The number of monthly active users of Telegram has exceeded 800 million, Pavel Durov said. Telegram activated monetization last year by introducing subscriptions and advertising, but has not yet reached profitability, so the company announced a bond issue for 270 million dollars, a quarter of which has already been bought by Durov himself. .
The number of monthly active users of the Telegram messenger has exceeded 800 million, said company founder Pavel Durov.
According to Durov, Telegram has not yet reached profitability. In 2022, the messenger started making money by introducing a paid Telegram Premium subscription and adding ads to the platform.
“Although Telegram is not yet profitable (which would be impossible to achieve in just the second year of monetization), in absolute terms it is closer to profitability than its competitors like Twitter and Snap,” Durov said.
The Telegram founder also spoke about the company’s issuance of bonds worth 270 million dollars to finance the development of the messenger. About a quarter of these bonds have already been bought by Durov himself, he wrote.
“Some people suggested that I buy a house or a plane instead. But I prefer to stay focused on my work, not “own” anything (well, except Telegram, some Bitcoin and some Toncoin),” Durov said in a message.
Durov also emphasized that 2.5 million new users join Telegram every day.
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Kirill Bilyk
Source: RB
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