The Difference Between the Skool Platform & the Skoolers Community

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Dec '25 • Posts

If you are new to Skool, one of the most common questions is what the difference is between Skool and Skoolers.

Mark Novikov, Creator Success Manager on the Skool team, recently started a YouTube channel and shared this video explaining what Skoolers is, how it is different from the Skool platform, and what you get access to inside the Skoolers community.

What is Skool?

Skool is the platform.

Skool is where all communities are hosted. When you create a Skool account, you can start your own community, invite members, post content, and choose whether your community is free or paid. Your Skool community is your space and you decide how it runs.

What is Skoolers?

Skoolers is a community for Skool owners.

Skoolers is a private community inside Skool. It is only for people who own a Skool community. Skoolers is not the Skool platform itself. It is a place where community owners talk specifically about building, growing, and managing communities on Skool.

That difference matters.

Skoolers is where people share what is working on Skool, what they are testing, and what they are learning as they grow their communities. Posts in Skoolers should always be related to Skool or community building. Promotion of your own community or unrelated topics should stay inside your own Skool community or a community on that topic.

Inside the Skoolers community, there are a few key areas worth knowing about.

The Classroom

This includes Skool 101, created by the founder and leadership team. It walks through how to use Skool, how to set up your community, how to get members, how monetization works, and how to reduce churn.

Skool News

Weekly updates that cover new Skool features, product changes, and platform updates. This is one of the easiest ways to stay up to date on what is changing inside Skool.

The Community Feed

This is where most discussions happen. Community owners share strategies, results, and lessons learned from running their Skool communities. The Gems section highlights some of the most helpful posts so others can learn from them.

Skool Games

Skool Games is only available inside Skoolers. It shows which Skool communities are growing the most each quarter based on monthly recurring revenue. It is also a useful place to see what types of communities are performing well and how their offers are structured.

Skoolers exists to keep conversations about Skool clear and useful.

Keeping posts focused on Skool and community building helps everyone learn faster and get better results.

If you are part of Skoolers, this video gives a clear overview of how it works and how to use it well, so you do not miss out on the wealth of knowledge inside the community.

Also, I highly recommend subscribing to Mark's YouTube Channel. He is sharing helpful walkthroughs and explanations that make using Skool much easier, especially when you are getting started. You can do that here: https://www.youtube.com/@Mark-CSM

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