12.8.2

Telegram FZ-LLC

3.88

16,546,465 reviews

1,000,000,000+
Downloads

Free

Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security.

About Telegram

Telegram is a communication app developed by Telegram FZ-LLC.

Download Statistics

Telegram has been downloaded 2.9 billion times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 27 million times. It is ranked #1 in communication.

User Ratings

Telegram is rated 3.88 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 17 million ratings.

App Information

Telegram is FREE to download. The APK download size is 57.97 MB. The latest version available is 12.8.2. The last update was on June 16, 2026.

Technical Requirements

Telegram requires Android 6.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of High Maturity. The app has been available on Google Play October 2013.

Description

Pure instant messaging — simple, fast, secure, and synced across all your devices. One of the top 5 most downloaded apps in the world with over 1 billion active users.

More data about Telegram

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	2.9 billion
Recent downloads	27 million
Rating	3.88 based on 17 million ratings
Ranking	Top ranked
Version	12.8.2
APK size	58.0 MB
Number of libraries	37
Designed for Android	6.0+
Maturity	High Maturity
Ads	NO ads

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Keywords missing from this app

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Downloads over time

Telegram has been downloaded 2.9 billion times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 910 thousand downloads per day.

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Developer information for Telegram FZ-LLC

Telegram FZ-LLC

support@telegram.org

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Comments on Telegram for Android

★★★★★ Roman Avdeev · Jun 16, 2026

Best messenger. The design is good and the app is lightweight. It has channels where you can publish posts which is a unique feature of this app.

★★★★★ M A · Jun 3, 2026

The reason the channels and groups What are the robots apart? And what That is a part of interest and audience And so on Do not add autoproxy in the proxies section. !?! If possible, add an option to determine which of the phone's contacts are also our contacts and have our number saved in the phone. Thank you, Mr. Pavel Duroc.

★★★★★ بهمن · Jun 9, 2026

The best messenger, very high security and privacy protection

★★★★☆ Hari m · Jun 13, 2026

Telegram has a big bug please fix it, that is when I open the telegram at the top the status frequently changes to connecting... updating..... when coming like this contents is loading not able download and reading conversations still I am using 5G Network, like it doesn't solve on its own I want to close the telegram or I want to turn on airplane mode and off i thought that the bug will be fixed, if want to tell me share the recording of the bug

★☆☆☆☆ Khem Vuthy · Jun 9, 2026

You guys kicked me out of my telegram. I had to pay again to get back in. I finally got the money. U took the payment and refuse to let me back in. all my work and business info is in there and this has caused me more money and stress. WTH can't you make more ways to verify or get back in. I love to telegram, but this is not acceptable because I depend on ur security but against the owner of his account? Crazy

★☆☆☆☆ Billie Hargrove · Jun 16, 2026

Using this app is ok but scammers use it as well. They pose as famous K-pop idols and K drama idols. They ask for gift cards, bitcoin, also say that they have sent packages to you to which they expect you to pay for it coming from another country.

★☆☆☆☆ Harsh Gupta · Jun 3, 2026

Worst app. My account was suspended due to some issue which I even don't know about and telegram did not help me get my account.

★☆☆☆☆ isaac freeman · Jun 16, 2026

I didn't receive assistance after a month now that I complained about my issue I don't receive any otp even after paying the one-week premium fee And it's the second time already And after 1 month nobody gave me assistance no assistance and money loss I don't understand do you guys careless that much of your clients.!?

Google Play Rankings for Telegram

Top rankings

Rank	Country	Category	List
2	Iran	Overall	Top Grossing
18	Canada	Overall	Top Free
27	United States	Overall	Top Free
2	Canada	Communication	Top Free
1	South Korea	Communication	Top Free
1	Saudi Arabia	Communication	Top Free
11	Iran	Overall	Top Free
24	Germany	Overall	Top Free
26	France	Overall	Top Free
13	Netherlands	Overall	Top Free

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Technologies used by Telegram

Telegram is requesting 71 permissions and is using 37 libraries.

Permissions

Development tools

test access to protected storage

Your personal information

read call log, read your contacts, read your own contact card, modify your contacts

Services that cost you money

directly call phone numbers

Your location

approximate (network-based) location, precise (GPS) location

Network communication

view network connections, view Wi-Fi connections, pair with Bluetooth devices, full network access, Google Play billing service, receive data from Internet

Your accounts

create accounts and set passwords, find accounts on the device, add or remove accounts, read Google service configuration

Storage

modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Phone calls

read phone status and identity

Hardware controls

take pictures and videos, change your audio settings, record audio, control vibration

System tools

read sync settings, run at startup, draw over other apps, prevent phone from sleeping, toggle sync on and off, install shortcuts, uninstall shortcuts

Extra

android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION, android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION, android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CAMERA, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE, android.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT, android.permission.MANAGE_OWN_CALLS, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, android.permission.READ_APP_BADGE, android.permission.READ_CLIPBOARD, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, android.permission.READ_PHONE_NUMBERS, android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES, android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC, android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT, android.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT, com.anddoes.launcher.permission.UPDATE_COUNT, com.htc.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.htc.launcher.permission.UPDATE_SHORTCUT, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.CHANGE_BADGE, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.huawei.android.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS, com.majeur.launcher.permission.UPDATE_BADGE, com.oppo.launcher.permission.READ_SETTINGS, com.oppo.launcher.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS, com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.READ, com.sec.android.provider.badge.permission.WRITE, com.sonyericsson.home.permission.BROADCAST_BADGE, com.sonymobile.home.permission.PROVIDER_INSERT_BADGE, me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_READ, me.everything.badger.permission.BADGE_COUNT_WRITE, org.telegram.messenger.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION, org.telegram.messenger.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

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Firebase

Android Jetpack Widgets Android Jetpack AppCompat Android Library Icon

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AndroidX Activity Android Activity Saved State Android Library Icon

Android Activity Saved State AndroidX Loader Android Library Icon

AndroidX Loader Android Jetpack Media Android Library Icon

Android Jetpack Media Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) Android Library Icon

Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)

Android Transition Support Library

Android Support Library collections Kotlin Android Library Icon

Kotlin

Android Support VectorDrawable AndroidX Cursor Adapter Android Library Icon

AndroidX Cursor Adapter AndroidX App Startup Android Library Icon

AndroidX App Startup Google gson Android Library Icon

Google gson AndroidX Concurrent Futures Android Library Icon

AndroidX Concurrent Futures AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 Android Library Icon

AndroidX Emoji / Emoji2 AndroidX Tracing Android Library Icon

AndroidX Tracing AndroidX ExifInterface Android Library Icon

AndroidX ExifInterface AndroidX ProfileInstaller Android Library Icon

AndroidX ProfileInstaller AndroidX DynamicAnimation Android Library Icon

AndroidX DynamicAnimation Google ZXing Android Library Icon

Google ZXing Google Maps SDK Android Library Icon

Google Maps SDK AndroidX Biometric Android Library Icon

AndroidX Biometric AndroidX Palette Android Library Icon

AndroidX Palette AndroidX MediaRouter Android Library Icon

AndroidX MediaRouter AndroidX Credentials Android Library Icon

AndroidX Credentials Stripe Android Library Icon

Stripe

mp4parser

commonmark-java Markwon Android Library Icon

Markwon

NanoHTTPD

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