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title: 🌍 1.4 Finding Communities
slug: 14-finding-communities
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createdAt: 2025-10-17T22:49:25.545Z
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*Discover and follow communities that match your interests*

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## Overview

Communities are where Sweatpals comes alive — they’re your gateway to local classes, runs, and wellness events.

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💡 Follow a community to get notified about new events and exclusive updates.
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## Searching  for  Communities

### Exploring Communities via Browser

Searching for upcoming experiences near you is easy on browser. Simply:

1. Go to [www.sweatpals.com](https://www.sweatpals.com)
2. Enter in keywords for what you're looking for (e.g. HYROX, running)
3. Optionally, add filters to narrow in your search

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### Exploring Communities via App

Between the **Explore** tab and **Search&#x20;**&#x74;ab, both are great places to start looking for your next community to join.&#x20;

- **Explore** -> This tab will show you communities with upcoming and live experiences in your city. Swipe through experiences and categories, or add a filter to find specific types of experiences near you.
- **Search** -> This tab will serve up events, classes, and communities based on the filters you set. Search for any terms or activities you're looking for.

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| Search Filter  | Description                                    |
| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
|  **Location**  |  Find groups near you or in a specific city    |
|  **Category**  |  Browse by fitness type (e.g., Yoga, Running)  |
|  **Date**      |  Filter upcoming events by time frame          |

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## Joining Communities

Once you find a community you'd like to join:

1. Click **+Join** to get subscribed to updates from that community
2. You will see experiences & posts from that community on your feed
3. To unfollow, go to the community page  →  tap **Following → Unfollow**

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**Please note:&#x20;**&#x55;nfollowing does not affect existing event bookings — you’ll still receive reminders for those events.
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## Recommended Communities

Sweatpals suggests new communities based on:

- Location and preferred activities
- Past bookings and events you’ve attended
- Trending local hosts

## Adding a community to your home screen

When accessing Sweatpals on your phone, you can add a shortcut for your favorite communities to your home screen, giving you quick and easy access to updates, upcoming experiences, and more.

You can access this feature in two ways:

1. Go to your community's page on Sweatpals
2. Tap the ••• menu in the upper right
3. Select **Add to Home Screen**
4. Follow the instructions to add the short cut

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When you add this shortcut:

- **The community's logo is displayed as an app icon** on your home screen.
- **One tap&#x20;**&#x74;akes you straight to the community page, no extra navigation.