About r/discordapp
In its own words:
Discord is a voice, video, and text communication service used by over a hundred million people to hang out and talk with their friends and communities.
Community guide
r/discordapp (#690, about 1.5 million subscribers) — Discord is a voice, video, and text communication service used by over a hundred million people to hang out and talk with their friends and communities. A recent sample averaged 76 posts a day (~65% text, ~25% image, ~5% gallery). Its public rules include: Full List of Rules; Personal Attacks; Discrimination; Witch-Hunting & Calls to Action; Low-effort Submissions.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own channel or shop. Low-effort or empty shitposts are often removed—add context that fits the purpose.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include::bugcatcher: Support,:Discussion: Discussion,:botdev: Bots / Devs, Meme.
The community was created on May 15, 2015, which makes it 11 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 1,023 subscribers (+0.07%). It sits just behind r/Battlefield (#688) and ahead of r/Catswithjobs (#690) in our ranking.
What sets r/discordapp apart
Compared with other large communities, r/discordapp leans heavily on text posts (65% of recent posts; the typical Top 100 subreddit sits at 35%). r/discordapp is more of a browsing community than a debating one: 4.3 comments per post on average, well under the Top 100 median of 13.0. For its size it is unusually busy: about 49.3 new posts a day per million members, more than 85% of the Top 100. It is also one of the faster-growing big communities: its 0.86% gain since Sep 19, 2026 beats 86% of the Top 100.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/discordapp went up from 1,534,846 to 1,548,084 subscribers (+13.2K, +0.86%). That is about 260 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
Top posts on r/discordapp this week
What the community upvoted most over the last seven days, as ranked by Reddit (collected Nov 7, 2026).
- Discord announces a full rust rewrite, across Desktop and Mobile, using GPUIu/Woofer210 · Nov 4 · link
- Why is there a moth in my appu/VirtualGarbage7498 · Nov 2 · video
- How did they achieve this kind of profile?u/TieRealistic2200 · Nov 3 · image
- Redeemed all my Orbs for 3-day Nitro credit before the alleged price increaseu/EmreFez · Nov 5 · image
- Finally! Scheduled messagesu/DidiDidi129 · Nov 3 · image
- They made it so damn expensive.u/aftoncultistandsimp · Nov 6 · image
- Custom Profile Widgets are getting removed from Nitrou/LittleDemonKona · Nov 4 · image
- how do I turn this feature (pop-up emojis) off?u/tarooooooooooo · Nov 6 · video
- How do I disable the stream preview bar on mobileu/_Fluffy_Kitsune_ · Nov 3 · image
- is there any known hack where someone can join a private call without others knowing?u/baby_kaii · Nov 2 · text post
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/discordapp, from 2019 to 2025, ranked by Reddit.
- Tale As Old As Timeu/leonardo_bastacci · Mar 23, 2021 · image
- Discord is adding an account switcheru/Phosphorshy · Nov 2, 2021 · 27,204 points · 1,283 comments · gallery
- Thank you DiscordMar 11, 2020 · 22,032 points · 315 comments · image
- That's clever nglu/big_hole_energy · Oct 10, 2025 · image
- The new Discord logou/EJake_ · May 13, 2021 · image
- #BringBackBlurpleu/MrJWOfficial · May 11, 2021 · image
- Mods are asleep. Upvote OG LogoMay 13, 2021 · image
- Discord in 2021 be likeu/theubusu · Apr 20, 2020 · 12,697 points · 357 comments · image
- And only first time users.u/yunohame · Jun 10, 2021 · image
- Groovy, a popular music bot, announces them ending their services on August 30thu/marco_rennmaus · Aug 24, 2021 · 13,170 points · 852 comments · image
What r/discordapp talks about
We read the titles of 518 recent posts (Oct 29–Nov 5), the words that come up most are “discord”, “server”, “nitro”, “bot” and “messages”. Other frequent themes are working, account, help, mobile, orbs and app. Recurring phrases include “double counter”, “discord server”, “screen share” and “discord account”. By format, 65% are text posts, 25% are images and 5% are galleries.
Popular post flairs: :bugcatcher: Support (293), :Discussion: Discussion (149), :botdev: Bots / Devs (40), Meme (12), :File: Media (11), :Discussion: Feature Requests (10).
Activity and best time to post
r/discordapp gets about 76 new posts a day. The public archive holds 672,497 posts and 2,865,283 comments in total, about 4.3 comments per post. Last week the busiest day was Thursday (94 posts) and the quietest was Saturday (63). Posting peaks around 19:00 UTC and is lowest around 06:00 UTC.
Rules of r/discordapp
The moderators of r/discordapp list 12 rules. In short:
- Full List of Rules
- Personal Attacks
- Discrimination
- Witch-Hunting & Calls to Action
- Low-effort Submissions
- Recently Posted Topics
- Account Support
- Advertising/Self-Promotion
- Client Modifications
- Third-Party Bot Support
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/discordapp and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/discordapp have?
r/discordapp has 1,548,084 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #689 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 13,238 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
When was r/discordapp created?
r/discordapp was created on May 15, 2015, so it has been around for 11 years. The oldest post in the public archive is from Jun 17, 2015.
Is r/discordapp still active?
Yes. r/discordapp gets about 76 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 672,497 posts and 2,865,283 comments. In a sample of 518 recent posts we counted 477 different authors.
What is the best time to post in r/discordapp?
Based on post counts from Oct 29, 2026 to Nov 4, 2026, the busiest day was Thursday and the quietest Saturday, and most posts arrive around 19:00 UTC, with the fewest around 06:00 UTC. More posts also means more competition, so a quieter hour can help a post get noticed.
What kind of posts are on r/discordapp?
The community describes itself as: “Discord is a voice, video, and text communication service used by over a hundred million people to hang out and talk with their friends and communities.” Recent post titles often mention discord, server, nitro, bot and messages. Most posts are text posts (65%).
Is r/discordapp SFW?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/discordapp as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
What are the rules of r/discordapp?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/discordapp accepts both text and link posts, with images, videos, galleries and polls enabled. It has 12 posted rules, starting with: “Full List of Rules”; “Personal Attacks”; “Discrimination”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
What subreddits are similar to r/discordapp?
Communities with similar topics include r/PiratedGames (1.2M), r/ADHD (2.3M) and r/AnimalTextGifs (1.2M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/discordapp.