26+ Telegram Statistics, Facts & Data on Users (2026)

Curious about the latest insights into Telegram?

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We’ve compiled an exhaustive collection of 26+ Telegram statistics, facts, and trends for 2026. 

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Top Telegram Statistics (Editor’s Picks)

• With 700M monthly active users (MAUs), Telegram is the world’s fourth most popular messenger app as of January 2023.
• As of 2022, India is Telegram’s biggest market, with 86.6M monthly active users (MAUs).
• As of 2023, Telegram has 196M daily active users (DAUs) on iOS and Android.
• As of Q3 2022, men account for over 57% of Telegram’s global user base.
• Between June and December 2022, Telegram generated $7M in net revenue from the App Store and Google Play.
• The estimated value of Telegram is in the $30–40B range.

General Telegram Stats, Facts, and Trends

• Telegram ranks among the top 10 most downloaded apps globally.

• As of January 2023, Telegram holds the 9th position among the world’s most popular social networks in terms of monthly active users.

• As of 2023, Telegram has 196M daily active users (DAUs) on iOS and Android.
• On average, Telegram users spend around 2.24 minutes per session.
• About 47.5% of Android users use the Telegram app daily.
• Telegram is the world’s fourth most popular messenger app.

• In January 2023, Telegram’s monthly active users represented 8.7% of the global population.
• The highest-priced Telegram username ever sold on Fragment’s auction platform was @news, fetching 994,000 Toncoin (approx. $2.42M) on November 18, 2022.

• As of May 2023, the Telegram site enjoys 267.5M monthly visitors.
• As of 2022, India is Telegram’s biggest market, with 86.6M MAUs.
• The estimated number of paying users on Telegram reached 257,000 in August 2022, showing a 67% growth compared to the previous month.
• As of Q3 2022, men account for over 57% of Telegram’s global user base.
• In terms of app downloads, India emerged as Telegram’s top market, with approximately 104M installations between January and December 2022.

• From June 2022 to February 2023, Russia generated the highest revenue for Telegram through in-app purchases: over $2.5M. Ukraine and the United States ranked second and third, respectively.

• Telegram recorded a total of 310M downloads in 2022.
• In June 2022, Telegram was the 3rd most downloaded mobile messenger app worldwide, with 31.8M downloads.

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• In 2022, global Telegram users spent four hours monthly using the app.
• As of May 2023, the official Telegram channels (Telegram Tips and Telegram News) had the highest number of subscribers, with 8.9M and 6.3M followers, respectively.

• Global downloads of Telegram surpassed 33.5M in February 2023.

• In April 2023, iOS users contributed most of Telegram’s in-app revenue, accounting for approximately 82% of the total, with nearly $2.3M.
• Russia has the highest Telegram penetration rate at 64.4%, followed by Indonesia at 64.3% and Malaysia at 62.2%.
• Pavel Durov announced on March 14, 2019, that Telegram had gained 3M new users in just 24 hours. The surge in sign-ups coincided with a technical disruption affecting Facebook and its affiliated apps.
• Telegram channels have served as a platform for governments and world leaders, including Volodymyr Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron.

• While 27% of US adults know Telegram, just 2% rely on the app as a news source.
• Among the US adults who use Telegram for news (2%), most (75%) believe the news and information provided to be largely accurate.

• Approximately 68% of Telegram news consumers find the news obtained from the platform helpful in better understanding current events.

Stacking It All Up

There you have it.

A comprehensive list of Telegram statistics, facts, and trends.

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• Business Insider, “Meet Pavel Durov, the Tech Billionaire Who Founded Telegram, Fled from Moscow 15 Years Ago after Defying the Kremlin, and Has a Penchant for Posting Half-Naked Selfies on Instagram”
• Pew Research Center, “Key Facts about Telegram”
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