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Discord server icon, 512x512
Discord shows your server icon at 48 pixels in the sidebar. Everything you put in the corners is cropped off by the circle anyway.
For Discord · 512×512
Shown at the real ratio with the Arcade Grid Anime design. Hover to animate. Previews are watermarked.
- Target size
- 512 × 512 pixels
- Still render
- 1024 × 1024 PNG
- Animated render
- 512 × 512, GIF 16fps, 3.2s
- Transparency
- Opaque
- Set in
- Server Settings, Overview, Server Icon
- Platform
- Discord
- Extra copies
- 256×256
What discord server image is for
The server icon is the small round image in the left sidebar, and in terms of how often it is looked at, it beats everything else a Discord community owns. It is also the asset most often designed as if it were going to be seen large.
Discord stores it at 512x512 and renders it at 48 pixels in the server rail, a little larger in the member list and in search. Then it crops it to a circle. Those two facts together mean a very short list of things actually work: a single bold mark, strong contrast against the sidebar grey, and a safe margin so the circular crop takes background rather than part of the symbol. A full server name does not work. A detailed scene does not work. The 512x512 in a pack is laid out at 48 pixels and scaled up, not the other way round.
Animation unlocks at boost Level 1, which is the cheapest tier and the one most active servers reach. An animated icon in the sidebar is genuinely effective because it is the only moving thing in a column of still circles. The animated file is a GIF at 16fps over 3.2 seconds with a 176-colour palette, under 7.8MB so it uploads without argument.
The pack also writes a 256x256 copy of the same render, which is what Discord bots, webhook avatars and most third-party server listing sites want.
File size budget
- GIF 16fps, 3.2s, built under 7.8MB
- Animated icon unlocks at boost Level 1
- Cropped to a circle, so corners are always lost
- Rendered at 512x512, displayed at 48 in the sidebar
Mistakes that cost people a re-upload
- Putting the full server name in the icon, where it is unreadable at 48 pixels
- Designing to the square and losing the corners to the circular crop
- Choosing an icon colour close to Discord's sidebar grey, so the shape disappears
- Expecting animation before the server reaches boost Level 1
Discord server image questions
What size should a Discord server icon be?
512x512. Discord crops it to a circle and shows it at about 48 pixels in the sidebar, so design for that size and keep a safe margin at the edges.
What boost level animates the server icon?
Level 1. That is the first tier, and it also unlocks the invite splash background and custom role icons.
Should the icon have the server name on it?
No. At the size Discord renders it, lettering turns into noise. A single mark with strong contrast is the only thing that reads.
Designs that suit 512x512
Cropped to a circle and shown at 48 pixels, so only a scene that reduces to one bold shape still reads.
Arcade Grid Anime
from $12Arcade Grid rendered as anime artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesArcade Grid Grunge
from $12Arcade Grid rendered as grunge artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesArcade Grid Painted
from $12Arcade Grid rendered as painted artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesArcade Grid Photoreal
from $12Arcade Grid rendered as photoreal artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesBlocky Isles Anime
from $12Blocky Isles rendered as anime artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesBlocky Isles Grunge
from $12Blocky Isles rendered as grunge artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 files
