The 25 biggest communities on Google Plus show us that while the network does not enjoy anywhere near as much of the popularity its competition (namely Facebook) does, it’s still far from being the ghost town that many people make it out to be. It would be surprising for a network owned by the number one website in the world to fail(check out our list of the 5 most visited websites in the world in 2015). Google, in its own way, is the machine that dictates what stays and what goes on the internet. If there was an index for the easily accessible part of what is known as the “clearnet”, it is Google. The technology giant goes as far as being an integral part of the daily lives of probably billions of people.
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Google Plus, however, was one of the less fruitful efforts of the company which made the webspace what we know it. The social network, while carefully planned out and stacked with features, was launched at a time where people were still far from being over the hype wave that came with Facebook hitting the mainstream globally. This left it with a rather unimpressive user base which lead Google to the rash decision of “giving” out a spot on their new product to every single person who has a profile for Google and their other services. Google also made all of the YouTube users only use the world’s most popular video streaming website through their Google Plus profile which angered many but ultimately turned out to be nothing worse that what YouTube already had. All the decisions that followed Google Plus’s obvious lack of interested users, promptly took care of the lacking userbase. However, the network remains way too inactive compared to Facebook.
On the other hand, some people prefer to use G+ in their daily lives for understandable reasons – the network is fully and seamlessly integrated with any of Google’s products, including its mobile services on Android and iPhone. Furthermore, Google Plus has this technological edge that Facebook won’t be able to effectively compete with in the foreseeable future. Some speculate that after Facebook starts getting boring, its user base will effectively leak out and into Google Plus but the people at the number one social network currently are working very hard to keep their service at its best regarding competition. Still – we don’t know what the future has for this new social network and when living in such a dynamic world, things can take dramatic sharp turns over the course of a couple of days.
This, however, does not prevent certain people from enjoying the excellent social network that Google Plus can be if given the attention and the willingness of its prospective users to engage with it. The ones currently active there on a daily basis are in the millions and given the way that Google Plus works, they form and take part in communities called “rings”. Let’s take a look at the 25 biggest communities on Google Plus.
25. CLASH OF CLANS
Estimated Members: 366,592
An unofficial community for people who enjoy one of the few games in the history of mobile gaming that managed to take over the world in no time and establish itself as one of the most played. The community welcomes newbies and seasoned players alike.
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24. Apple
Estimated Members: 368,357
This is a community which discusses Apple’s products and shares information on them, their maintenance, fixing and developing features and apps.
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23. Science on G+
Estimated Members: 372,753
Unfortunately not ranking better on this list, this is the twenty-third spot on the list, featuring a ring dedicated to science and its application in our lives, ranging from industry and medicine to entertaining things you can do at home.
22. The Hunger Games
Estimated Members: 382,120
The twenty-second spot goes for the Hunger Games’s official G+ community which enjoys a fraction of the popularity the movies do but still makes the twenty-second spot on this list of the 25 biggest communities on Google Plus.
21. Psychology
Estimated Members: 388,416
A community dedicated to the world of studying the human mind and behavior is the twenty-first biggest on Google Plus. There you can find all about how and why your inner computer acts the way it does.
20. Space
Estimated Members: 405,574
This is a community that discusses and shares information about everything out of this planet. You can find lots of interesting information, pictures and discussion on the things that lie beyond the thick layer of gasses that separates us from the endless void.
19. Every Day Teen Post
Estimated Members: 417,818
This is probably where all the cool kids go on Google Plus to talk about teen stuff nobody else understands and complain. The community’s slogan is “It will surely make you laugh and saying – yeah that happened to me” (grammar mistake intended).
18. Cakes & Baking – The Cadbury Kitchen
Estimated Members: 463,118
This G+ community is dedicated to the fine art of baking something delicious which may or may not be a cake. Don’t go near that community and its photo archive if you are hungry or have a problem with excessive salivation.
