The 34 Most Popular Discord Bots for an Effective & Engaging Server

Discord bots are automated scripts that do various things around your Discord server. They can help you moderate the server, keep track of significant numbers, and even add a bit of fun or flair to your server.

The problem is that there are so many Discord bots out there that it’s hard to figure out which ones you need for your server. Which is the best bot for moderation or keeping track of recruits?

This list of the best Discord bots will help you sort through the fluff and find the best bots for your server!

What Are Discord Bots?

Discord bots are online robots that perform specific functions in your server. Some use webhooks to integrate with other applications, while others are chatbots that send pre-made messages at particular times. Many Discord bots are multi-functional, having customizable interfaces with advanced capabilities. 

When your server is small, you can do most of your Discord management on your own. However, as you grow your Discord community, it gets harder and harder to manage, and that’s where the automation of discord bots can come in handy.

Which Discord Bots Do I Need for My Server?

Every server is different, and every creator has different bot needs. Numerous bots do similar things. It’s up to the owner and moderators of a particular server to decide which bot to use for any specific function.

We’ve developed a list of common and easy-to-use bots for Discord. The list will get you started with moderation and help you make your server more fun and engaging. We’ve also included numerous niche bots that perform specific functions for a business or community. 

 Let’s get started with the best Discord bots for moderation. 

The Best “Everything” Discord Bots

Every server needs a bot that will help with moderation, keep track of things, and help you keep the Discord organized.  Four popular bots accomplish these tasks.  

MEE6

MEE6 is the go-to Discord bot for moderation. It can detect curse words, spam, or other trigger words. It also has a plethora of commands for moderating your discord server, including controls for banning a user, muting a user, utilizing slow mode on a channel, and more.

MEE6 isn’t limited to moderation. It has several plugins designed to help you create an engaging server. MEE6 includes a ranking feature that tracks how active each user is with a leveling system and can send automated, customized welcome messages. These messages can be sent through specific channels or as a direct message to new members.

The premium version of MEE6 offers even more. You can automatically assign new roles to users who reach certain levels or integrate multiple Twitch channels into your server with the premium features. The premium version can also incorporate Twitter or Youtube feeds into your Discord server.

A significant advantage of MEE6 is its ease of use. You can customize most of the bot’s features directly from the online dashboard. If you don’t have a programmer on your team and need an easily customizable bot for moderation, MEE6 is probably your best option.

YAGPDB

YAGPDB stands for “yet another general-purpose discord bot.” And it delivers on its name. It offers similar moderation to MEE6, but it’s not as “out of the box” ready as MEE6 is. While MEE6 provides the features in an accessible and ready-to-use point-and-click format, YAGPDB allows you to build your own rules and set them as you please. This is beneficial to those with programming experience who know exactly what they want from a moderator bot but a little overwhelming for those who don’t know much about bot programming. 

A remarkable feature of YAGDB over MEE6 is that it offers free enhanced integrations with Reddit and Youtube. This might be an essential feature if you are a Youtube content creator utilizing your Discord server to connect with fans, and the only way to get it with MEE6 is to pay for it.

Another perk to YAGDB is its ticketing system. You can create and customize “tickets” in this bot to do anything that you’d need them to do. For example, if your Discord is related to IT help, you can configure YAGPDM to create and queue helpdesk tickets. Users can create a service ticket, and the IT personnel can then see the queue of tickets and respond to them. Programming this feature requires some knowledge about how Discord works, but most people should be able to figure it out with some research.

Dyno

Dyno is a simple-to-use moderation bot offering custom commands, auto roles, tags, reminders, embeds, and more. Dyno is that it provides full Youtube integration, allowing owners to configure automatic updates from their favorite Youtube creators (or themselves, if they are a Youtuber with a Discord channel). 

Dyno is on par with MEE6 for its moderation capabilities. Its intuitive dashboard is easier to navigate for some, offering slightly different functionalities between its free and premium versions. The free version doesn’t include Reddit feed integration, auto-purge, or custom avatars and limits the number of custom embeds, commands, giveaways, and autoresponders. 

