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| Developer(s) | Telegram FZ-LLC Telegram Messenger Inc. | ||||||||
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| Initial release | 14 August 2013 | ||||||||
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| Written in | Desktop: C++, C, Java, Python Android: Java iOS: Swift | ||||||||
| Platform | Android, iOS, iPadOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, Web platform | ||||||||
| Available in | 66 (officially 12) languages[5][6] > | ||||||||
List of languages Chinese (Beta), English, Russian, Persian, Turkish, Italian, Arabic, Ukrainian, Kazakh, Uzbek, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Dutch, French, Japanese (Beta), Korean, Indonesian, Malay, Belarusian, Catalan, Polish, Finnish, Hebrew | |||||||||
| Type | Instant messaging | ||||||||
| License | GNU GPLv3 only with OpenSSL linking exception (clients),[7] proprietary (server)[8] | ||||||||
| Website | telegram | ||||||||
| Founded | March 2013 |
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| Headquarters | Tortola, British Virgin Islands (legal domicile)[9] Dubai, United Arab Emirates (operational center) |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | |
| CEO | Pavel Durov |
| Industry | Software |
| URL | telegram |
Telegram Messenger, commonly known as Telegram, is a cloud-based, cross-platform, social media and instant messaging (IM) service. It was originally launched for iOS on 14 August 2013 and Android on 20 October 2013. It allows users to exchange messages, share media and files, and hold private and group voice or video calls as well as public livestreams. It is available for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, and web browsers. Telegram offers end-to-end encryption in voice and video calls,[10] and in optional private chats, which Telegram calls Secret Chats.
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.[11]
Telegram was founded in 2013 by Nikolai and Pavel Durov.[12][13] Its servers are distributed worldwide with several data centers, while the headquarters is in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[14][15] Telegram is the most popular instant messaging application in parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa.[16][17] It was the most downloaded app worldwide in January 2021,[18][19] with 1 billion downloads globally as of late August 2021. As of 2024[update], registration to Telegram requires either a smartphone or one of a limited number of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) issued in December 2022.[20]
As of July 2024,[update] Telegram has more than 950 million monthly active users,[21] with India as the country with the most users.[22]
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