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Member Counters create read-only voice channels in your Discord server whose names update automatically every 10 minutes with live stats. No commands, no bots to trigger — the number is always visible in your channel list.

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Go directly to this feature in your dashboard.

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Setting up a counter channel

There are two available counter types, each with its own card:
CounterWhat it shows
Total MembersAll members currently in your server
Online MembersMembers with an active presence (online, idle, do not disturb)
To activate one:
  1. Go to Community → Member Counters in the sidebar
  2. Toggle on the counter type you want
  3. Customize the channel name template using the {count} placeholder
  4. Click Create channel — the bot creates the voice channel immediately with the current value
The channel will appear in your Discord server and update on its own every 10 minutes.
You must have the bot connected to your server before creating counter channels.

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Channel name templates

Use {count} anywhere in the template and it will be replaced with the live number. Examples: 
👥 Members: {count}
🟢 Online now: {count}
Total: {count} members
The template field is editable before the channel is created. Once the channel is active, the template is locked — delete the channel and recreate it if you want to change the format. Discord channel names are limited to 100 characters. Emoji work great for making counters visually distinct.

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How updates work

  • Counters refresh every 10 minutes automatically
  • The update is powered by Discord’s approximate_member_count and approximate_presence_count fields from the guild API
  • If a channel is deleted from Discord directly, Apetopia will detect the 404 on the next update cycle and remove the stale entry from your config

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Removing a counter

Toggle off the counter or click Delete channel in the active card. This deletes the channel from your Discord server and removes the counter from your config.

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Troubleshooting

The channel isn’t updating
  • Make sure the bot has Manage Channels permission in your server
  • Check that the bot is still a member of your server (Community → Bot Setup)
  • The update cycle runs every 10 minutes — the first update after creation may take a few minutes
Online count shows — or a very low number The online count uses Discord’s presence approximation, which requires the Guild Presences privileged intent to be enabled on the bot. If the intent is not enabled, the value will show as —. I deleted the channel in Discord but it still shows as active Toggle it off in the dashboard to remove the entry. Apetopia will also clean it up automatically on the next update cycle when it detects the channel no longer exists.