What is Skool used for?

Running a community with a discussion feed, a course area and a leaderboard in one place. Owners use it to sell access to a group, sometimes with course material attached, and members join either free or on a monthly subscription set by the owner rather than by Skool.

How much does Skool cost?

There are two different prices behind that question. Owners pay Skool a subscription to run a community, which Skool publishes on its own site and which we do not restate here. Members pay whatever the individual community charges, which is set by its owner, and that is the figure this site reads and tracks every week.

Is Skool free to join?

Many communities on it are, and many are not. Free and paid communities sit side by side on the platform, so whether you pay depends entirely on which community you are joining rather than on Skool itself. The directory marks which is which.

What is the difference between Skool and Discord?

Discord is built around live chat and Skool is built around a threaded feed with courses attached, which changes what a community on each tends to look like. The more practical difference for someone deciding: Skool has payment and access control built in, so a paid Skool community is usually sold directly through the platform.

Skool

What is Skool?

Skool is a platform for running a paid or free online community, with a discussion feed, a course area and a member list in one place. This page is about the side of it a member sees: what the communities on it charge and how big they get.

The figures in brief

6,546 Skool communities are listed here. Among the 2,131 that publish a monthly price, the median is $28 a month. The median community has 517 members. The price spread and the largest communities, each linked to its own dated readings, are on Skool communities, by the numbers.

Common questions

The questions people ask about this, answered with what the tracked data can and cannot show.

What is Skool used for?: Running a community with a discussion feed, a course area and a leaderboard in one place. Owners use it to sell access to a group, sometimes with course material attached, and members join either free or on a monthly subscription set by the owner rather than by Skool.
How much does Skool cost?: There are two different prices behind that question. Owners pay Skool a subscription to run a community, which Skool publishes on its own site and which we do not restate here. Members pay whatever the individual community charges, which is set by its owner, and that is the figure this site reads and tracks every week.
Is Skool free to join?: Many communities on it are, and many are not. Free and paid communities sit side by side on the platform, so whether you pay depends entirely on which community you are joining rather than on Skool itself. The directory marks which is which.
What is the difference between Skool and Discord?: Discord is built around live chat and Skool is built around a threaded feed with courses attached, which changes what a community on each tends to look like. The more practical difference for someone deciding: Skool has payment and access control built in, so a paid Skool community is usually sold directly through the platform.