NightBot

Nightbot is usually the first bot streamers turn to for help with Discord, mainly because it’s free. Although both the MEE6 and YAGDP bots offer free services, you have to pay for their premium services if you want to do things like set timers or get fancy in other ways.

Nightbot allows you to set timers for free, but it’s also very strict. If you don’t change the settings immediately, it will yell at all of your members for using things like caps and emotes. However, it is very user-friendly and easy to figure out, so it’s an excellent option for folks who want basic moderation without the bells and whistles.

Another perk of Nightbot is that it works for both Discord and Twitch. If you are a Twitch streamer and want one bot to do all of the automation on both platforms, Nightbot is an excellent choice.

Carlbot

Carlbot is another basic moderation discord bot. It’s not quite as good as MEE6 regarding moderation and ease of use, but it offers one great perk: automated roles.

Most of the other bots on this list offer that as well, but Carlbot offers far more in role management and reaction roles capabilities. Reaction roles are wonderful because they allow users to choose their own roles by reacting to a post with an emoji. 

For example, suppose you are building a streaming community for Twitch streamers and want to know who is an affiliate vs. a fan. In that case, you can write a post and ask users to react with a specific emote for affiliate and a different emote for a fan. Once the user responds with the emote, they will be automatically assigned the role.

You can use Carlbot to atomically assign roles to new members as they enter and to set up a welcome page that forces users to accept rules and conditions before being granted access to the entire server.

Although MEE6 does offer similar functionality, Carlbot gives you more reaction roles for free. I use both in my server and count on MEE6 for my moderation needs and Carlbot for my reaction role needs.

SmartU

SmartU is an alternative to MEE6. It offers a lot of the same functionality but isn’t as well known. If you dislike MEE6 for some reason, you can give SmartU a shot, but in my opinion, MEE6 is the better bot. 

The Best Discord Bots for Business

There are so many things you can do with a Discord server. Most general-purpose bots are focused heavily on streaming and content creation, but if you are using your server for a different purpose, you might not be able to get everything you need from them.

Many Discord bots were designed with businesses in mind. These bots can help you integrate other websites with Discord, manage tasks, schedule events, and even host giveaways. 

These bots are beneficial if your discord server is designed for business, customer support, or increasing engagement. 

Project Management – Taco Bot

Trello is one of the most widely used project management applications, so there’s a bot that allows you to integrate Trello with Discord. It’s called TacoBot (not to be confused with Taco Bell’s Taco Bot, a test bot meant to enable users to order Taco Bell directly from their Slack messaging app).

TacoBot automatically posts any updates made to your Trello board into Discord so that users can view the updates directly from the messaging app. These updates inform users of changes they must act upon or let them know that a project is moving forward. It’s a great way to keep all team members engaged in the project without having to stay logged into Trello.

Scheduling – Apollo 

Apollo is a bot that helps you set up and schedule events. With Apollo, you can create new events and invite members based on their roles. Members can accept or decline the event by using reaction emojis. 

Apollo makes scheduling and remembering events easy. You can automate reoccurring events and configure Apollo to send reminders to those who signed up. In addition, Apollo adjusts for time zones, so you only need to set up one event notification, even if you have people from all over the world in your server. 

Ticketing

 Helper.gg

Although YAGPDB has ticketing functionality that will work for most bots, a Discord server dedicated to customer service will need a ticketing bot with more functionality. 

Helper.gg is an excellent bot for all of your ticketing needs. The interactive panel allows you to respond to tickets directly and create staff accounts so others can access the tickets. The basic functionality for Helper.gg is free, but they offer a wide range of premium services on paid plans. 

Support Systems

Support Systems is a ticketing bot. Server owners can use this bot to configure various support tickets for whatever the server needs. The bot is ideal for customer service, help desk functions, and even for gamifying the ticketing process. 

