Discord

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Discord is a communications platform for voice, video, and text chat centered on gaming and shared-interest communities. It is especially known for servers, community building, and developer tooling around games and interactive experiences.

Primary product

Discord app and platform (servers, voice/video/text chat, community tools, and developer platform)

Founded

2015

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Team size

1001-5000

Work style

Flexible

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

Consumer communications / community platform

Offices

444 De Haro St, San Francisco, CA 94107, US

Business model

freemium

subscription

advertising

micro-transactions

developer/platform monetization

Funding

Stage

late-stage private

Total raised

$995.4M

Series / exempt offering filing

Mar 2023

Seed / early equity filing

Jan 2019

People & investors

Leadership

Humam Sakhnini

Chief Executive Officer

Jason Citron

Co-founder, Board member, Advisor to the CEO

Stanislav Vishnevskiy

Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer

Clint Smith

Chief Legal Officer

Mitch Lasky

Board member

David Sze

Board member

Stephen Gillett

Board member

Danny Rimer

Board member

Amrita Ahuja

Board member

Leslie Kilgore

Board member

Investors

Work & culture

Discord emphasizes gaming, friendship, and community. Recent company messaging highlights speed, reliability, safety, teen protections, and a renewed focus on gaming roots and shared interests.

Work style

Flexible

Compensation

No reliable public compensation philosophy or salary bands were found in primary sources during this pass.

Product & market

Pricing

Free core product with optional Nitro subscription; additional monetization via ads, micro-transactions, and platform/developer offerings.

Differentiators

—Voice-first, real-time community communication
—Server-based community structure
—Strong gaming identity and audience
—Cross-platform integrations with consoles and game developers
—Large scale consumer network effects
—Developer ecosystem with Social SDK, Apps & Activities, and Quests

Technology

64-bit desktop client

voice/video/streaming infrastructure

embedded app SDK

social SDK

mobile apps

cross-platform console integrations

payments infrastructure

advertising systems

micro-transactions

data/analytics tooling

Customers

Consumers building and joining communities

Gamers

Game developers and publishers

Creators and interest-based communities

Competitors

Slack

Microsoft Teams

Reddit communities

Guilded

TeamSpeak

MEE6

community platform startups

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

~$500M-$750M annual revenue (public estimate); Exa surfaced ~$600M

Estimated monthly visits

636.4M

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Signals & risks

Layoff

Jan 2024

Discord laid off about 170 employees, roughly 17% of staff, citing over-hiring and the need to improve efficiency.

Source

Layoff

Aug 2023

Discord cut about 4% of its workforce, or nearly 40 employees, during a company reorganization.

Source

Acquisition

Oct 2023

Discord shut down Gas, the anonymous compliments app it had acquired earlier in 2023.

Source

Other

Apr 2021

Discord ended sale talks with Microsoft and remained independent.

Source

Other

Apr 2025

Discord appointed Humam Sakhnini as CEO; Jason Citron transitioned from CEO to board/advisor role.

Source

Latest news

Discord and Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil Bring the First-Ever Quest Activation to Life

Discord · Jul 2026

Discord teamed up with Sony Pictures on a Resident Evil Missions Quest and a physical Comic-Con activation, extending Quests beyond the platform for the first time.

Discord Launches Nitro Rewards, Bringing Premium Gaming and Lifestyle Benefits to Nitro Members

Discord · May 2026

Discord expanded Nitro with partner benefits such as Xbox Game Pass, Logitech, and SteelSeries rewards.

Chat platform Discord files confidentially for US IPO, Bloomberg News reports

Reuters · Jan 2026

Reuters reported that Discord confidentially filed for a U.S. IPO; the company said it remains focused on building a strong business and had more than 200 million monthly active users.

Update on a Security Incident Involving Third-Party Customer Service

Discord · Oct 2025

Discord disclosed a third-party customer-service breach affecting a limited number of users and approximately 70,000 government-ID photos.

Discord Opens its Social SDK Communication Features, Powering New Era of Social Play

Discord · Aug 2025

Discord made its Social SDK commercially available so developers can integrate voice, messaging, and linked channels into games.

Jobs and careers at Discord

47 jobs at Discord

Senior Staff Program Manager, Creator Partnerships

On-site

Business Marketing

San Francisco Bay Area; San Francisco, California, United States

Today

On-site

Full-time