Messaging app 'Telegram' announces 'Telegram Premium' with over 700 million monthly active users

It turns out that the number of monthly active users of 'Telegram' known as a secure messaging app has exceeded 700 million. Along with this, the previously planned ' Telegram Premium ' was announced.

700 Million Users and Telegram Premium

According to the announcement on the official blog, Telegram was ranked in the top 5 downloaded apps in 2022 in the world, and the number of monthly active users exceeded 700 million. All of this growth is due to personal recommendations such as word-of-mouth, and he hasn't used any money to promote the app.

And, in support of future ongoing development, 'Telegram Premium' was announced, which gives you access to exclusive additional features.

Telegram users can upload up to 2GB per file to unlimited storage / Telegram Cloud, but with Telegram Premium, the size of each file that can be uploaded is expanded to 4GB. This is equivalent to 4 hours of 1080p video and 18 days of high quality audio files. There is no limit on the downloadable size.

With Telegram Premium, upload and download speeds are 'fastest possible'.

It also doubles the number of channels and groups you can join, the number of pinned chat lists, and the number of favorite stickers.

Some stickers play full screen animation. Only premium users can post this special sticker, but all users can play the animation.

You can also see the content of the voice message in text.

Over 10 new emojis are available for reaction to messages.

You can animate your profile as a 'profile video' to everyone.

You can be identified as a premium user by a special badge that appears next to your chat list, chat header, and member list names.

You can also select the icon on the home screen from Premium Star, Night Sky, and Turbo Plane according to your wallpaper.

Sponsored messages are displayed on large open one-to-many channels in some countries to support Telegram's operating costs, but premium users do not see ads.

In addition, there are updates not only for premium users, and there are more than 100 fixes and optimizations in total.

Telegram says, 'Today is an important day in Telegram's history, not only a new milestone, but also the beginning of sustainable monetization of Telegram. Telegram development is primarily for users, not just advertisers. We believe that it should be driven by. In this way, users will always remain our number one priority. '