Discord was founded in 2015 and is free to use, with about 70 million active weekly users and 6.7 million total servers. Many are technically invite-only, but links to join are generally shared openly online. On each server, users chat within channels focused on different topics that are designated by the server owner and can be text-, voice-, photo- or video-based: Soulection’s range from sound-share, where producers can get feedback on their beats, to the-garden, where users share photos of their houseplants.
While Discord has traditionally served as a forum for video game players to chat while gaming, it’s now attracting people with all kinds of interests who are seeking new ways to stay in touch amid the coronavirus pandemic in the same way that Twitch, TikTok and the new audio-only chat app Clubhouse have seen usage surge. Many of our users just want a place to hang out and talk in the comfort of their own communities, whether that be catching up or sharing wha