Stoat looks like is going to be the biggest candidate right now and where most people will jump into based on internet top 10 searches, second candidate is Matrix.
i've been researching the last days multiple socials, trends and internet searches and everything points to Stoat (previously known as Revolt) as first candidate (which makes sense by the way, since Stoat is almost a carbon copy of Discord so people used to Discord interface and how the app works will feel at home using Stoat right away).
Articles online shows:
- "Discord's new Age Verification triggers 10.000% spike in alternative searches online" - Internet searches for Discord alternatives are skyrocketing since.
- "Stoat, the privacy-focused platform formerly known as Revolt, saw searches jump 9,900% while Matrix climbed 2,133%. Even IRC—that relic from gaming’s dial-up days—surged 1,500%."
And the Top 10 internet searches data pulled from Google Trends in order, from top to bottom:
- - stoat
- - stoat discord
- - discord age verification
- - stoat chat
- - revolt chat
- - revolt app
- - matrix discord alternative
- - matrix app
- - stoat app
- - element matrix
I personally going to make the jump into Stoat, and pull all my contacts there, specially as well all the development projects going on, which was the only reason I was using Discord in the first place. I will keep using Telegram for other things, but for gamedev-teams, GameJams and other small communities based on hobbies, to me will be Stoat, seems the more popular choice to hop into right now, which means bigger chances to find people there running projects too or set up your own server/community.