The free version has all the basic ticketing functionality you might need, but the premium version offers additional options depending on which tier you choose. The subscription models are based on Patreon and help keep the bot working while supporting the bot creators. 

RSS Feeds – MonitoRSS

Whether your discord server is for a blog or keeping up with a specific news feed, MonitoRSS is the perfect bot for you. You can program up to five RSS feeds into the free version of this bot. Once you program the feeds, the bot will automatically update the specified channel with the latest post for that feed.

For example, if you are a blogger, you can create a specific channel in your Discord for “New Blog Posts.” Then you can add your RSS feed to the MonitoRSS dashboard, and your newest posts will automatically be displayed in your discord channel. This is a great way to showcase your new content to fans. 

This bot works the same for any RSS feed. If your Discord is about keeping up with a particular industry, you can program the top news sites in that industry’s RSS feeds so you never miss an important update.

Hosting Giveaways – GiveAway Bot

Many businesses, especially content creation, like to host giveaways for their fans, followers, and customers. GiveAway bot helps you create these giveaways with ease.

Use this bot to create contests and giveaways that keep your server members engaged. It’s easy to set up and mostly free, though the creators have a robust community of donors on Patreon. 

Discord Bots that Track Statistics

Sometimes, tracking specific statistics, such as recruitment numbers or activity in a particular channel, is essential. Many bots can accomplish these functions, but these are my favorites.

Manage-Invite

Manage-Invite is a discord bot that tracks recruitment. It tells you who invited each member to the server and counts how many people each recruiter has invited.

Manage-Invite is an excellent bot if you are a public discord actively recruiting new members. Some servers offer recruitment rewards, and this bot helps track who is doing most of your recruitment.

Invite Tracker

Invite tracker is a multi-functional Discord bot. Although it does track invites and recruitment, as the name suggests, it can also track things like giveaways, and user messages. A cool feature of this bot is that it can give automatic rewards (like a special role) for users who send a certain number of messages.

Other features of this bot are similar to elements of MEE6, including welcome messages, and automatic role assignment. 

Statbot

Statbot is the best way to keep track of user statistics. This bot can drill down to specific channels to tell you who has sent the most messages in a particular text channel or who has been the most active in a distinct voice channel.

This discord bot is incredibly helpful if you need to track user activity in your Discord.

Discord Bots for Server Security

Captcha.bot

Captcha.bot is a straightforward Discord bot that protects your server from unauthorized accounts and dreaded hate raids.

Captcha.bot also has anti-phishing functionality, which will atomically detect and delete most phishing links, protecting server members from getting their accounts compromised. It’s a great bot to add to secure your Discord server. 

Double Counter

Double Counter is a must-have bot to keep your Discord server secure. The bot protects against alternative accounts, which prevents users who have been banned from rejoining. It also blocks VPN usage and bots, which prevents raids and malicious events from ruining your server.

Most blocking features are available with the customizable free version, but double counter also offers a premium version which includes more moderation options and premium support. 

The Best Discord Bots for Fun & Engagement

The main point of Discord is to build a sense of community. There are plenty of discord bots that you can use to make your server more fun, livelier, and all-around more engaging for your members.

Polling Bots

People love to give their opinion and feel like they are contributing, and poll bots make it easy. The most well-known polling bot is easypoll. This bot allows you to set up polls and allows users to vote using reaction emotes. 

Poll Bot Plus is also an excellent voting bot. It’s easy to use and allows you to create polls with custom answers. 

Both polling bots are relatively straightforward to customize, and either would be great options for adding a polling feature to your server. 

Music Bots

Although rhythm bot and Groovy bot were the best bots for music, they have been shut down. Google did not like how these bots sourced music from its Youtube property.

Most other music bots that source music via Youtube will probably suffer the same fate. However, I’m sure developers are working on a solution to ensure that music can be played on Discord via bot. 

Mee6 still has a music function and allows you to play music from Youtube to any discord channel. It’s easy to set up, and most features are included in the bot’s free version. If you are using MEE6 for moderation anyway, it’s probably best to use its music features. Who knows how long Mee6 will be able to maintain its musical capabilities, though? 

