Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out
90
Quality Score
Transcendent
✍️ bumetric analysis
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This social networking app carves a distinct niche, primarily serving gamers and community builders seeking real-time voice, video, and text communication. Its direct competitors include established platforms like Telegram, WhatsApp, and specialized gaming communication tools. The impressive volume of user ratings, coupled with a high average score, indicates significant user satisfaction and robust traction. Generating nearly $15,000 in monthly revenue from a free monetization model, this app is clearly in a mature growth stage, having successfully scaled its user base and converted a segment into paying subscribers. In the social networking category, a common monetization observation is the reliance on premium subscriptions for enhanced features or cosmetic upgrades, rather than direct downloads or heavy ad integration. This app likely leverages a similar model, offering value-added services to its engaged community.
BU Score 90 · Transcendent — category-leading momentum. The full Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track snapshot history and revenue forecast in the Performance section below.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$1.4M
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$1.5M – $2.3M
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$1.8M – $3.3M
per month
BIG tier
💡 Grow this revenue
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
- Screenshots, ratings, reviews strategy
Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
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Rating
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Reviews
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Forecast Revenue / mo
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Snapshots tracked
0
since first record
🤖Also on Android
$114/mo · 6.9M ratings · 4.3★
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ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$135K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $100K – $180K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~9 months at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (221 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Business complexity ×1.50 | +$45K |
Total estimate
$135K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$300K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $225K – $400K · 20× MRR multiple
💸
~2.2× return on build cost
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.7 (premium) | +15% |
| 🏷 Business category multiple | +10% |
| ⭐ Mature user base (1M+ ratings) | +8% |
Final multiple
20× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
227.5M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
50.0M
Daily active
15.0M
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Business engagement | ~65 installs / rating |
| 🔁 Business D30 retention | 22% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.30 |
DAU / MAU
30% sticky
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$1.4M/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+2.5% MoM · BIG tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$1.4M – $1.9M
12 months
$1.5M – $2.3M
24 months
$1.8M – $3.3M
Compound growth at +2.5% MoM (tier baseline for BIG). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±15% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Mixed signals · 56/100BIG TIERcompetitive but cautiousGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.2
Product Quality
9.4
Revenue Strength
6.1
Monetization Maturity
1.0
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
2.0
Operational Safety
10.0
- 💰 Revenue: Healthy — $560K - $3080K/mo · BIG tier · medium-low confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.7★ across 3,501,033 reviews — exceptional (top 1% in category).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: dev shipping weekly.
- ⚠️ Risk: Low — no material risk signals detected.
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $25.2M-$44.8M.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 11 of 11 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| High install base (3,501,033 ratings)METRIC | +$12,000 | |
| Excellent rating (4.7★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| bugsREVIEW | −$1,800 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (11y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| support teamREVIEW | +$900 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v339.0
We’ve been hard at work making Discord better for you. This includes bug fixes and performance enhancements. For more detailed information, go to your profile in the app and scroll down to “What’s New”.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out
- Developer
- Discord Inc.
- Bundle ID
- com.hammerandchisel.discord
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Business
- Content rating
- 12+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- discord.com
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Verified revenue / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- ML model estimate / mo
- $14.9K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- 🇨🇦#3 /100 🇺🇸#4 /100 🇫🇷#4 /100 🇧🇷#4 /100 🇬🇧#5 /100 🇩🇪#5 /100 🇦🇺#5 /100
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
📈Ratings growth3,501,033 ratings+28% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (8 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (37 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Top Countries — Grossing Rank9 countries
🇨🇦CA#3 /100
🇺🇸US#4 /100
🇫🇷FR#4 /100
🇧🇷BR#4 /100
🇬🇧GB#5 /100
🇩🇪DE#5 /100
🇦🇺AU#5 /100
🇮🇳IN#13 /100
🇯🇵JP#22 /100
📊Category Rank Trajectory#3 now · best #3 · worst #100
Lower line = better rank · Estimate from ratings growth model · Lower position on chart = worse rank · Higher = top of chart
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter3 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline3 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Discord is designed for gaming and great for just chilling with friends or building a community. Customize your own space and gather your friends to talk while playing your favorite games, or just hang out.
GROUP CHAT THAT’S ALL FUN & GAMES
∙ Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out in.
MAKE YOUR GROUP CHATS MORE FUN
∙ Create custom emoji, stickers, soundboard effects, and more to add your personality to voice, video, or text chat.… View full description on the official store →
GROUP CHAT THAT’S ALL FUN & GAMES
∙ Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out in.
MAKE YOUR GROUP CHATS MORE FUN
∙ Create custom emoji, stickers, soundboard effects, and more to add your personality to voice, video, or text chat.… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 221 MB🔞 12+📱 iOS 16.0+🔖 v339.0🔄 updated 0d ago🌐 EN📂 Business💰 Paid
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
11 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v332.2 → v337.0
→ 30 days after: reviews +33,238 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v328.0 → v332.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +64,233 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
🔧
Shipped update — v? → v328.0
→ 30 days after: rating +0.10★ · reviews +87,729 medium · co-occurring
2026-04
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +0.10★ · reviews +56,734 high confidence
2026-04
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.25 → 4.60 (improved 2.35★)
→ 30 days after: rating +0.10★ · reviews +56,734 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$14.9K/mo · rating +2.58★ · reviews +3,369,916 high confidence
2026-02
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.24★ · reviews +491 low · multiple changes
2026-02
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.24★ · reviews +491 low · multiple changes
2026-02
⭐
Rating ↑ 1.00 → 1.40 (improved 0.40★)
→ 30 days after: rating +1.24★ · reviews +491 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: rating +1.24★ · reviews +491 medium · co-occurring
2026-02
📈
Crossed 10 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: rating +1.24★ · reviews +491 medium · co-occurring
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ASO Keyword Positions
BEST RANK #2Ranked for 7 App Store search queryies in our last keyword sweep. Lower position = closer to the top.
group chat·#2🇺🇸voice chat·#3🇺🇸messaging·#12🇺🇸find friends·#18🇺🇸team chat·#19🇺🇸anonymous chat·#25🇺🇸video call·#31🇺🇸
Last sweep: 2026-05-19 · iTunes Search API
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 9 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 4.66563★ | 218,160 | 4.66563★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.8071★ | 280,965 | 4.8071★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.63903★ | 381,477 | 4.63903★ this version |
| 🇩🇪 DE | 4.64416★ | 256,800 | 4.64416★ this version |
| 🇫🇷 FR | 4.70498★ | 389,265 | 4.70498★ this version |
| 🇬🇧 GB | 4.64519★ | 401,179 | 4.64519★ this version |
| 🇮🇳 IN | 4.67887★ | 99,915 | 4.67887★ this version |
| 🇯🇵 JP | 4.65576★ | 533,091 | 4.65576★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.69963★ | 3,503,404 | 4.69963★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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⚠ Concentrated — top app contributes 99% of combined revenue (single-app dependency)
About this analysis
Why high confidence: 3,501,033 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
4 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out earns approximately $14K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
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Who makes Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out?▴
Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out is published by Discord Inc. on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out's BU Score?▴
Discord - Talk, Play, Hang Out has a BU Score of 90/100 (Transcendent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.