17. Our World’s Wildlife
Estimated Members: 464,992
A community that is all about nature and its inhabitants, pictures and videos of them just getting by their everyday life of not getting eaten while struggling to find food.
16. Weather Photography
Estimated Members: 465,584
The sixteenth spot on the list of the 25 biggest communities on Google Plus goes to a community dedicated to sharing people’s own photography of the often beautiful weather conditions around the world.
15. Earth
Estimated Members: 495,273
If you feel like you live on this planet, you should probably join this community. If you don’t, you should still probably join it just to get familiar with how the people around you usually feel and get acquainted with their way of life.
14. Harry Potter
Estimated Members: 500,245
This is the original and biggest community for Harry Potter related things, even though it is unofficial. If you are a fan, make sure to hop on the hype train and enjoy the countless pages of fanfiction and quirky photos.
13. Beauty
Estimated Members: 552,811
Beauty is a community with an obvious purpose. You can find aesthetically pleasing things of all sorts there when you need that little bit of “eye bleach” to wash away all the “quality content” you find online these days.
12. Amazing Photos from Around the World
Estimated Members: 654,293
Photography never ceases to attract people’s attention just like this community shows you with its allegedly amazing photos from around our own giant space-roaming spheric rock.
11. Frases de Amor ♥
Estimated Members: 659,263
For all you unenlightened people, this group’s name translates to “Love Quotes” and you can see why it enjoys the popularity it does. There are more “hopeless romantic” people in their early teens online than one would like to know about and even more fully grown people who are ready to spam these all around you.
10. Facebook
Estimated Members: 677,967
Ironically with a pinch of arrogance, this is Facebook’s official group on their only rival’s network. There you can find more about how to get on Facebook and leave G+ or find your Facebook friends on Google’s own social networking service.
9. Lindas mensagens
Estimated Members: 707,844
Translated to “Beautiful Messages”, this community is all about the quotes that touch you deep down inside on another level, be it with a tear of sorrow streaming down your cheek or with one of happiness. Except just all in Spanish but still extremely popular.
8. Fitness
Estimated Members: 769,653
As a trendy and sleek social network, G+ can’t go without an immensely popular ring dedicated to keeping your body in shape. Here you can find motivation, advice on exercise and diet and lots of pictures of people you wish you looked like.
7. Google+ Help
Estimated Members: 797,162
Being a completely new and unseen before experience, Google Plus gave its official help community lots to deal with in the beginning. To this day, every new member of the social network will find themselves reading up here every now and then.
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6. You Tube
Estimated Members: 801,291
On of the many YouTube groups there, this one nears a million members and doesn’t even spell the site’s name properly. Talk about being in the right place at the right time.
5. Inspirational Quotes
Estimated Members: 1,143,556
If there is one thing that will never die on the internet, it will probably be all the “adult” content but inspirational quotes of all sorts make the second most resilient to destruction type of content online. You can find a lot of the latter in this community or share your own.
4. Android
Estimated Members: 1,169,381
Android is one of the best things to get in the hands of Google and continues to develop beautifully with every next version while its market share grown and its features outperform iOS. You can see it all happen in its official group on Google Plus.
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3. Beautiful Pictures
Estimated Members: 1,446,863
Staring at anything pretty enough to keep you looking at your monitor all day like every self-respecting contributor to society should is one of the most popular activities online. You can practice it freely until you feel satisfied or contribute to others’ experience in this G+ community.
2. Funny Pictures & Videos
Estimated Members: 1,456,585
Something that the internet is mostly used for – entertainment value. Communities like that one never seem to lack in numbers or popularity just because people can never get enough. That thing you had to do immediately? It can wait while you take a dive through this community’s page.
1. YouTubers!
Estimated Members: 3,968,701
As YouTube is an important tool in the arsenal of Google, it can’t go without its own Google Plus community which, albeit being unofficial, is currently the biggest of the 25 biggest communities on Google Plus.
