Every hour I play, I get disconnected by chess.com twice on average...what is causing this?


https://support.chess.com/article/213-how-do-i-fix-my-disconnect-lag-issues
The site doesn't disconnect you, but there is a connection issue somewhere from either the client side or between you and the site. Disconnects count for rating, because if they didn't, people could do it on purpose to keep from losing any rating.