner founded She Writes Press, the hybrid publishing arm of She Writes. To date, She Writes Press has signed more than 200 authors and is the most award-winning hybrid publisher in the industry. In 2014, She Writes became part of SparkPoint Studio, an innovative, female-led digital, publicity, marketing and content agency led by CEO Crystal Patriarche.34K members
ForumNewsletterIndie Hackers
Entrepreneurship, Indie Business
Join the Indie Hackers community. Learn from the founders behind hundreds of profitable online businesses, and connect with others who are starting and growing their own companies.140K members
ForumApplyPerksEventsNewsletterJobsAllkpop
K Pop
A popular English-language website that primarily focuses on providing news, updates, and information related to K-pop (Korean pop music) and the entertainment industry in South Korea. The website covers a wide range of topics, including news about K-pop groups, solo artists, music releases, celebrity gossip, concert information, music show rankings, and more.230K members
ForumEventsNewsletterPaidSpirit360 Fellowship
Spirituality
Spirit360 Fellowship is an online spiritual community of like minds and kindred spirits walking individual paths to spiritual perfection together. Helps members to master the psychic and healing arts, find purpose, and walk your life’s path boldly and with confidence.845 members
ForumPaidCoursesFoundersList
Entrepreneurship, Cofounder, Ideation
FoundersList is an open platform for founders to connect, launch ideas/products, find recommended professionals/service-providers, events, cofounders and more. It is a co-founder site where people can create listings for a co-founder like they would for job ads. Founderslist offers helpful tools applicable to new founders.500 members
ForumChatEventsNewsletterJobsCoursesGrowth Hackers
Entrepreneurship, Marketing
High quality trending articles on growth hacking, marketing channels, user acquisition, engagement, product launch and more.150K members
ForumEventsJobsSquired
Students
Admissions Help from Mentors Who've Been Through It. Squired connects you with mentors from top universities for help with your college applications and essays. One-on-one, accessible anywhere at anytime.70K members
ForumPairingHR.com
Hr
Browse our forums for all of your HR needs.2.0M members
ForumSpecktra
Beauty, Makeup
The online community for beauty108K members
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What are Independent Communities?
These are online communities that are hosted on their own platform, and not a part of a social network like Reddit/Facebook/LinkedIn, or communication platform like Slack and Discord. Although they may utilize community software like circle.so to implement the features of their community, they have their own brand and identity.