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Censorship Monitor · China Last test

Is Discord banned in China?

Yes. Discord is blocked in mainland China, and it doesn’t work on Chinese internet connections without a VPN. Hong Kong isn’t affected.

Today’s test · discord.com

Blocked

discord.com fails to open on China Unicom and China Mobile, twice, while it opens from other countries.

Last confirmed
Seen in our tests since
29 Sep 2026 (may be older)
How it fails
The connection never completes
Tested on
China Unicom and China Mobile
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The official status

Discord in China

Discord’s website and app are blocked by China’s internet censors. No order or official explanation has been published, and reports that date the block to 2018 couldn’t be confirmed.

Independent tests from inside China still found discord.com blocked in September 2026, which matches our own daily test.

Hong Kong is outside the mainland’s censorship system, so the block doesn’t apply there.

What people use instead

KOOK (formerly Kaiheila), a Chinese app for voice, text and video chat, and WeChat.

Get past a block

How to use Discord in China

A VPN connects you through a server in another country, so a block on Discord in China no longer applies. Where VPNs themselves are blocked, you need one that can disguise its traffic, and you should set it up before you travel.

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Around the world

Where else is Discord blocked?

Discord is also blocked in 3 other countries we test.

It opens in 20 of the 23 other countries with a current result.

Discord in every country we test ›

China

What else is blocked in China?

52 of the other 66 sites and apps we test are blocked in China.

All 67 results for China ›

History

Changes for Discord in China

No confirmed changes since monitoring began on 29 Sep 2026. When a block appears or lifts, and a re-check on several machines agrees, it shows up here.

Method

How we test

  • Every day, test machines on China Unicom and China Mobile home connections open discord.com.
  • A failure counts only when it happens twice on the same network, while the site opens from other countries.
  • A change is published only after re-checks a few hours later and again the next day, on several machines per provider, confirm it. It’s dated from the first sighting.
  • Test machines caught getting around blocks, through a VPN or a filter-dodging tool, are set aside.
  • We test the website over home broadband. The app, calls and mobile networks can behave differently.

Full method ›

Questions

Discord in China: questions

Does Discord Work in China?

No. Discord is blocked in mainland China, and it doesn’t work on Chinese internet connections without a VPN. Hong Kong isn’t affected.

Why Is Discord Blocked in China?

China has never said. No official order or reason for blocking Discord has been published; like most foreign chat and social apps, it is simply blocked by the country’s internet censors.

What Do People in China Use Instead of Discord?

KOOK, formerly called Kaiheila, is the closest equivalent, with voice, text and video chat. Many people also use WeChat.

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Source: vpnAlert Censorship Monitor, https://vpnalert.com/tools/censorship-monitor/china/discord/

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