Practical Guides for Discord Server Management

How to Start Analyzing Your Discord Server

A practical introduction to Discord server analytics: how to move from running your community on gut feeling to improving it with data. We cover the metrics that matter, what Discord’s built-in features can and cannot do, and how to choose an analytics tool.

How to Measure and Improve Your Discord Active Rate

“Members keep joining, but nobody talks more” — one of the most common problems Discord servers face. This article covers how to define an active rate, how to measure it, and which initiatives actually improve it.

How to Choose a Discord Stats Bot: Comparison Points

There are plenty of bots and tools that can collect Discord server statistics, but each has different strengths. This article lays out what to compare when choosing a stats bot, and how to think about the choice depending on your goal.

Data-Driven Discord Community Management

Community management decisions tend to rely on “reading the room,” but pairing that instinct with data makes your moves far more precise. This article walks through four typical management scenarios and how to use data in each.

How to Count Messages on a Discord Server

Message count is the most basic measure of how lively a server is. This article covers three ways to count messages on Discord, from the quickest to the most complete, along with the pitfalls to watch out for.

Analyzing Voice Channel Activity on Discord

In gaming communities and co-working voice servers, the heart of the activity is voice channels, not text. If you only look at message counts, the energy of a voice-first community is completely invisible. This article covers how to analyze VC usage.