Discord Rolls Out Age Verification With Model That Skips 90 Percent Of Users
Discord began rolling out its age assurance system globally on September 24, 2026, after postponing the original launch. The company confirmed the plan on September 23. Accounts are sorted into adult (18 and over), minor (13 to 17), and unverified categories. Minors lose access to age-restricted content, spaces, and settings, but can still message friends, join voice calls, and join servers without age restrictions. Most users will not have to submit anything. Discord says an age estimation model reads account behavior, including the servers and games a user joins, channel and server counts, and account age, and spares over 90 percent of users from verification. Anyone who does need it can pick from a selfie video, an ID scan, credit card details, linked Apple App Store or Google Play Store age category data, the AgeKey service, or, in some countries, Google Wallet. Categories are not shown on profiles or shared with other server members, and users can check their own status under User Settings.