Telegram Statistics, User Counts and Facts (2021)



By:    Last updated: May 25th, 2021

Here are a few of the most interesting Telegram statistics and facts I was able to dig up including user counts. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

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Telegram Facts

What is Telegram?

Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super-fast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time — your messages sync seamlessly across any number of your phones, tablets or computers. (source)

Telegram User Count

Telegram number of users:

500 million Telegram users globally

Last updated 1/14/21

Additional Telegram Statistics

Number of messages sent daily on Telegram:

15 billion messages

Last updated 2/23/16

Number of stickers available on Telegram:

20,000 stickers

Last updated 4/27/20

Average number of messages sent daily per Telegram user:

150 messages

Last updated 2/23/16

Amount Telegram has spent on advertising:

$0

Last updated 12/8/14

Average number of weekly Telegram new user signups:

1 million

Last updated 12/8/14

Average number of new Telegram signups daily:

1.5 million new daily users

Last updated 4/27/20

Reported number of new Telegram downloads in the few days following Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition:

8 million downloads

Reported number of new Telegram users added during the Facebook outage of March 2019:

3 million

Number of Telegram users in South Korea:

1.71 million users

Last updated 10/26/14

Number of Telegram users in Hong Kong:

1.7 million

Last updated 8/1/19

Number of new Telegram users in the 24 hours after Brazil temporarily banned WhatsApp:

5.7 million new users

Percentage of Telegram users that are on Android devices:

 85%

Last updated 1/3/17

Number of Telegram Android installs:

500 million installs

Last updated 5/3/20

Number of languages Telegram is available in:

13 languages

Last updated 10/10/17

Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these Telegram stats come from their own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. No information contained on DMR should be relied upon to make investment decisions. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100%.

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