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Discord Skillademia’s 2023 Discord statistics

200 70% Gaming

20% Other
60% 27.4%

150
50%
18-24
40% 44.4%

100
30%

20%
50

10%

Non-gaming 25-34
0 0%
2015 2020 2023 Male Female 80% 28.2%

As of 2023, Discord
has 150 million
monthly active users
65.33% of users are male 80% use Discord for A majority of users are
34.67% of users are female non-gaming purposes 18 - 24 years old
*data missing for non-binary users
in 2023
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 Discord
Discord is a FREE online platform that offers 1-on-1 instant messaging, group text chats, voice & video chats, image,
video & link sharing, and screen-sharing through the creation of “hub”-like communities called SERVERS.
Servers can hold from 1 - 500,000 people in them with custom online spaces called CHANNELS to hang out, game,
talk, or share in. ROLES can be created for moderation, leadership, self-identity, and administration.

Discord was created in 2015 by Jason & Stan because they, as seen on the Discord home page “[cherished] the
friendships and connections that formed while playing [games].” While gaming was already popular, online players
suffered without an EASY and DIRECT way to communicate while playing games.
Discord
While Discord started out as a gaming community platform, it evolved into a social hub for gamers and non-gamers
alike! Discord connects its users globally. Discord offers Accessibility through talk-to-text, text-reading, keyboard in education
shortcuts, and animation & color changes.
FORMAL EDUCATION

Discord can be a group-work

Safety & Privacy
Johnson & Salter (2022) address
real issues with Discord:
Anonymous usernames for
minimal online responsibility
Cyberbullying
Limited moderation
Antisocial behavior
However, Discord offers an
easy-to-read Privacy Policy!
Customize Privacy Settings
Consent to share Payment
information when purchasing
Consent to access
Microphone & Camera
“Your place to talk”
Over the last years, techcrunch
reports that Discord has
undergone extensive policy
chances to enhance EDI and
belonging with their new slogan
above!
Discord now closely monitors
hate speech and has launched a
fight for the trans community
with banning deadnaming &
misgendering. Huffpost has
highlighted a surge of trans-safe
communities and servers on
Discord
hub, much like the tools used
School Communities in Google spaces (shared
text, share screen, share
TDSB has banned Discord usage files, collaborate)
behind a firewall to lessen Discord can be used for
distraction, bullying, and gaming national & international
during school hours. This is interviews, conversations,
valid! and learnings with global use
Submission of Social Media
While that benefits classroom based assignments
focus, O’Reilly et al. (2023)
INFORMAL EDUCATION
shows how social media can
benefit community, belonging,
Joining servers with hobbies, interests,
and social skills in youth
school subject-related themes
Chance to practice informal and formal
Discord has a growing
literacy, including digital literacy
reputation for positive
Peer assessment
interactions, especially for
2
underrepresented communities
 References

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,that%20formed%20while%20playing%20them.

(n.d.). DISCORD PRIVACY POLICY. Discord. Retrieved December 10, 2023, from

https://discord.com/privacy

Johnson, E. K., & Salter, A. (2022). Embracing discord? The rhetorical consequences of

gaming platforms as classrooms. Computers and Composition, 65, 102729-.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2022.102729

Lu, F. (2022, September 15). How Discord Is Creating Safe Spaces For Trans People.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transgender-safe-space-

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O'Reilly, M., Levine, D., Donoso, V., Voice, L., Hughes, J., & Dogra, N. (2023).

Exploring the potentially positive interaction between social media and mental

health; the perspectives of adolescents. Clinical child psychology and

psychiatry, 28(2), 668–682. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045221106573

Mercado, A. (2023, October 11). Discord Statistics 2023: 10 Key Facts on Users,

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Sung, M. (2023, December 13). Discord bans misgendering and deadnaming in hateful

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