Discord profile

Nitro subscriptions, advertising and other commercial features support the platform.

Annual sales are not publicly itemised for this business. Nitro subscriptions, advertising and other commercial features support the platform.

Nitro sells enhancements to an existing social habit. Quests add advertiser-funded rewards, giving Discord a second way to earn from people who do not buy a subscription.

Privately held; no public share price. Jason Citron and Stanislav Vishnevskiy founded Discord. A private company can have outside shareholders without making a community server’s moderators its owners.

Nitro, cosmetics and reward-based Quests give Discord revenue beyond charging people simply to talk.

Discord’s automation includes AutoMod and other safety tools. Independent bots add AI chat, image tools or server workflows, each with its own operator.

Discord supplies platform tools; server owners and bot developers build additional experiences. A bot is not automatically run by Discord.

Discord processes account, message/upload, usage and device information and describes automated technologies including machine learning. Public servers, direct messages and connected services have different audiences. Review permissions and privacy controls rather than assume a server is a private encrypted room.

Server moderators manage local rules while Discord enforces platform policy. AutoMod handles configured detection before a moderator intervenes.

Mute channels, restrict mentions and direct messages, and choose which bots or optional Quests deserve access and attention.

15/25 points

Discord provides tools for servers and communities, but community quality depends on local operators as well as platform moderation. Its policy says voice/video content generally is not stored, while explaining that content handling can differ with features and enforcement.

15/25 points

Discord processes account, message/upload, usage and device information and describes automated technologies including machine learning. Public servers, direct messages and connected services have different audiences. Review permissions and privacy controls rather than assume a server is a private encrypted room.

10/25 points

A server's quality depends heavily on its operators and moderation.

20/25 points

Mute channels, restrict mentions and direct messages, and choose which bots or optional Quests deserve access and attention.

Comparison priority: community management, permissions and the people in a particular server. Server culture can matter more than the platform’s feature list.

Quests award items or Orbs for completing actions. Orbs can be redeemed for profile items and short Nitro credits, making sponsored activity feel like game progress.

Mentions, unread channels, event alerts and friends entering voice channels keep community activity visible.

Persistent servers, voice rooms and screen sharing keep friends and games inside one workspace.

Roles, badges, custom profiles and community recognition make belonging visible. Nitro adds another layer of personal presentation.

Quests have completion/claim windows. Missing a live community event or limited cosmetic gives waiting a cost.