Previously, the pair founded the Russian social network VK, which they left in 2014, saying it had been taken over by the government. Telegram was launched in 2013 by the brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov. It was the most downloaded app worldwide in January 2021 with 1 billion downloads globally as of late August 2021. Īs of August 2023, Telegram has more than 800 million monthly active users, with India leading in the number of users. Telegram is the most popular instant messaging application in parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Its servers are distributed worldwide, while the headquarters are in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Telegram was founded in 2013 by Nikolai and Pavel Durov. The service also provides an open API for the creation of custom bots which can perform various tasks, integrate other services into Telegram chats, or work as mini apps.

Telegram also has social networking features, allowing users to post stories, create large public groups with up to 200,000 members, or share one-way updates to unlimited audiences in so-called channels. Telegram provides end-to-end encryption in voice and video calls, and in optional private chats, which Telegram calls Secret Chats. It is available for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, and web browsers. It allows users to exchange messages, share media and files, and hold private and group voice or video calls, as well as public livestreams. Telegram Messenger, commonly known as Telegram, is a cloud-based, cross-platform instant messaging (IM) service.

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