Aiode

You can use  Aiode to integrate your Spotify playlist into your Discord server if you use Spotify rather than Youtube. Aiode is the new name for the botify app that only integrated with Spotify, but Aidode allows Youtube integrations as well. 

Bots that Play Games

A great way to keep your discord community active and engaged is to gamify it. Thousands of discord bots allow your users to interact with each other via fun games. Here are some of the best Discord bots that will enable your users to play games. 

Mushroom.gg

Mushroom.gg is a fantastic bot because it integrates the games you are already playing into an economy on Discord. Although it only works with PC games, it’s a great way to make playing your favorite games social.

Mushroom.gg integrates with your PC to seamlessly add and track quests to the bot. The quests change and update in real-time, keeping users active and engaged. It’s a fun way to engage with others playing PC games, and compete with your friends.

Trivia Bot

Trivia Bot is a great way to get your server members engaged. The bot has over 100,000 pre-programmed questions and allows users to submit requests.

Trivia Bot allows you to create teams, compete for prizes (like free Discord Nitro!) and make customizable community awards for your own server.

The Gamer

The Gamer is a Discord bot that allows users to play mini-games right in Discord. It’s a pet project of an individual developer, so it doesn’t have as much functionality as some other bots on this list, but it serves its purpose of fun and engagement well.

This bot allows users to play simple games such as roulette, guess the word, and rock paper scissors. The developer is working on new features such as a card trading game and the ability to integrate music.

Epic RPG

Epic RPG is one of Discord’s biggest and most advanced RPG ecosystem games. The bot features dungeons, battles, loots, equipment upgrades, and everything else you would want out of an RPG game.

Players level up and collect items in this game to unlock new commands and features. There’s a seemingly endless array of fun to be had with this epic game on Discord. 

Pokémon Bots

There are many Pokémon bots you can add to your server. Most have the same basic functionality, allowing you to catch, train and trade various Pokémon.

One of the most popular Pokémon bots is Poketwo. Poketwo is in nearly a million servers, and it’s a great choice if you want a simple-to-use bot that will allow you to collect Pokémon while chatting. 

Discord Bots for Fun and Engagement

If your Discord server is just for fun, there’s a wide range of bots you can add to increase engagement and make it more fun for members. 

If there’s a fun and engaging thing you want to add to your Discord server, there is more than likely already a bot that helps you do it. Here are some bots that will keep your Discord server fun and engaging. 

Dank Memer

Dank Memer is one of the most popular Discord bots available. It started as a way to integrate Reddit memes into Discord but has grown into an online economy bot.

Of course, the meme functionality is still there. You can configure the bot to post memes directly from Reddit or choose which types to post (as Reddit can become a cesspool of inappropriate memes rather quickly!).

The bot offers far more than memes. There is a massive online economy with Dank Memer where users can earn money, rob each other, beg, gamble, and buy items for their quest. In addition, there are numerous games you can configure right in the bot, including connect 4, tick tock toe, and various other silly games. If you need to get more engagement in your discord server, Dank Memer is a perfect bot for you.

Karuto

Karuto bot is a global economy bot based on anime. Karuto features over 70,000 collectible cards of anime characters and provides the platform for a massive online collectible trading card game.

A fun feature of Karuto is that it offers far more than characters. Players can collect vanity features, gold, perks, and more and trade any of these items in the economic system.

More Anime Discord bots

There are hundreds of anime discord bots available for your niche server needs. We choose Karuto for the list of best bots because it’s fun, well-rounded, and ideal for even casual players who may not know much about anime.

However, there are many other bots that use anime for a global economy, like Mudae, bots that assist with roleplaying like Zerotwo, and bots dedicated to playing the type of music you’d find in anime, like Lofi. If your server is dedicated to anime, there is likely a niche bot that will meet your needs.

