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Upvote your server from inside Discord
The official TheDiscordList bot brings voting into your own server. One slash command, no browser tab, and the vote counts exactly as it would on the site. Here...
Oct 2, 2026
Guides for growing a Discord worth joining
Playbooks, tactics and platform know-how from the team behind TheDiscordList — how to get discovered, rank higher, run great bots and keep your community safe.
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Top.gg Alternatives: Where Else to List Your Discord Bot
Top.gg is the biggest bot list, which is exactly why a new bot disappears on it. Here is what to look for in a second listing, and what TheDiscordList gives bot...
Oct 24, 2026 · 5 min read
Engagement
How to Find Discord Servers Worth Joining
Most server lists show you the biggest servers or the ones that bumped last. Here is how to find a community that is actually active, the right size, and about...
Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read
Growth
Add a TheDiscordList badge to your website or README
Every listed server and bot gets a small live badge with its member, server or upvote count. It links to your listing, updates itself, and takes ten seconds to...
Oct 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Bots
The Essential Discord Bots for a New Server
A new server needs four or five bots, not fifteen. Here are the jobs worth filling, in the order to fill them, what permissions each one really needs, and how t...
Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read
Growth
The Best DISBOARD Alternatives for Listing Your Discord Server
DISBOARD is the default, not the only option. Here is how the main alternatives work, what each is good at, and how to add a second listing in a few minutes wit...
Oct 24, 2026 · 5 min read
Platform News
Find Discord servers and bots by asking Claude or ChatGPT
TheDiscordList now runs an MCP server, so AI assistants can search the directory for you. Describe the server, bot or emoji you want in your own words and get r...
Oct 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Platform News
One leaderboard for everything on TheDiscordList
Servers, bots, the people behind them, and every emoji, sticker, PFP and banner now rank on one leaderboard. Here is what each board measures, how the periods w...
Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min read
Platform News
Bot packs: set up a server's bots from one page
Bot packs are hand-picked sets of Discord bots for one kind of server, in order, with a note on why each is there. Add a whole pack without hunting for invites,...
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
Platform News
Discord PFPs and banners: browse, preview and share
TheDiscordList now has a directory of Discord profile pictures and banners. Search them, preview them on a Discord profile, download them in full quality, and s...
Oct 9, 2026 · 4 min read
Bots
How Many Discord Bots Ask for Administrator? We Checked 315
We decoded the invite links of all 315 bots on TheDiscordList. Four in ten that ask for specific permissions want Administrator, moderation bots included.
Oct 2, 2026 · 3 min read
Ranking
Why Your Server Listing Is (or Isn't) on Google
Which TheDiscordList pages search engines may show, what the automatic quality check looks for, and how to write a summary and description that pass.
Oct 2, 2026 · 3 min read
Ranking
How TheDiscordList Ranks Servers
The real signals, weights and multipliers behind the Recommended order, what Premium does and does not change, and what pulls a listing down.
Oct 2, 2026 · 4 min read
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