As of February 2024, users between the ages of 25 to 34 years accounted for the biggest share of Discord.com users worldwide, making up over 53.4 percent of the platform's audience. Younger users between 16 and 24 years made up **** percent of the Discord user base. Discord is a gamers-friendly group communication platform launched in 2015. In the first quarter of 2022, over ** percent of users on Discord were men.

In May 2023, an online survey in the United States found that only one in ten respondents aged between 18 and 34 years used voice-over-the-internet and communication social platform Discord multiple times a day. Around 65 percent of respondents in the youngest examined demographic group reported never using Discord on monthly basis. Both frequency and overall usage of Discord decreased among older demographic groups.

According to a survey of online users conducted in September 2022 in the United States, ** percent of respondents aged between 13 and 17 years reported not being interested in or aware of the communication and social platform Discord. In comparison, ** percent of respondents in the same age group reported having used Discord and having enjoyed the experience. Around ** percent of users aged between ** to ** reported not having used the platform yet but planning to do so.

According to a survey of online users conducted in September 2022 in the United States, ** percent of Twitch users had also used Discord and enjoyed the experience. By comparison, ** percent of current Twitch users had tried Discord but did not enjoy it. Only *** percent of users who were not part of the Twitch audience at any point reported planning to join Discord, while ** percent of Twitch users reported planning to join Discord.

According to a 2022 survey, ** percent of Discord users in Brazil were aged between 18 and 29 years. It is the most popular instant messaging app among younger audiences, with gradually less users among older age groups. Additionally, the majority of the platform users in the country are men, representing ** percent of its audience, having the biggest gender gap among messengers.

Discord is a VoIP and communication platform that took off in 2015 among the gaming community first. As of April 2024, the most popular gaming community on the platform was the server for the popular Roblox game Blox Fruits with approximately 1.75 million members. The Discord server dedicated to Genshin Impact ranked second with 1.6 million members.

Social and VoIP platform Discord was launched in 2015 as a gamers-friendly communication platform, but it also acquired popularity among non-gaming audiences in recent years. The platform allows users to create or join thematic communities called servers, and as of April 2024, the Midjourney server was the most popular community on Discord, with over **** million members. Midjourney is an AI-powered text-to-image tool, which is accessible via a Discord bot on the official Discord server of the program. The second most popular Discord server was LimeWire, with *** million members. Not just a gamers’ space: Discord for communities While gaming servers are still among the most popular online spaces on the platform – with communities such as Valorant and the official Genshin Impact server amassing almost one million users respectively as of the beginning of 2023 – Discord is also a space for several different communities to come together. Educational servers, which have been growing on the platform since the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic, range from language learning to hacking and programming, with the server “English” counting over *** thousand Discord users, and the server for Python counting ***** thousand users, respectively. Cross-platform communities include online spaces in which users share content from other social media, such as affiliated Reddit servers and TikTok-based communities. As of January 2023, TikTok videos and TikTok Zone were the most popular music servers on Discord, with *** thousand and *** thousand registered resharing content from the popular social video platform. Discord servers: the challenge of providing self-managed online spaces As Discord is composed by both public and private groups, moderating servers and enforcing the company’s Terms of Services represents a challenge. According to Discord, ** percent of the company’s employees are assigned to safety and moderation. However, servers on the platform are also moderated in their day-to-day activity by volunteer moderators. While Discord has repeatedly reported they do not have access to the four billion messages users exchange daily on the platform, in 2017 the company attracted global attention when it was revealed that it was used by alt-right groups in the United States to plan and organize the “Unite the Right 2.0” rally in Virginia, which culminated with a terroristic attack that left one dead and several wounded. Since then, Discord has engaged in several campaigns to remove servers classified as promulgating violent extremism: during the third quarter of 2022, *** servers were proactively removed from the platform due to violent extremism by the company’s safety and moderation team, while *** servers were reactively removed after users’ report.

A survey conducted in August 2022 among gamers in the United States found that approximately 56 percent of respondents aged between 16 and 29 years used YouTube to consume content related to gaming or engage in video gaming activities. Discord was the second most popular social media platform among users in this demographic, followed by the social video platform TikTok. In comparison, Facebook was the most popular social media platform in relation to gaming among users aged between 30 and 49 years, with 65 percent of respondents reporting using the platform for gaming-related activities and content consumption.

According to a 2024 survey, ** percent of users of messenger apps in Mexico were aged between 18 and 29 years. Among these apps, Discord had the youngest audience, with ** percent of its users being aged between 18 and 29 years. Telegram had the second largest youngest audience in the country, with ** percent of total users in this age group, but also another ** percent of respondents aged between 30 and 39 years old. Meanwhile, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp also enjoyed more popularity among those aged between 18 and 29 years old.

According to a survey conducted in the United States in 2022, ** percent of pre-teens were using social media applications. Overall, ** percent of respondents aged 11 to 12 years were using TikTok, and ** percent were using Snapchat. Both TikTok and Snapchat state that users of their apps must be at least 13 years of age, with the latter being in compliance with the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Even though Discord and Facebook also have age restrictions of 13 years, ** percent and ** percent of pre-teens were using the online platforms, respectively.

According to a 2024 survey, there was an evenly fair distribution of male and female users of leading messenger app users in Mexico, with men accounting for ** percent of users and women for ** percent. Among these apps, Discord had the largest gender discrepancy, as ** percent of its user base was male. On the other hand, around ** percent of iMessage users were women. Additionally, the youngest audience is the dominant public for Discord in Mexico, with ** percent of its users aged between 18 and 29 years old.

In a September 2024 conducted survey among children and teenagers in Australia regarding their social media usage, of the around ***** percent of eight to 12 year olds surveyed reporting using Discord in the period from January to September, ** percent had their own account. In comparison, while more children in this age cohort used YouTube than Discord, just under ** percent of respondents said they had their own YouTube account.

According to a 2024 survey, ** percent of users of messenger apps in Brazil were Millennials. Among these apps, Discord had the youngest audience, with ** percent of its users being from Generation Z and another ** percent being Millennials. Meanwhile, Facebook Messenger, Google Chat, iMessage, and Telegram were the apps which enjoyed more popularity among those from Generation X and older.

According to a 2024 survey, leading messenger apps in Brazil had an overall equal gender distribution, with both women and men accounting each for around ** percent of its users in the country. Among these apps, Discord had the largest gender discrepancy, as ** percent of its user base were men. On the other hand, around ** percent of Snapchat users were women. Additionally, the youngest audience is the dominant public for Discord in Brazil, with ** percent of its users being from Generation Z or Millennials.