How does Telegram make money?

Messages sync across the devices you use with the platform. Telegram is a messaging app that provides services similar to many of its types (video editing, emojis, GIFs, stickers, etc.). It also boasts the ability to follow public channels or start groups.

One of the ways Telegram promotes itself to gain premium subscribers is that it is branded as a privacy-focused messaging app. It has these privacy features:

• End-to-end encryption

• Telegram does not share data with any third parties

• Users can create temporary chats (or Secret chats) whose messages are deleted after a certain amount of time

While Telegram does gain revenue from premium subscribers, most of its money is made from selling sponsored messages, in other words advertising dollars.