What is Karma on Clubhouse?
Karma helps recognize the top contributors on Clubhouse. It is a simple reputation signal that reflects how positively and consistently you participate in the community. It reflects both who you are (your profile being set up, people vouching for you) and how you engage on the app right now (such as your recent participation in rooms and Houses).
Higher Karma means you’re contributing value to the community. Thanks for that!
What's the point of Karma?
Karma helps us maintain a trusted and authentic community on Clubhouse while recognizing community members who participate meaningfully.
Some features, communities, and programs on Clubhouse may have minimum Karma requirements. This helps ensure real people are participating and reduces fraud and trust & safety issues.
How is Karma calculated?
We combine two types of signals:
1. Profile Karma
A stable score component based on basic setup and identity cues—like having a profile photo, writing a bio, participating in Houses, maintaining a good standing in the community, and generally showing signs of being a real, constructive member of the community. This part does not reduce over time.
2. Engagement Karma
A dynamic score based on how you participate day-to-day—listening, speaking, moderating, hosting, inviting others, receiving positive reactions, and generally contributing to conversations. This part does reduce over time, so recent activity matters most.
Why do parts of Karma reduce over time? To keep things fresh and fair. If someone was active six months ago but not today, their Karma will reflect that. Your engagement score ensures the Karma score shows recent behavior, not just past history.
We don’t share the exact formula or weights to protect the system from being gamed.
But good, authentic participation always helps.
Where can I find my Karma score?
Your Karma score can be found on your Clubhouse profile. While in your hallway, select your avatar in the top right corner. You’ll then visit your profile page where your Karma score can be found the right to your friends total.
What kinds of things increase my Karma?
You’ll gain Karma from genuine, constructive participation—examples include:
- Spending real time listening in rooms
- Speaking for meaningful amounts of time
- Hosting or moderating conversations that others stay for
- Receiving positive reactions from people who are engaged in the room
- Showing up to your scheduled rooms
- Being consistently active over days and weeks
- Inviting people who actually join and participate
- Participating in Houses and communities
- Writing a thoughtful profile and keeping it up to date
- Building your friend network
- Filing legitimate Trust & Safety reports
In general:
If it helps the conversation or helps the community grow in a healthy way, it probably helps your Karma. Shortcuts don’t work. We have checks in place to identify and prevent the gaming of Karma scores.
What kinds of things lower my Karma?
A few categories can reduce Karma:
- Being removed/kicked from rooms
- Repeatedly receiving negative reactions from other users
- Trust & Safety violation notifications against you that are upheld
- Being blocked by many people
- Signals that suggest low-effort, harmful, or bot-like behavior
Does Karma reward big rooms more?
Larger rooms naturally generate more interactions, but the system includes safeguards so large audiences don’t create runaway advantages. Quality of engagement matters more than size alone.
Why don’t you show the exact numbers or formula?
Because publishing the specifics would allow people to game the system—leading to inflated, meaningless scores. Instead, we keep the details internal and reward authentic, positive participation.
Why do I see my Karma change even though I didn’t do anything?
Engagement Karma reduces with time. If you take a break from the app, the recent-activity portion of your score will gradually decrease. Your Profile Karma remains stable.
Does being a Clubhouse Plus subscriber help my Karma?
Consistency matters, and long-term Plus subscribers who remain active receive a small daily bonus to reflect sustained investment in the community.
What’s the best way to think about Karma?
Think of it less like a scoreboard and more like a trust signal.
If you’re showing up, contributing, connecting, and being a good community member, your Karma will reflect that—automatically.