Telegram statistics 2026
Telegram's own published figures, each with its source, and live statistics measured from the channels in our directory.
Live from the directory · calculated
Measured live from the approved channels in our directory. Full breakdowns: size and activity, growth, engagement by category.
Telegram publishes few numbers, and many statistics pages repeat estimates without a source. Below are only the figures Telegram or its founder Pavel Durov have stated publicly, each with the date it was given and a link to where it was reported. The live figures above come from the channels we measure ourselves.
How many people use Telegram?
Telegram has more than 1 billion monthly active users. Pavel Durov announced the milestone on 19 March 2025 (TechCrunch). No newer official total has been published since; later statements say "over a billion".
The official milestones before that:
- 700 million monthly active users, June 2022 (Telegram blog)
- 800 million, reported by Durov in 2023 (CXOToday)
- 900 million, March 2024, in an interview with the Financial Times (Silicon UK)
- 950 million, July 2024 (TechCrunch)
- More than 1 billion, March 2025
Telegram has not published a daily active user figure. Numbers you may see elsewhere for daily users are estimates.
How many people pay for Telegram Premium?
- 1 million Premium subscribers in December 2022, six months after launch (Business Standard)
- More than 12 million in December 2024, after the number tripled during 2024 (Interfax)
Is Telegram profitable?
According to Durov, 2024 was Telegram's first profitable year, with revenue above $1 billion and more than $500 million in cash reserves, not counting crypto assets (Interfax). The Financial Times later reported, from investor documents, revenue of about $1.4 billion for 2024 and about $870 million for the first half of 2025 (Cointelegraph, citing the FT).
Channels, Mini Apps and ads
- Public channels generated about 1 trillion views a month, Durov said in February 2024, when Telegram announced it would share 50% of ad revenue with channel owners (TechCrunch).
- More than 500 million users were using Mini Apps each month, according to Durov in July 2024 (TechCrunch).
Telegram has not published how many channels, groups or bots exist. Any total you see is an estimate from a third-party site.
About the company
Telegram was founded in 2013 by the brothers Pavel and Nikolai Durov. The company is based in Dubai.
What our own data adds
Telegram does not publish statistics about channels. That is why the figures at the top of this page are measured from the channels listed in our directory: their subscriber counts, how recently they posted, and how they grew over the last month. They describe our directory, not all of Telegram, and each figure shows how many channels it is based on.
Frequently asked questions
How many users does Telegram have?
More than 1 billion monthly active users, according to Pavel Durov in March 2025. That is the latest official figure.
How many daily active users does Telegram have?
Telegram has not published an official daily active user figure.
How many people use Telegram Premium?
More than 12 million as of December 2024, according to Pavel Durov.
Is Telegram profitable?
Yes. Durov said 2024 was Telegram's first profitable year, with revenue above $1 billion.
More insights
- State of channelsHow many channels, how big, how active.
- Channel growthMedian 30-day subscriber change by size.
- Views by channel sizeViews, engagement rate and posting pace.
- Inactive channelsWhen channels last posted.
- Category growthEvery category by size and growth.
- Engagement by categoryEngagement rate and views per post in each category.
How these figures are measuredSources, medians and sample sizes
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.