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India was the leading market of Telegram by app downloads. Throughout 2025, Indian users installed the messaging app approximately million times. Russia ranked second, with over million downloads over the observed period, while U.S. users installed the app ** million times. Brazil recorded the largest number of downloads among Latin American countries. France and Germany were the leading markets in Western Europe. 

Telegram usage in India

Telegram had the fourth-highest penetration rate among social media platforms in India, following WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook. In the third quarter of 2023, more than ** percent of Indian active social media users reported having used Telegram over the past month. However, user engagement on Telegram in India was significantly lower than on other major networks. On average, Indian users spent *** hours per month on the platform in 2021, which was ** times shorter than on WhatsApp.

Growing popularity of Telegram

As of July 2024, Telegram had *** million active users around the globe, having multiplied its audience tenfold since December 2014. Telegram recorded a sharp increase in global downloads in the first quarter of 2021, when WhatsApp, its competitor owned by Meta, updated its privacy policy. In March 2022, Telegram further increased its popularity in Russia after Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram were banned in the country. The number of daily active users (DAU) of Telegram nationwide grew by ** percent between January and March 2022.