State of Discord Bots: January 2026
In January 2026, the 7,847 Discord bots tracked by Upbot Directory gained 2,688,412 servers (+1.04%). Jockie Music grew the most, adding 240,000 servers.
Jan 1, 2026 – Jan 31, 2026
Bots tracked
7,847
Total servers
262.3M
from 259.6M
Server change
+2,688,412
+1.04%
Growing bots
4,326
1,937 shrinking
Key findings
- 1
The 7,847 Discord bots tracked by Upbot Directory were installed on 262,311,341 servers combined at the end of January 2026, a change of +2,688,412 (+1.04%) over the month.
- 2
4,326 bots gained servers and 1,937 lost servers in January 2026.
- 3
Jockie Music gained the most servers in January 2026, with +240,000 servers for a total of 7,980,000.
- 4
MEE6 was the most-installed Discord bot at the end of January 2026, with 21,100,000 servers.
- 5
Moderation and Tools was the fastest-growing category in absolute terms, with +1,728,503 servers across 3,367 bots.
- 6
199 bots in the directory were created on Discord in January 2026.
- Gained servers
- 4,326 55.1%
- Lost servers
- 1,937 24.7%
- Flat or not measured
- 1,584 20.2%
Analysis
The 7,847 bots tracked here added 2,688,412 servers between the first and last snapshot, a rise of 1.04 percent, taking the total from 259,622,929 to 262,311,341. Growth was more common than decline: 4,326 bots gained servers and 1,937 lost them.
Jockie Music posted the largest gain in absolute terms, up 240,000 servers to 7,980,000 (3.1 percent). Carl-bot added 200,000 to reach 13,600,000, while Rythm and Ticket Tool each added 100,000, finishing at 15,000,000 and 5,120,000 respectively. MEE6 remains the largest bot tracked at 21,100,000 servers with no change for the month, and Dyno, Midjourney Bot and ProBot also ended flat.
Among smaller bots, Cold Music grew 196.33 percent to 3,230 servers and AiGuild grew 105.54 percent to 1,930. CopyKitten and Glizzy also more than doubled or nearly doubled, reaching 2,230 and 4,500 servers. The steepest percentage gains all came from bots far below the million-server mark.
By category, Utilities grew fastest at 1.98 percent, adding 516,180 servers for a total of 26,609,461. Moderation and Tools added 1,728,503 servers (1.08 percent) and Social added 1,668,790 (0.94 percent); Entertainment had the smallest gain at 0.49 percent.
Larger bots made up most of the declines. Dank Memer, Hydra and Ayana each lost 10,000 servers, as did Tickets, while Dice Roller fell 2.36 percent to 124,000. Watch Together passed 500,000 servers and finished at 535,000; Hade, Noctaly, MonitoRSS, iTranslator and Emote Handler each passed 100,000; and Poker Night, Diva and Melyx each passed 50,000. Seven bots crossed 10,000 servers, including Server Maker at 11,400. The month also brought 199 new bots, led by Peak Bot with 14,800 servers, CADLY with 4,000 and bored with 3,000.
Bots that gained the most servers in January 2026
| # | Bot | Servers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,980,000 | +240,000 | |
| 2 | 13,600,000 | +200,000 | |
| 3 | 15,000,000 | +100,000 | |
| 4 | 5,120,000 | +100,000 | |
| 5 | 1,370,000 | +70,000 | |
| 6 | 3,480,000 | +70,000 | |
| 7 | 1,100,000 | +70,000 | |
| 8 | 1,480,000 | +60,000 | |
| 9 | 3,340,000 | +50,000 | |
| 10 | 3,900,000 | +50,000 |
Fastest-growing bots
Percentage growth over the month, for bots that started with at least 500 servers.
| # | Bot | Servers | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,230 | +196.3% | |
| 2 | 1,930 | +105.5% | |
| 3 | 2,230 | +100.9% | |
| 4 | 4,500 | +93.1% | |
| 5 | 1,070 | +69.0% | |
| 6 | 1,190 | +68.8% | |
| 7 | 4,870 | +62.9% | |
| 8 | 925 | +62.3% | |
| 9 | 2,060 | +60.9% | |
| 10 | 1,210 | +57.8% |
Most popular Discord bots in January 2026
| # | Bot | Servers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21,100,000 | 0 | |
| 2 | 15,000,000 | +100,000 | |
| 3 | 13,600,000 | +200,000 | |
| 4 | 11,100,000 | 0 | |
| 5 | 10,800,000 | 0 | |
| 6 | 10,300,000 | 0 | |
| 7 | 8,900,000 | −10,000 | |
| 8 | 7,980,000 | +240,000 | |
| 9 | 6,270,000 | −10,000 | |
| 10 | 5,120,000 | +100,000 |
Categories
Combined server change of the bots in each category.
Milestones
Bots that crossed a server-count milestone in January 2026.
Crossed 500,000 servers· 1
Crossed 100,000 servers· 5
Crossed 50,000 servers· 3
New bots created in January 2026
199 bots in the directory were created on Discord this month. The most popular ones:
Bots that lost the most servers
| # | Bot | Servers | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,560,000 | −10,000 | |
| 2 | 8,900,000 | −10,000 | |
| 3 | 6,270,000 | −10,000 | |
| 4 | 1,400,000 | −10,000 | |
| 5 | 859,000 | −5,000 | |
| 6 | 601,000 | −3,000 | |
| 7 | 124,000 | −3,000 | |
| 8 | 132,000 | −3,000 | |
| 9 | 635,000 | −3,000 | |
| 10 | 143,000 | −2,000 |
Methodology
Server counts are taken from Discord's App Directory snapshots between 2025-12-02 and 2026-01-31. Each bot's change is the difference between its first and last snapshot of the month. Counts are approximate values reported by Discord.