Durov said that 2.5 million users register daily in Telegram

More than 2.5 million new users register daily in the Telegram messenger. About it declared project founder Pavel Durov.

“Every day, more than 2.5 million new users register on Telegram, and at the beginning of this year we exceeded 800 million monthly active users,” Durov wrote on his Telegram channel.

At the same time, growth entails increased costs for data storage and maintenance of user accounts. “Despite the fact that Telegram is not yet profitable (which would be impossible to achieve in just the second year of monetization), Telegram is closer to profitability in absolute terms than its competitors such as Twitter and Snapchat,” he noted.

In February, Durov declaredthat his messenger became the second most popular cloud messaging app, surpassing Facebook Messenger (owned by Meta, which is recognized as an extremist organization in Russia and banned). In March 2022, Telegram for the first time surpassed WhatsApp (owned by Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), becoming the most popular messenger in Russia amid restrictions on other platforms in the country.

Last summer, Telegram introduced a paid subscription – Telegram Premium. By the end of the year, the number of Premium subscribers exceeded 1 million, informed Durov.