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Group Pinterest Boards may be the easiest way to reach a broad audience for your pins, but finding Group Boards can be a bit more of a challenge. By using these simple tools you can easily find Group Boards to follow and join so you can spend more time pinning to them and less time hunting for them.
[note]See, How to Use Group Pinterest Boards to Make Your Pins Go Viral! to learn about the power of Group Pinterest Boards.[/note]
Pinterest does not have a direct way to search for Group Boards but you don’t have to spend hours searching for boards that are relevant to you. Instead of trying to find Group Boards on your own, you can utilize tools to help you discover boards to join and follow. By using these free tools you can find Group Boards to help you make the most of Pinterest!
PinGroupie
PinGroupie is a massive Group Pinterest Board directory with over 29,000 Group Boards listed. You can find boards ranging from Max! with over 2.7 million followers, to The Daily Pin with 251 followers. This directory’s advanced search features can help you discover Group Boards that are the best fit for you.
This directory lets you search by Category, Title and Description. You can filter your search by a category, by clicking on the Category drop-down menu and then clicking on the Filter button. You can further refine your search by entering a keyword in the Title and/or Description field.
Not sure which category you want to search? Choose All and then enter keywords you want to use in the Title or Description fields.
You can see your results in a grid that lists:
- Title
- Creator (icon)
- Description
- Category
- Number of Pins
- Number of Collaborators
- Number of Followers
- Number of Likes
- Number of Repins
- Time/Date of Last Update
Clicking on the Title of the Group Board will take to you the board on Pinterest. Clicking on the Creator icon will take you to the profile page of the creator of the board.
Hover over the Description button to see a description of the board. The description may contain instructions on how to request an invitation to join the board.
Note that the time or date of the last update is when the board information was updated by PinGroupie, not when the board itself was updated.
Sorting Your Results
PinGroupie makes it easy to sort your results. Click on the OrderBy drop-down menu and click Filter to rank the boards in the order of importance to you. You can also sort your results by ascending or descending order.
For example, if you wanted to find food Group Boards with a large number of pins, you could search for the Food and Drink category, OrderBy Pins and discover All About Food, a Group Board with over 1 million pins about food.
Being Found on PinGroupie
If you have a Group Board that isn’t yet listed on PinGroupie, you can send them an email requesting that your board be included in the directory. Minimum criteria for Group Boards to be listed on PinGroupie is:
5 collaborators + 50 pins + 250 followers
Board Deck
Board Deck is a directory of Group Pinterest boards that is somewhat similar to PinGroupie. This directory has over 20,000 Group Boards listed and you can search by category and keywords. You can also set how many results you want to see on a page, from 10-100.
You can order your results by:
- Board Name
- Followers
- Collaborators
- Pins
- Repins of the 1st 50
- Category
- Creator
- Last Updated
With Board Deck the Pinterest ID of the creators is visible so you can see at a glance if you recognize any names. As with PinGroupie, the date of Last Updated does not relate to the date the Group Board was last updated.
To use Board Deck you must sign up for an account, giving an email address and setting a password. I don’t know why an account is required, your email address is not confirmed, though you do need to log into the site when you want to use it.
Pinterest Group Board Directory
Pinterest Group Board Directory is being developed by The Pin Junkie. This directory is helpful because the listings are added by creators who want their Group Boards to be found. The boards are organized into categories with links to the boards on Pinterest.
This directory is still new with a limited number of Group Boards and categories. If you have your own Group Board and want it to be found, you can list it here.
Top Group Boards
Check out Top Group Boards that’s a Pinterest board of Group Boards listing 1000 of the top Pinterest Group Boards. You can’t sort these boards by category or search by keyword, but you’ll probably enjoy looking through them and seeing the pins.
Somehow, a Pinterest board about Group Pinterest Boards seems quite appropriate. What a fun and visual way to discover Group Boards!
Future
As Group Boards continue to multiply and grow in importance, Pinterest may offer its own method for searching for these boards. As Pinterest recently introduced Guided Search to help people discover pins, it may also seize the opportunity to help people discover Group Boards they might not otherwise have found.
See, Pinterest Guided Search – A New Path to Pinspiration! for more information about Guided Search on Pinterest.
Stay tuned to The Wonder of Tech for future updates about ways to find Group Pinterest Boards!
Your Thoughts
Have you ever found a helpful Group Pinterest Board? What is your favorite way to find Group Boards? Have you tried any of these tools? Let us know in the Comments section below!
Note: If you have a Group Pinterest Board you would like to share here, please feel free to leave a link to it in your comment.
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* How to Find Group Boards on Pinterest image created using the Lego Detective image courtesy of Pascal and the Pinterest Ornament image courtesy of Esther Vargas
Hi Carolyn,
Wonderful information indeed 🙂
I never knew there were so many tools to find out about group boards! After your earlier post, I did go ahead and join a few more boards, though the process is a little long as you need to email the board owners or follow them and message them to get in, but worth trying out for sure.
And these show quite a lot of boards you could follow., but just wondering how do you join a board where you can pin also, not just follow boards as a few of them have mentioned. Sometimes they just have a follow icon on top and that makes them come in your feed or Pinterest stream, but you cannot pin on those boards. Sometimes they have it written where and whom to email or contact to join the board when you are invited, so both are different.
Thanks for sharing. Have a nice week ahead 🙂
Hi Harleena, Yes, I touched on the topic of how to join Group Pinterest Boards in Monday’s article and I may do a follow up article with helpful hints on how to get invited to Group Boards.
You’re right, it’s not as easy to join a Group Board as it is to follow one. It’s very helpful when the creator of a Group Board puts instructions on how to request an invitation in the board description.
