Facebook vs Telegram X
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Google Play
$44.59M/mo
~$535.12M/yr · 11.7B installs
VS
Telegram X
Telegram FZ-LLC
Google Play
$0/mo
~$0/yr · 220.7M installs
Revenue winner
Facebook wins
+4459323500% vs other
Installs winner
Facebook wins
+5188% vs other
MAU winner
Facebook wins
+2320% vs other
Rating winner
Facebook wins
+16% vs other
Why Facebook is winning
Top 3 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Facebook earns roughly 44593235× more per month than Telegram X - $44.59M vs $0.
- Bigger install base. Facebook has ~11.7B lifetime installs vs Telegram X's ~220.7M - 52.9× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Facebook sits at 4.56★ vs 3.92★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Facebook
vs
Telegram X
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$44.59M
◀
$0
Annual revenue (est.)
$535.12M
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$0
Lifetime installs (est.)
11.7B
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220.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
315.2M
◀
13.0M
App Store rating
4.56★
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3.92★
Total ratings
181.0M
◀
833K
US grossing rank
-
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-
Cheapest monthly sub
No sub
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No sub
IAP tiers detected
0 tiers
=
0 tiers
- Category
- Social
- Price
- Free
- Released
- -
- Last updated
- May 7, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Teen
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
- Category
- Social
- Price
- Free
- Released
- May 20, 2015
- Last updated
- Jan 6, 2026
- File size
- -
- Content rating
- Mature 17+
- Version
- VARY
- Languages
- -
Facebook trajectory
Telegram X trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Facebook or Telegram X? v
Facebook earns about $44.59M per month, while Telegram X earns about $0. That is a ∞× revenue gap (~$44.59M more per month for Facebook). Annual revenue: Facebook ≈ $535.12M/year, Telegram X ≈ $0/year. Estimates are derived from public Google Play signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Facebook or Telegram X? v
Facebook leads with about 11.7B estimated downloads vs 220.7M for Telegram X - a 52.9× gap. Facebook reports 10,000,000,000+ installs on Google Play. Telegram X reports 100,000,000+ installs on Google Play.
Are Facebook and Telegram X in the same Google Play category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Facebook and Telegram X offer? v
Facebook: IAP range $0.05 - $10,000.00 per item. Telegram X: no IAP detected on the public listing. Facebook runs a "Free + IAP (tiers not exposed by store)" monetization model; Telegram X runs "No App Store revenue (monetizes off-store)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Facebook or Telegram X? v
Facebook edges ahead with ★ 4.6 vs ★ 3.9 (gap of 0.6 stars). Rating volume: Facebook 4.3M ratings, Telegram X 10K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Facebook vs Telegram X revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $44.59M for Facebook and $0 for Telegram X are derived from Google Play grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Facebook or Telegram X to a different Google Play app? v
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