B
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50%
50% -- active member rate for online community members (2025)
About 50% of online community members are actively engaged.
- includes passive behaviors like reading posts without contributing
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Value
50%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Community Roundtable
Primary
Tier C
https://www.rallyboard.com/resources/blog/from-discussion-boards-to-dynamic-cohorts ↗
Source Article
From Discussion Boards to Dynamic Cohorts: Transforming Member Engagement in Your Online Communities
Member Engagement
From Discussion Boards to Dynamic Cohorts: Transforming Member Engagement in Your Online Communities
Learn how to transform underutilized online communities by launching cohorts that drive active peer engagement at scale—reaching thousands of members without increasing staff worklo…
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Community Roundtable
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Methodology
Cited from Community Roundtable; includes passive behaviors like reading
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online community members: 50% active member rate. Source: Community Roundtable (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/online-community-active-members-50pct
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/online-community-active-members-50pct" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>50%</strong> -- active member rate for online community members<br><small>Source: Community Roundtable (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/online-community-active-members-50pct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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