Taco Shack

Taco Shack is a fun economy bot based on selling tacos. The bot incorporates all features of running a restaurant, from hiring employees to tip jars, setting hourly rates, and deciding how many hours to work. The bot also allows you to gamble your earnings.

Another fun feature of Taco Shack is the ability to franchise. Users can team up to compete and level up. This feature makes the game more cooperative, and it’s a fun way to learn about global economics with your friends.

Virtual Fisher

As the name suggests, Virtual Fisher is a fishing bot. It features an endless supply of fishing gear for upgrades, including different rods and baits. There are also thousands of fish species to catch and numerous ecosystems to explore.

Virtual Fisher is also an economy bot. Users earn money by selling fish and can exchange the money for new gear, which will help you catch more fish and level up. A cool feature of this bot is that it follows the user from server to server, so you have the same game across Discord. 

Financial Discord Bots

 Does your discord server discuss financials, crypto, or relate to money in any way? Here are a few bots that might help you enhance the functionality of your server!

Affiliate Magnet

Affiliate Magnet is a fairly new Discord bot with a great premise. It helps you add and remove affiliate links in your server. If a user posts a link that isn’t an affiliate link, the bot can automatically make it an affiliate link, so you make money if someone clicks it. Alternatively, if a user posts an affiliate link, the bot can remove the affiliate part to prevent spam in your server.

The only limitation with Affiliate Magnet is that it only supports a few affiliate programs. However, it does support Amazon, the most popular affiliate program, and the bot owners are diligently working on adding more. I’m excited to see where this bot will go – you won’t want to miss it!

Tsukibot

Tsukibot is an informational bot about cryptocurrency. It tracks real-time market data and information from a variety of coins. Tsukibot is one of Discord’s oldest and most highly regarded Crypto tracking bots.

One great feature of Tsukibot is the protection that it offers. The bot’s creator is aware that scams are prevalent in crypto communities, so designed the bot to automatically delete files unless a user has explicitly been granted permission to share files. The moderation feature will protect server users from malicious files and phishing attempts.

Tip.cc

Tip.cc allows users to tip with cryptocurrency. The bot’s basic functionality is free and easy to use. Once the bot is set up, users input the command “$tip @user (amount)” to send someone a tip. It also supports tipping roles.

A remarkable feature of Tip.cc is that it supports many different currencies. Of course, the most popular currencies are available, like bitcoin and Ethereum, but nearly 500 other coins are supported as well.

Trade Hub

Trade Hub is a bot that tracks your stock, bond, and crypto trades in real-time. It’s an excellent resource for financial servers to increase engagement by allowing users to share their trading data and compete for top spots on the leader board.

With Trade Hub, you can input your real-life or simulated trades. There is not real money involved, but it does help users track market trends, see how their investments are doing, and compete against other users. The beauty of this app is that it does all this in real-time, so if you are using your real investments, you have up-to-date information on how they are doing. 

Discord Users Discuss Their Favorite Bots

There are thousands of Discord bots available. The ones on this list are among the most popular, but many of them offer similar functionality, so how do you decide which ones to pick?

To better understand which bots are the best, I sought advice and comments from Discord users in various communities, asking them which bots they like best. 

Here are some of the best comments to help you decide which bots to use. 

Lacy Kaelani, Co-Founder of Metaintro

Lacy helps run the largest Discord community dedicated to Web3 jobs. Her favorite discord bot is Invite Tracker. She appreciates that she can track the referrals in her network and offer rewards for referrals quickly and easily. 

David Synder, Owner of three coding Discord Servers

David’s favorite bots for moderation are Dyno and Carl-bot because their free versions include features that MEE6 puts behind paywalls. His favorite bot for engagement is Carl-Bot because it has many fun commands users can play with. David also enjoys pollmaster to run polls and Friend Time for time zone conversions. 

Eric Slemboski, Owner of Streamers Playbook and Corresponding Discord Server

Eric owns a Discord server dedicated to streaming. His favorite Discord bot is MEE6, which he uses to create custom commands and filter out spam or offensive content. Although Eric has also used YAGDB and Carl-bot, he prefers MEE6 because of its wide array of tools.

