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According to the article, it apparently comes from advertising and subscriptions: > Pavel Durov told the Financial Times that Dubai-based Telegram had grown to
by fwn 3y ago
According to the article, it apparently comes from advertising and subscriptions:
> Pavel Durov told the Financial Times that Dubai-based Telegram had grown to become one of the world’s most popular social media apps while making “hundreds of millions of dollars” in revenues after introducing advertising and premium subscription services two years ago.
- cranberryturkey 3y agoi've never seen one ad.
- looping8 3y agoI read they only showed ads in a few countries as a test and now plan to expand. They also said they'll share the money from ads with channel owners, since ads are only shown in public channels. No idea which countries will be included, though, wonder if the EU will get them.
- j0hnyl 3y agoThere are entire ad networks built around in-post advertisements that appear in Telegram channels. They look and feel highly "native", you might not even notice that they are ads.