Group

This article is about the feature. For the Roblox Wikia category for Groups, see Category:Groups.

Groups are a feature on Roblox. Created in July 2009, players can create or join groups that feature their own interests, and all groups can have virtually an infinite amount of members. All players on Roblox are allowed to join groups. Anyone can create a group, but creating a group costs 100 Robux. It used to be that only Builders Club (later Premium) members could create groups. 

Groups can be set public or private. If private, the player's join request will be considered as "pending" until a group admin approves or declines their request. If public, the player can join the group without manual approval.

Players are given a certain limit on how many groups they are able to join based on their membership. Before the removal of Builders Club, Non-Builders Club and Non-Premium members were/are permitted to join up to five groups at one time. Classic Builders Club members were allowed to join/own up to 10 groups at one time, Turbo Builders Club members were given the privilege to own or be in up to 20 groups at one time, and members with Outrageous Builders Club or Roblox Premium were/have the privilege to join or own 100 groups.

On February 3, 2011, the ability for users to advertise their group was implemented.

The 'Advertise this Group' button on the LOL Group.

On May 28, 2015, the ability to make group games was added. Multiple players could work on a game, and the leader of the group can share the revenue with the payouts feature.

On January 23, 2019, the group interface received an overhaul.

In mid-December 2019, the maximum number of groups for all users to join was raised to 100 groups. The creation of groups were also changed to allow all users create groups, regardless if they are a Premium member or not.

Creating a group

In order to create a group, players must go to "My Roblox" and click on the button labeled Groups. On the left side of the screen, the list of groups that a player is currently in is listed, along with a button above the list titled "Create New". Players may then give their group a name, add group info and an icon, and pay 100 Robux for their group to be created.

Group icons and info may be changed later, while the group name cannot be changed unless there is a copyright issue or Roblox staff is running the group.

Group size 

On Roblox, the size of a group is determined by the number of members it has. These are the ten largest groups:

Information may be slightly faulty, updated as of 12/28/19 (December 28th, 2019)
Group Name	Member Count	Public
Bee Swarm Simulator Club	4443668 [4.44M+]	✔️
Roblox High School: Fan Club	4302419 [4.30M+]	✔️
Scriptbloxian Studios	2216968 [2.21M+]	✔️
Building & MIlitary Roleplay Fan Group	1912867 [1.91M+]	✔️
The Flamingo Fan Club	1785348 [1.78M+]	✔️
Project Pokémon Community	1582239 [1.58M+]	✔️
BIG Games Simulators	1482616 [1.48M+]	✔️
Badimo	1420617 [1.42M+]	✔️
Roblox	1375328 [1.37M+]	✔️
DreamCraft	1295182 [1.29M+]	✔️

Features

There are many features provided for groups on Roblox. A maximum of 18 ranks can be set, along with certain allowed privileges and the amount of power a rank may have over another. If a rank is given enough power to do so, members may force (exile) a member to leave a group, add clothes, models, meshes, and decals for sale to the group store, create "shouts" for all members in the group to see, have a group wall, and add allies and enemies. They may also oversee every action in a group in the Audit Log.

Clans could be created for 500 Robux, and group

Admins could invite a member to join the clan, however, they got removed.

Group funds may be distributed among group members and the group's owner.

Groups may also be set to require entry approval. When set, a group admin may approve the player for entry to the group. On the applicant's screen, this will show as "join pending".

Revamp

On December 13, 2018, a group revamp was announced privately, which changed the group UI but does not introduce new features. The revamp is only available for members of Roblox Beta.

The new group UI doesn't have the clans feature and was revealed in the initial post that clans are being removed.

On January 15, 2019, the "Games" tab was removed and all games were placed under the "About" tab.

On January 23, 2019, at 8:00 PM EST, the new group UI went live for all users.

Criticism

Group admins have been known to abuse their own power, such as by exiling and demoting members for unfair reasons.

Group names, which are locked once created, have also been criticized among the community for the lack of ability to rename groups.

The community has criticized groups for being botted in order to appear to have a larger fanbase than what they really have.

Groups have been subject to being "disposable" for holding bait-and-switch games. Group funds are usually distributed through many fake accounts until being finally distributed to the desired user, with the group being discarded as a result.

See also

Group Admin