In this article, we will attempt to gather information about all active national communities within the Hive ecosystem and organize this information systematically. Additionally, we aim to identify successful development strategies. We hope this material will be beneficial to the community.
Communities play a vital role in the ecosystem, helping people adapt, especially those who do not speak English. When someone sees "their own," they automatically shift to the right mindset. It becomes easier for them to adapt to the ecosystem.
The search for communities begins with the interface at https://peakd.com/communities. By default, communities are sorted by descending rewards within the community, as this metric reflects activity levels, making it the most relevant list of leaders based on community engagement. We previously attempted to compile the list based on the number of users, but this resulted in a community with the largest user base ranking first, even though the last post there was published more than two years ago. In this article, communities will also be sorted by descending rewards to ensure relevance.
We did not include communities without an avatar, with fewer than 10 subscribers, or those that have been inactive for more than a year.
So, let's begin.
The reward data in the table is accurate as of December 4, 2024.
| Rank | Community Name | Subscribers | Pending Rewards* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HIVE CN 中文社区 | 4626 | 3240 |
| 2 | ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY | 3156 | 644 |
| 3 | Deutsch D-A-CH | 2021 | 537 |
| 4 | Team Ukraine | 1839 | 486 |
| 5 | Hive Naija | 1340 | 195 |
| 6 | Hive Argentina 🇦🇷 | 238 | 206 |
| 7 | Hive PH | 1977 | 137 |
| 8 | HiveGhana | 1316 | 151 |
| 9 | Hive Cuba | 1145 | 90 |
| 10 | HiveVenezuela | 3614 | 81 |
| 11 | Indiaunited | 800 | 78 |
| 12 | BDCommunity | 4301 | 66 |
| 13 | Korean Hive Village | 34 | 56 |
| 14 | Hive Austria Meetups | 103 | 41 |
| 15 | Wien | 26 | 40 |
| 16 | Hive Türkiye | 69 | 14 |
| 17 | Polish HIVE | 460 | 29 |
| 18 | HiveBR | 446 | 30 |
| 19 | Česky! | 161 | 28 |
| 20 | HIVE-MYANMAR | 156 | 9 |
| 21 | Korea • 한국 • KR • KO | 702 | 3 |
| 22 | Hive JA | 59 | 5 |
| 23 | Hive Mexico | 1460 | 3 |
| 24 | Venezuela | 594 | 2 |
| 25 | Team Malaysia | 219 | 0 |
| 26 | Ecency Bulgaria | 554 | 0 |
| 27 | TeamUK | 114 | 0 |
| 28 | Hive Australia | 87 | 0 |
| 29 | Ukraine | 41 | 0 |
| 30 | INDONESIAN HIVE | 464 | 0 |
| 31 | Hive TR | 313 | 0 |
| 32 | Hive USA | 39 | 0 |
| 33 | Svenska svärmen | 29 | 0 |
Pending Rewards* - this is a dynamic parameter, it changes all the time, the information is up to date at the time of writing.
Payment structure
The total pending payouts at the time amounted to $6,171. The leader of the list, HIVE CN 中文社区, accounted for 52.5%. The next three communities on the list—ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY, Deutsch D-A-CH, and Team Ukraine—together make up 27% of all rewards in this pool of communities. These four communities collectively account for 79.5% of the rewards.
Structure of communities by subscribers
The total number of subscribers across all national communities is 32,503. In first place is HIVE CN 中文社区 with a share of 14.2%, followed by BDCommunity in second place with 13.2%, and HiveVenezuela in third place with 11.1%. Together, the top 3 communities account for 38.5% of the total number of subscribers.
Why is there such a difference in payouts across different communities?
It is evident that much depends on the curators, but let’s analyze the top 4 communities (79.5% of the total rewards in the national niche) mentioned earlier. So, let's dive in.
In HIVE CN 中文社区, a rule is pinned on the main page: "5% required beneficiary to 
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY operates similarly, with a rule pinned on the main page: "1% required beneficiary to 
Deutsch D-A-CH — we did not find any rules regarding beneficiaries, but the community is quite large and active, both in terms of content and curation.
Team Ukraine — there is no pinned rule about beneficiaries on the main page, but the community does have a pinned message: "To receive guaranteed daily support for posts, participants in the Ukrainian segment of Hive need to set the account 
Additionally, the community runs a separate curation program for Ukrainian-language posts — 
After analyzing all other communities, we did not find explicit rules regarding beneficiaries or dedicated curation programs, except for the following:
- Indiaunited — A pinned message states, "2% required beneficiary to
@indiaunited." However, this rule is rarely followed in the published articles.
- Hive Austria Meetups — A significant number of articles include
@hive-199963 as a beneficiary, ranging from 25% to 75%.
- Ukraine — There are no explicit rules about beneficiaries, but many published articles include the Team Ukraine curator. This is part of the community’s curation program for Ukrainian-language posts.
From the analysis, the following conclusions can be drawn:
- For communities that publish in languages other than English, an internal curation program is essential; otherwise, posts will not receive attention from curators.
- Communities with beneficiary rules show development. Curation opportunities within the community grow, and authors remain active.
- Communities without beneficiary rules tend to be less productive, regardless of their subscriber count.
Naturally, the factors described above are not the sole reasons for community development. Personal social connections and dedicated curation programs play a significant role as well. However, we believe we have identified certain patterns that are also important.
We hope that our small study will be beneficial to the ecosystem and that communities may draw certain conclusions from it.