State of Telegram channels
The channels in our directory by size and activity, measured from what Telegram shows publicly.
Calculated Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:52 UTC from the live directory. Refreshed every few hours.
The directory lists 38,173 approved channels. 38,138 of them have a measured subscriber count, with 1,888,116,655 subscribers between them.
Channels by size
| Subscribers | Channels | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1K | 2,073 | 5% |
| 1K–10K | 18,680 | 49% |
| 10K–100K | 14,532 | 38% |
| 100K–1M | 2,541 | 7% |
| 1M+ | 312 | 1% |
This is the shape of our directory, not of Telegram as a whole: larger channels are easier to find and more likely to be listed. See the largest channels.
Activity
Of 38,111 channels whose newest post date we could read, 28,711 posted in the last 7 days. The full breakdown is in how many channels go quiet.
How these figures are measured
Every figure here comes from approved channels listed on TGDirectory and from what Telegram shows on each channel's public web preview: the subscriber count, the view counter on recent posts and the date of the newest post. Growth uses one real subscriber count per channel per day, recorded since we started watching that channel. Nothing is estimated, seeded or filled in.
Medians are used rather than averages, so one huge or viral channel cannot move a figure on its own. Each figure shows how many channels it is based on (n), and a figure based on fewer than 20 channels is not shown at all.
These figures describe channels in this directory, not all of Telegram. Want yours measured? List your channel.