As you wisely point out, the effort required to join a Group Board may be worth it if you’re invited to join.
Hi Carolyn,
I am all about Pinterest now, thanks to you 😉 But I’m missing something here. Once you find a community board you want to join, how do you join it !?!? 😮
Lori
Hi Lori, You’re right, I didn’t cover how to join a Group Board in this article, but I did discuss this in Monday’s article about how to use Group Boards.
You can follow Group Boards to see the pins in your stream, but to join a Group Board you must be invited by the creator of the board or any member/collaborator of the board. Often the board description includes instructions on how to request an invitation to the board.
I’m debating writing an article about how to get invited to join a Group Pinterest Board. Thanks for your question, Lori!
Carolyn,
After our discussion a couple of weeks ago, I am going to be delving into Pinterest with more intention, so a giant ‘thank you’ for this resource. I am eager to implement an organized strategy with Pinterest and see what I can produce in results.
Will be sharing with the group. 🙂
Hi Steve, That’s great you want to get started with Pinterest. It’s a wonderful resource to find and share stunning images. Following and joining Group Boards is a good way to get a quick start on Pinterest.
Be sure to let me know if you have any questions about using Pinterest, Steve! :-bd
I will definitely reach out as I’m sure I’ll have some “beginner” questions…especially as I implement my strategy with the tool I shared on our call. I’m interested to see if you’re able to use it and to hear your results too… 🙂
Thanks for suggesting that tool, Steve. I look forward to trying it out and perhaps even reviewing it for The Wonder of Tech! :-bd
thanks for sharing these resources for finding group boards. I knew about pin groupie, but these other three are new to me. I’m looking forward to trying them out. i agree pinning to collaborative group boards. thanks for the help and take care, Max
Hi Maxwell, Yes, pinning to Group Boards can give a lot more exposure to your pins. I’m glad you’re giving these other tools a try. You can find out which tool is the best fit for you to find Group Pinterest Boards, Maxwell.
Hi Carolyn,
Never heard about these directories or tools to find Pinterest Groups, but certainly a great option to find suitable groups and get most out of it.
Hi Pankaj, Yes, previously the only way to find out about Group Boards was to stumble upon them in a Pinterest search or get invited to them by a fellow pinner. These tools make finding Group Boards much easier now!
Hi Carolyn,
I have a confession to make. I’m not using Pinterest at all. I started out using it, and it worked great. I received traffic from it, and I was having a lot of fun. But, then I started using Instagram, and I don’t know, but I think I forgot all about Pinterest.
What you’re describing seems to be a great way to use it. And, I’m thinking that I need to return to it and see if I can get started again 🙂
Thanks.
-Jens
Hi Jens, Yes, you should consider giving Pinterest another try, especially since you were having fun with it. I enjoy Pinterest because I discover images I probably wouldn’t be seeing elsewhere. I’m on Instagram but I tend to follow the same people I am friends with on Facebook.
Pinterest also sends The Wonder of Tech more traffic than Facebook + Twitter combined so it’s a very active site. You could pin some pictures of your beautiful country to get re-started on Pinterest.
Hey Carolyn,
Pinterest is an outstanding source for driving traffic, thanks for sharing this compelling guide for finding worth following Pinterest boards. By the way, i was looking for some tips to get invited on Pinterest boards, i hope you’ll cover it in the coming article.
Thanks again for sharing this article.
-Siraj Wahid
Hi Siraj, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Thanks for letting me know that you’re interested in learning about tips for getting invited to Group Pinterest Boards. Stay tuned to The Wonder of Tech!
Hi Carolyn,
Really an informative post.
Though I don’t have much idea about Pininterest still it’s great to know about all the tools you have explained above. May be soon I will try one of them for finding group board directories. It would be great to get engaged in such group directories where we can make our pin viral in an effective way.
Thanks for the post.
Have a great day. 🙂
~Ravi
Hi Ravi, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! I’m glad you enjoyed the post and I hope you find some great Group Pinterest Boards to join.
Hi Carolyn,
These tools are new to me, am doesn’t use them never before. But now am getting more options to find group boards directories. I will definitely check out all the tools and then use best one.
Thanks for updating us.
Hi Surajjagoori, Thanks for letting us know that this was helpful to you. I hope you find many new Group Boards to enjoy on Pinterest!
Thanks for sharing all this information about Pinterest boards. I’m now working on finding boards that fit my niches. Not sure I completely get it, but I did follow a couple so far. Hope you do a follow up post on how to join a board. I’d like to get my own pins on a few, but haven’t quite figured out if I can.
Hi Carol, I’m glad you’re giving Group Boards a try. Yes, it does take a while to get the hang of them, which is why I recommend checking them out first before you start one of your own.
I think the consensus is for me to write a follow up article for tips on how to join a Group Board. Stay tuned to The Wonder of Tech for that article!
Very important post…..
I am new to pinterest and I have a little knowledge about it.Sometimes I spend many hours to finding Group Boards on Pinterest.To read this post I came to know about 4 easy Tools to finding Group Boards on Pinterest.Please let me know have any option to create fan page in pinterest like facebook?Looking forward to hearing from you.
Hi Shabbir, Welcome to The Wonder of Tech! Yes, you could start a board on Pinterest that functions as a fan page. But my advice is to follow the Golden Rule of Social Media: 80% of what you share should be others’ content and 20% should be your own content. You could create a fan page board with only your content to see if you got people to follow that board. If not, add content from others to get more followers.
Very useful post! I’m not a huge Pinterest fan, but it’s time to change my ideas about it, it seems much more powerful than I thought and your post excited me!! thanks 🙂
Hi Jake, I’m glad you found this article helpful. Definitely give Pinterest another try to see whether you enjoy it more by using Group Boards.