According to Durov, at least 3% of users need to purchase a subscription to cover all costs, and then the messenger will be supported by users only.
As a result, as of September 21, 2022, 2.6 million people signed up for Premium, making up 0.37% of all messenger users, as the Premium Statistics Telegram channel reported. Currently, the Telegram audience is 700 million people.
Source: Ferra
