Welcome! I'd recommend subscribing to !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, to see recommendations over time.
We also have a guide for finding new communities here: https://lemmy.ca/post/5581032, which I've copied below for you.
A great way to find lesser known communities is to look at the
/communities
page on an instance. For example: https://lemmy.ca/communitiesFor a list of instances to look through:
- pangora.social (NEW): Great way to find instances related to a particular topic. This is also great for picking an instance when first making an account/moving accounts.
- awesome-lemmy-instances: not that organized, but it
🔎 Search pages
- https://lemmyverse.net/communities
- https://browse.feddit.de/ (run by feddit.de)
🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions
- Instance Assistant: Browser extension with tools to help you redirect & search for communities
- Voyager Migrator: Tool to help you migrate Subreddits
🙌 Communities for discovering new communities:
- !communitypromo@lemmy.ca: You're here right now
- !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl: Daily posts with the trending communities from across the threadiverse
- !newcommunities@lemmy.world: Find out about new communities
Here are some other communities, some of which are less active:
Remember, you can also post questions about finding new communities right here!
👽 Coming from Reddit?
- sub.rehab: You can sort by official replacements & sister communities
- redditmigration.com: List from the migration
- quippd.com: Another list created by a user during the migration
Copying it below, but please see the link above for the latest updates
🙌 Communities for discovering new communities
::: spoiler Stay subscribed to these to learn about more communities passively
!communitypromo@lemmy.ca (alternate link)
!trendingcommunities@feddit.nl (alternate link)
!newcommunities@lemmy.world (alternate link)
!communityspotlight@lemmy.world (alternate link)
Other communities, some of which are less active:
🌐 Instances to look through
::: spoiler You can find communities from specific instances
A great way to find lesser known communities is to look at the /communities
page on an instance. Different instances may have different themes or focuses, and so you can find related communities that way.
For example: https://lemmy.ca/communities
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🔎 Search Engines
::: spoiler When you have a topic in mind, but don't know if a community exists for it
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🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions
::: spoiler These can make it easier to find, subscribe, and manage communities on different instances
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👽 Coming from Reddit?
::: spoiler See here
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also !lemmy411@lemmy.ca and !wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca
Also !lemmy411@lemmy.ca (or https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmy411) and !wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca (or https://lemmy.ca/c/wowthislemmyexists)
There's a pinned post in 411 with more
We have a guide over on !newtolemmy@lemmy.ca, here is the current version as of 2024-01-02
📚 Guide | How to find a community? How to promote a community?
🙌 Communities for discovering new communities
::: spoiler Stay subscribed to these to learn about more communities passively
!communitypromo@lemmy.ca (alternate link)
!trendingcommunities@feddit.nl (alternate link)
!newcommunities@lemmy.world (alternate link)
!communityspotlight@lemmy.world (alternate link)
Other communities, some of which are less active:
🌐 Instances to look through
::: spoiler You can find communities from specific instances
A great way to find lesser known communities is to look at the /communities
page on an instance. Different instances may have different themes or focuses, and so you can find related communities that way.
For example: https://lemmy.ca/communities
:::
🔎 Search Engines
::: spoiler When you have a topic in mind, but don't know if a community exists for it
:::
🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions
::: spoiler These can make it easier to find, subscribe, and manage communities on different instances
:::
👽 Coming from Reddit?
::: spoiler See here
:::
I primarily use lemmyverse.net with related terms till I find something. Otherwise I might create it myself till I can hand it off to someone.
Here's the guide from !communityPromo@lemmy.ca:
A great way to find lesser known communities is to look at the /communities
page on an instance. For example: https://lemmy.ca/communities
🌐 Instances to look through
🔎 Search pages
🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions
🙌 Communities for discovering new communities:
Here are some other communities, some of which are less active:
Remember, you can also post questions about finding new communities right here!
👽 Coming from Reddit?
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca to find stuff (also see the resources stickied)
!thislemmyexists!wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca for when you found stuff and want to let others know about it.
Also: https://browse.feddit.de/ <- community search engine. There's like a bajillion PC gaming communities already.
The list of apps is pretty out of date. For example, Boost already came out and !instance_assistant@lemmy.ca is a pretty popular extension. I use it a lot to make posts, and just used it to open that post on my instance.
Also related is how to find communities
I help with !communitypromo@lemmy.ca, and the idea is that you can subscribe to keep seeing more recommendations. We also have a guide for finding new communities here: https://lemmy.ca/post/5581032, which I've copied below: