Discord Town Hall

Hi everyone,

Today we're announcing the rollout of our new age assurance options, which you can read about here. Thanks to some changes we've made, most of you will not have to take any action at all.

Here's the TL;DR:

• Since our last post about teen safety, we've had to launch age assurance solutions in more places, including Texas and Brazil. Laws requiring age assurance are expanding around the world. Rather than waiting to be told how to do it, we're launching our own privacy-preserving approach: one that reflects your feedback and which means more than 90% of you won't be asked to confirm your age.
• You can check your age group status at User Settings > Account Status. We've estimated your age group automatically from account signals like how long your account has existed. We don't look at your messages, calls, or other content. We're launching this over the course of this week, so it may take a few days to reach your account.
• If you're in the adult age group (18+), nothing changes. If you're in the teen age group (13-17), you can keep messaging friends, joining voice calls, and participating in non-age-restricted servers, but with additional safety protections that block age-restricted content, spaces, and settings. Otherwise, Discord works the same.

We've got some more info in the image below, and if you want all the details you can read the full announcement here.

Check out some of the the games that have been trending on Discord recently!

You playing any of these? Or all of them?

More details (and genres!) on our Trending Games Page.

Hey all! We've added two new channels for you to follow here in Town Hall.

• #channel - Trusted mental health resources, always in our Town Hall server guide. Check out Crisis Text Line and ThroughLine Care for support.
• #channel - An announcement channel to share with you the partnerships and resources the Wellbeing & Empowerment team at Discord has launched to better support you online and offline.

Be sure to follow/subscribe to the new #channel announcement channel to see any new updates that come in!

P.S. - if you want to get pinged for future updates related to #channel, head to Channels & Roles and add the new @role-name role!

Join us as we watch Gamescom Opening Night together! Right here: https://ptb.discord.com/channels/169256939211980800/1133928702951034880

https://discord.gg/5GwTpB27v?event=1540402451516096585

Hello @everyone!

Going forward, you'll get pinged based on what you actually opt into, not the whole server every time. We'll continue to share big Discord updates, promotions, feedback requests, surveys, giveaways, and fun stuff happening here. But we're doing it with pings that go to those who opt in to receive those updates.

If you want to stay in the loop on Discord updates, exclusives, and everything happening in Town Hall, opt into the relevant channel roles here: Channels & Roles

Also, please make sure you have the Town Hall Member role to get access to all channels here.

We have some new channels we've introduced!

#channel - Chat for anything related to the Discord product! New product updates, your favorite parts of the app, and more. If you're looking for help, check out Peer Support below.

#channel - Use this channel to share a screenshot of your profile aesthetic!

#channel - We have some questions for you. Answer if you're feeling up for it.

#channel - Share how Discord has made a positive impact on your life or spotlight your favorite communities!

More is coming soon. Stay tuned for more changes to the server. And for making it this far, head over to #channel for a little treat.

Our latest Trending Games for the previous week. PEAK friendslop has taken over the trending games, holding it down at the top 2 spots of hot games last week.

Get more details on our trending games page!

Here's the Discord Changelog from August 11, 2026, so you can stay informed on what’s new in recent app updates!

Ever wonder what everyone's playing on Discord? You can now find out on our Trending Games page.

Every week, we track the games with the biggest increases in players and rank them so you can see what's actually trending right now, broken down by genre too (RPG, Sandbox, Shooter, and more).

This week's list includes some familiar favorites holding steady at the top, plus a few new releases and breakout titles.

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We're giving away exclusive sets of Discord collectible trading cards featuring the world of Nitro perks, plus codes for a custom Xbox Design Lab Controller.

Check out https://ptb.discord.com/channels/169256939211980800/1219742162175131658 to enter!

P.S. - Do you want to get pinged for giveaways happening in this server via the @/GiveawayGang tag? React below ⤵️

It's our 11th birthday and instead of asking for presents like a normal app, we're asking what YOU want. Big features, small fixes, weirdly specific requests...we want to hear it all. We're reading every single one and building what we can.

Here's where to get started:

• Feature Submissions Drop your requests here and +1 the ones you'd love to see get worked on: https://canary.discord.com/channels/169256939211980800/1507425971643486238
• Progress Updates Follow along here as the Discord team shares updates on what we're actively building and shipping: https://canary.discord.com/channels/169256939211980800/1507536117787000893

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