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Circle

1,702

companies run it, <0.01% of 54,527,857 in the index. Landing 12 Sept 2026.

Hosts: 2,901 live hosts run it, of 191,809,695 hosts in the index, <0.01%. A host is a website, not a company.

Companies by month

Companies, monthly, on the fixed panel of sites crawled since 2020of 54,527,857 in the indexlanding 12 Sept 2026

1,702 at Sept 26; 1,331 twelve months earlier, +371, +27.9% on the fixed panel; the series starts January 2021 because the panel is anchored at 31 Dec 2020

The 69 numbers in this chart
MonthCompaniesObserved on the panel
2021-0100
2021-0200
2021-0300
2021-0400
2021-0500
2021-0600
2021-0700
2021-0800
2021-0900
2021-1000
2021-1100
2021-1200
2022-0100
2022-0200
2022-0300
2022-0400
2022-0500
2022-0600
2022-0700
2022-0800
2022-0900
2022-1000
2022-1100
2022-1200
2023-0100
2023-0200
2023-0300
2023-0400
2023-0500
2023-0600
2023-0700
2023-0800
2023-0900
2023-1000
2023-1100
2023-1200
2024-0100
2024-0200
2024-0300
2024-0400
2024-0500
2024-0600
2024-0700
2024-08withheld0
2024-09withheld0
2024-109112
2024-1118524
2024-1227836
2025-0138851
2025-0249264
2025-0359778
2025-0470792
2025-05811106
2025-06942123
2025-071,071140
2025-081,215158
2025-091,331173
2025-101,436187
2025-111,477192
2025-121,500195
2026-011,525199
2026-021,572205
2026-031,639214
2026-041,663217
2026-051,683219
2026-061,717224
2026-071,719224
2026-081,724225
2026-091,702222

Both denominators, and a third

Shares of the same 1,702each row a different wholelanding 12 Sept 2026

Denominator
Companies
Share
companies in the index
54,527,857
<0.01%
companies running anything in Community and Forums
24,079
7.1%
companies running anything in Hosted community platforms
15,043
11.3%

Three wholes, three shares of one count: a share travels with its whole, never alone. Against the last of them, Circle is rank 3 of 28 technologies in Hosted community platforms.

Open as a segment

1,702 companies; add a country, a sector or a band on the segment page. Counting is free.

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Catalogue record

As recorded in the cataloguetaxonomy release tax-2026.10last discovered 10 Sept 2026

Circle is a hosted community platform for discussion, groups, and memberships.

Circle provides forums, chat, events, and member management for creators and businesses to run private communities. It is delivered as a SaaS with tiered plans for organizations building online communities.

Kindproduct
VendorCircle, circle.so
PathCustomer Engagement and Support > Community and Forums > Hosted community platforms
Slugcircle
Deploymentsaas
Pricingsubscription
Open sourceno
First discovered2025-02-03
Last discovered2026-09-10
Taxonomy releasetax-2026.10