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# What Is Discord

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Whether you’re part of a school club, gaming group, worldwide art community, or just a handful of friends that want to spend time together, Discord makes it easy to talk every day and hang out more often.

Discord is a popular voice + text communications platform used by millions of people daily. It's more robust than GroupMe, safer than Skype, and a lot more user-friendly than Microsoft Teams.

## [**Watch: How Discord Works in 148,000 Milieseconds or Less**](https://youtu.be/TJ13BA3-NR4)

Discord allows you to create **Discord Servers** - a digital place to hold all of your topic discussions, voice calls, meetings, gaming nights, virtual events, files, and more in a single place for your \[club, group, etc]. Whether you're using Discord for just internal communications (making a private Discord Server) or for external communications (joining or making a public Discord Server) - it's a fantastic solution and completely free.

**Get started using Discord by visiting** [**discord.com**](https://discord.com) **or downloading the "Discord" app on your phone.**