The messenger app Telegram had 12 million paying users around the world as of December 2024, seven million more than in January of that year. Telegram introduced a freemium model with paid subscriptions in June 2022.
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Number of paying subscribers of Telegram worldwide from July 2022 to December 2024
(in millions)
*Estimates for the end of the month based on app revenue and subscription price. Figures have been rounded.
The statistic has been compiled from two sources. The estimates for July and August 2022 were obtained from Appfigures. The figure for December 2022 was obtained from a TechCrunch article citing Pavel Durov, Telegram founder and CEO. The figures for October 2023, December 2023 and January 2024, September 2024, and December 2024 were obtained from Durov's Telegram posts.
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