Top 20 Data Science Discord servers to join in 2020 | by Benedict Neo | Towards Data Science

If you’ve never heard of Discord before, then you’re most likely not a gamer. But that’s about to change. Initially, Discord was constructed to be a real-time social platform where gamers unite and communicate with each other. But now, Discord has grown into an essential tool for influencers, YouTubers, memers, and basically anyone to connect with their community.
To me, I would say Discord is a mix of Skype and social platforms such as Reddit, Telegram, Twitter but minus all the noise, plus unique features of its own and a cleaner and faster UI.
Discord Inc. says it now has more than 250 million registered users, up from 130 million a year ago, and that 850 million messages are exchanged daily. That’s a lot of chatting.
While the virtual hangout now has many corners, where people talk about everything (from books to tv shows on Netflix), it would seem that Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science have also made their way into Discord servers, where data science enthusiast and experts gather to share all kinds of things, from solving multivariable calculus and making neural networks from scratch to rambling about how to get a job as a data scientists and how data scientists will be replaced by Machine learning in the coming decades.
If you’ve never used Discord before, and you have no idea how to start, don’t worry. It’s super easy to use.
After you sign up for Discord here, you can join different servers, akin to slack channels using a custom invite link, which you’ll see below each server in this article later on. Each of these servers represents a community, and you can intuitively toggle between them.
Inside a server, you’ll see a list of hashtags (channels) beside the server icons, the chats in the middle and the server members at the far right. You can also opt for private conversations with your friends without using servers.
To have a more in-depth guide to use Discord, check out this video.
You might ask why should one start using this mysterious purple chatting platform if you’re comfortable with Twitter and Reddit? Well, here are the reasons.
Discord is an open-end platform for all kinds of questions and inquiries you have to satiate your curious mind. Many influencers and YouTubers such as Ninja, Try Guys, and Philip DeFranco all love using Discord because they love the community-centered platform and the privacy-centric experience it provides.
A few benefits of Discords include: 1. Highly customizable — private and public channels, roles, colors, etc2. Private3. Chat-oriented
Discord is the place where to talk to people about the things you care about, and you can hang out with anyone in any way you want, whether it’s engaging in debates or sharing interests in memes and jokes.
Now that you’re introduced to what Discord is, here is a list of servers on Discord where you can ask any questions you have on AI, ML, Data Science and so on. Data Science is not a stroll in the park, you have to tackle difficult statistics and probability concepts while learning how to code at the same time, not to mention the communication skills you have to master.
Discord is a great place for you to find a community that is striving towards the same goal, and it can motivate you to push yourself past your limit.
So, start using discord today, and join these amazing Data Science Servers!
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Data Science is a multidisciplinary field that requires knowledge from various fields, from epidemiology to finance. Thus, joining these servers will equip you with different kinds of information for your future endeavors.
A community dedicated to scientific exploration and technological innovation! A place for sharing scientific discussions, research, and meeting new and similar individuals who are interested in academia of science.
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The name says it all. This server has literally everything, from animals, sports, and movies to tech and programming.
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Data Science involves a lot of coding, and one way to improve your coding skills is by asking questions (and getting answers from StackOverflow). All these servers encompass avid coders and hackers which can answer any questions you throw at them. Ask away!
An active community around various programming languages, operating systems, as well as hardware, security, and low-level programming.
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A community geared towards programming. TPH has a place for all kinds of programmers, from complete beginners to experts with 20 years of experience.
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A programming server with mathematics, ML and AI, data science, and cyber-security channels. A place for a beginner to ask data science related questions.
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One of the most popular Introductions to Computer Science classes, now on Discord. Keep up with their latest courses and be connected to the smarts here!
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A place to freely ask other Coders/Programmers for help, or any question about anything related to coding. A mashup between Stack overflow and subreddits like r/coding /r/ programming etc.
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A huge community focused around the Python programming language, open to those who wish to learn the language or improve their skills, as well as those looking to help others.
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A server for specific programming language questions, such as c, CPP, java, python, SQL, etc.
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A community of competitive programmers where coders ask questions from code forces. There is a channel for beginner questions and math.
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The infamous #100 days of code, where dedicated programmers commit to coding every day for 100 days, and posting it on twitter. Connect with other devoted programmers in this server!
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A community-driven, maintained, and moderated project and is not an official extension of the TDS group. A great server to ask data science questions as well as obtaining resources throughout your learning process.
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A community of data science professionals and enthusiasts. Explore all the different aspects of this field, from visualization and communication to data engineering and model deployment. Whether you’re a pundit, student or a casual enthusiast, all are welcomed!
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CS Dojo is a well-known YouTuber who talks about programming related stuff. Join his large community where discussions about programming, game development, web dev, AI and ML, Data Science, etc. are made.
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These are servers of YouTubers who create amazing videos on tutorials for Python, machine learning, neural networks and so on. The YouTubers Tech with Tim and Sentdex are featured.
Connect with Tech with Tim enthusiasts where u can ask questions, project suggestions, python, pygame, and machine learning and AI.
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Sentdex’s community is largely made up of Python programmers, but others are welcomed as well. The #help channel is extremely useful.
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These servers are for those who need to ask questions about Machine Learning and AI. Stay motivated to this group of people wanting to achieve the same thing as you and share knowledge with each other.
A great community where all are friendly ML enthusiasts who are willing to help everyone, even the complete beginners. There are also study rooms for the infamous Andrew Ng Machine Learning course and fast.ai deep learning course.
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A place to ask everything about ML, from the basic linear regression to Neural Networks.
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A community of AI enthusiasts, with main channels — Machine Learning, Language processing, Vision & speech, and others.
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Tensorflow is an end-to-end open-source machine learning platform. If you want to get started on Tensorflow, join this server first.
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“Learn AI together” is a great discord server with almost 4,000 AI enthusiasts sharing papers, projects, kaggle competitions, courses and much more. It’s a great addition to anyone who’s interested in Ai and to be apart of a community learning AI.
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Discord servers are amazing, not only do you get to have a community of people sharing the same passion and goals, but you get to ask all kinds of questions and get them answered in a flash. It’s important to be a part of communities like this as Data Science is really difficult to learn all by yourself. It’s the insights and experiences of others that are crucial as compared to the textbook stuff.
It’s the theory part of Data Science that people struggle with the most, especially in mathematics and programming. With a community of friendly and helpful people, your journey towards becoming a Data Scientists will be smoother.
So, try out Discord if you don’t already have it. And start asking questions, and answer the questions of others as well, because asking questions proves that you are actually learning, and not pretending to know something.
“Never let fear stop you from asking something you don’t understand or know. To pretend or to act as if you know is not a wise thing to do.”
Catherine Pulsifer
Thanks for reading this article, I hope it inspired you to start using Discord.
Leave comments down below for any other servers you would like to share!
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