Eric’s favorite bots for engagement are Dank Memer and Countr. Dank Memer is the meme bot we mentioned above, and Countr bot is a simple counting platform that allows users to take turns counting. The genius of the bot lies in its simplicity, getting users to engage in chat simply by counting as far as they can. Some Discord servers have counted to the millions with the help of this simple bot!

SuperFlyTNT, Anonymous Moderator of Geode Finance Discord Server

SuperflyTNT moderates a large financial community, and his go-to bots are Dyno and MEE6. He enjoys Dyno for moderation because he likes their options for creating custom commands and embedding messages. He prefers Dyno to MEE6 for moderation because he prefers the Dyno web dashboard and believes Dyno has more options for customization. 

However, SuperFlyTNT uses MEE6 in addition to Dyno and believes it’s the best bot for simple user engagement. MEE6 allows users to gain points and level up by sending messages and is perfect for determining which members are most active. 

SuperFlyTNT believes that most servers only need Dyno and MEE6 for successful moderation and engagement. Learning and setting up these two bots will take time, but once complete, they will provide a fully functional and engaging server. 

Harry Campbell, CEO & Founder of The Rideshare Guy

Harry is a website owner and Discord user. His favorite Discord bot is Community Hubs, which allows you to make special channels called “hubs” that you can use for social engagement. These hubs can feature media, articles, tutorials, and more. According to Harry, the bot is packed with features and allows for robust content creation. 

Aaron Gray, Co-Founder of No-BS Marketing

Aaron uses Discord for business, and his favorite business tool bot is Helper.gg. He enjoys the robust suite of ticketing commands Helper.gg offers, such as -close, -status, and -rename. Aaron also appreciates the ability to update tickets in real-time as you make progress. 

Aaron believes Helper.gg facilities a seamless service experience and makes it easy for businesses to identify and address customer concerns. 

How Do you Get Discord Bots?

It’s straightforward to get any of the Discord bots on this list. I’ve included a link to every bot that I recommend right here. Most bots are open-source and provide a ton of functionality for free.

However, there are thousands of other discord bots out there. There’s more than likely a bot for anything you need to happen in your Discord, and it’s impossible to list every single one in a blog post. So how do you find them?

The easiest way is through a simple Google search. If you are looking for a bot that does a specific function, like a bot that manages your youtube subscriptions, type that entire thing into google. It will pop up in a Google search if it exists. 

If you aren’t exactly sure what you are looking for, you can browse Top. gg’s extensive list of bots. Top.gg is a repository for discord bots and discord servers, and you will likely find anything that exists there.

Making Your Own Discord Bots

Sometimes, the bot you need doesn’t exist yet. A fantastic thing about Discord is that if there isn’t a bot that does what you need it to do, you can create your own. You can create a discord bot that does anything you want with a few programming skills. In fact, most of the bots on this list were user-created!

Unless you have some solid programming skills, building a Discord bot and configuring it to do what you want it to do isn’t easy. Luckily, there’s already a bot for most things that typical Discord users wish to do. However, it’s good to know that the option exists if you can’t find exactly what you need.

The best place to start making your bot is Github. This is a platform that programmers use to collaborate on projects. The free plan is probably good enough for anyone using the platform to build a discord bot.

Start Incorporating Bots Into Your Discord Server!

Thousands of Discord bots are available, and programmers create new ones daily. It’s impossible to appropriately review each bot. 

The truth is that most Discord servers don’t need thousands of bots. Most need a little moderation and some fun and engagement options. 

This list will help you get started with Discord. The bots mentioned here are popular because they are easy to use and they work. We take the guesswork out of what you should add to your server. 

As you learn more about Discord and build your community, you may find other bots that will suit your specific needs which aren’t listed or create your own specialty bot. Who knows, maybe your bot will make the list of must-have Discord bots someday!