How to Search and Find Discord Servers Using Discovery

How to Search and Find Discord Servers Using Discovery

Find Discord servers for a game or topic with Discovery: open Discover, search for what you like, preview a server, and join it.

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SystemWindows
AppDiscord desktop app
Last verifiedNovember 6, 2026

Every screenshot below is taken from the actual recording on this device — no stock images.

Steps

Open Discord and click the Discover icon

Open Discord and click the compass icon at the bottom of the left-hand server rail to open Discover.

Click the Search box on the Servers page

On the Discover page, make sure Servers is selected on the left, then click the Search box at the top right.

Type what you are looking for

Type a game or topic — PUBG here — and Discord lists matching servers. The first result, PUBG MOBILE, shows 12,809 people online and 704,401 members.

Click a server to preview it, then join

Click a result to preview the server and read its rules. Click Join PUBG MOBILE at the top to join. The recording only reaches the preview: joining needs a verified phone, and the operator’s phone was not verified, so no join is completed on camera.

Good to know

The narration says to go to Settings first, but the film does not open Settings — it clicks the compass (Discover) icon in the left rail. Follow the film, not the narration, here.
Some servers ask you to verify your identity by phone before you can send messages, even after joining — PUBG MOBILE shows that notice at the bottom of its preview.
Read a server’s rules in its guidelines channel before joining, and only join communities you trust.
Server search results show live member counts, so the numbers in the screenshots will have changed since the recording.

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