Telegram messaging continues to grow in popularity and reaches 700 million monthly active users. The platform took advantage of this summit to unveil the details of a new premium subscription.
In January 2021, we were talking about 500 million people who used the application on a monthly basis.
The war in Ukraine gave Telegram a boost, while major social networks like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter were blocked in Russia. However, the app and its encrypted messaging are also popular in Ukraine.
Monetize Telegram
The company has been trying since 2021 to monetize its free application with advertising, while avoiding providing the data of its followers to advertisers. With Telegram Premium, she is exploring another strategy to raise funds.
All existing features users have relied on for nearly a decade remain freeassures the platform in a blog post.
But enhanced functions requiring more resources will be offered only to those who will pay a subscription, the amount of which has not been revealed. These include file uploads of up to 4 GB, and faster uploads.
Telegram Premium will also increase the limits of channels and groups to which it is possible to subscribe, from 500 to 1000. Users will also be able to create up to 20 chat folders, with 200 discussions each.
Among the other announced features: exclusive stickers, badges that appear next to the name of subscribed accounts and animated profile photos. Users of the premium version will also no longer see advertising.
The new service should be launched gradually around the world, according to Telegram.
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