The Power of Virtual Communities

Case Studies

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During 2020, the Governance Lab interviewed leaders of 50 Facebook groups and 26 global academic and industry experts for this study of the governance and leadership of Facebook groups. This work was funded by a grant from Facebook and conducted in partnership with Facebook's Community Partnerships team.

African Mums in Deutschland

How 4,100 mothers built an online niche in Germany

Group size: 4104

Founded: 2018

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Germany

HumanKind Global

Volunteers fulfill more than 25,000 requests for pandemic-related help

Group size: 51500

Founded: 2020

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India

Clube da Alice

500,000 women are finding empowerment through entrepreneurship

Group size: 551,500 members (Private Group)

Founded: 2014

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Curitiba, Brazil

Essex Coronavirus Action

Mobilizing Essex residents and Facebook group leaders for coronavirus response

Group size: 37,000 members (private group); 48,000 followers (public page)

Founded: 2020

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Essex, United Kingdom

Subtle Asian Traits

1.8 million Asians living around the world connecting over a common identity

Group size: 1843194

Founded: 2018

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Global

Surviving Hijab

More than 900,000 women are supporting one another to overcome hardship

Group size: 917, 828 members of the private group

Founded: 2014

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Egypt

White People. DOING Something.

Building a racial justice community around compassion and empathy

Group size: 36,647 members of the public group

Founded: 2020

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United States

Female IN (FIN)

1.7 million women are leading with kindness

Group size: 1,743,400,146 members (group); 180,808 follows and 169,693 likes (page)

Founded: 2015

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Global

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