The messaging app Telegram has only been around for a little over a year, but they certainly have seen significant traction since launch. The Germany-based app, promoted as faster and more secure than their competition, picked up a significant numbers of users immediately after their much larger competitor, WhatsApp, was acquired by Facebook. In addition to successfully positioning themselves as a WhatsApp alternative, Telegram also has a pretty good pedigree as it was started by the Pavel Durov, founder of one of Russia’s largest social networks, VK.com.
Telegram is young and numbers on it are still tough to come by, but here are a few of the more interesting Telegram app stats I was able to dig up. As always, I will be adding more as they become available, so be sure to check in periodically for more.
Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these stats come from Telegram’s own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100% accurate.
Telegram Stats
How many Telegram users:
Last updated 2/23/16
Number of messages sent daily on Telegram:
Last updated 2/23/16
Average number of messages sent daily per Telegram user:
Last updated 2/23/16
Amount Telegram has spent on advertising:
Last updated 12/8/14
Average number of weekly Telegram new user signups:
Last updated 12/8/14
Average number of new Telegram signups daily:
Last updated 2/23/16
Reported number of new Telegram downloads in the few days following Facebook’s WhatsApp acquisition:
Number of Telegram users in South Korea:
Last updated 10/26/14
Number of new Telegram users in the 24 hours after Brazil temporarily banned WhatsApp:
Percentage of Telegram users that are on Android devices:
Last updated 1/3/17
In addition of this stats, over 20M users from Iran joined Telegram when governments blocked Viber.
Sweetheart, the government never blocked Viber. It just so awfully lagged that everyone decided to leave.