Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

In a 2020 blog post, Discord announced that more than 3 million bots had been created, with some used across millions of servers. For comparison, Slack boasts 2,400 apps in its directory.

Patti Hauseman: Yeah. We’re building an onboarding system where new members receive one-on-one help doing anything from setting up their wallets to guiding them to different channels. That might be great because the Discord can be a little overwhelming. It's about 48 people that have volunteered to help new members onboard.

A centralized chat app seems an odd place from which to launch a decentralized revolution. As a result, many have called for a web3 Discord

Last year, there were 6.7 million weekly active servers, essentially spaces with at least some conversation in a given week. This year, there are 19 million weekly active servers -- 3x YoY growth -- and the year isn’t even over yet.