Messenger vs Telegram Messenger
Messenger
Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$822.8K/mo
~$9.87M/yr · 1.2B installs
VS
Telegram Messenger
Telegram FZ-LLC
App Store
$2.51M/mo
~$30.06M/yr · 50.0M installs
Revenue winner
Telegram Messenger wins
+204% vs other
Installs winner
Messenger wins
+2210% vs other
MAU winner
Messenger wins
+140% vs other
Rating winner
Messenger wins
+16% vs other
Why Telegram Messenger is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Telegram Messenger earns roughly 3× more per month than Messenger - $2.51M vs $822.8K.
- Premium pricing. Telegram Messenger charges $3.00/mo vs Messenger's $0.99/mo - higher ARPU per converted user.
- More monetization surfaces. Telegram Messenger runs 10 IAP tiers vs 1 - more chances to convert users at the right price.
- Charts placement. Telegram Messenger ranks #50 on the US grossing chart (the other app is unranked) - chart placement is a self-reinforcing flywheel.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Messenger
vs
Telegram Messenger
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$822.8K
▶
$2.51M
Annual revenue (est.)
$9.87M
▶
$30.06M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.2B
◀
50.0M
Monthly active users (est.)?
25.4M
◀
10.6M
App Store rating
4.66★
◀
4.01★
Total ratings
12.8M
◀
273K
US grossing rank
-
▶
#50
Cheapest monthly sub
$0.99
▶
$3.00
IAP tiers detected
1 tiers
▶
10 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 9, 2011
- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- File size
- 234.6 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 567.0.0
- Languages
- Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish +23 more
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Aug 14, 2013
- Last updated
- Jun 22, 2026
- File size
- 228.9 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 12.8.1
- Languages
- Arabic, BE, Catalan, Dutch, English, French +13 more
Messenger trajectory
Telegram Messenger trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Messenger or Telegram Messenger? v
Telegram Messenger earns about $2.51M per month, while Messenger earns about $822.8K. That is a 3.0× revenue gap (~$1.68M more per month for Telegram Messenger). Annual revenue: Messenger ≈ $9.87M/year, Telegram Messenger ≈ $30.06M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Messenger or Telegram Messenger? v
Messenger leads with about 1.2B estimated downloads vs 50.0M for Telegram Messenger - a 23.1× gap. Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 12.8M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. Telegram Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 273K ratings.
Are Messenger and Telegram Messenger in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking 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 Messenger and Telegram Messenger offer? v
Messenger: IAP range 1 tiers detected. Telegram Messenger: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Messenger runs a "Subscription (~$0.99/mo)" monetization model; Telegram Messenger runs "Subscription (~$3.00/mo) · calibrated by US grossing rank #50". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Messenger or Telegram Messenger? v
Messenger edges ahead with ★ 4.7 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.7 stars). Rating volume: Messenger 12.8M ratings, Telegram Messenger 273K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Messenger vs Telegram Messenger revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $822.8K for Messenger and $2.51M for Telegram Messenger are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - 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.
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