🆚 Facebook vs. Telegram

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Facebook is much more popular than Telegram.
🌎 Facebook is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Telegram is more popular in Russia, Iran, and Uzbekistan.

Facebook

Type

Social media platform

Instant messaging app

About

Facebook is a social media platform owned by Meta.

It enables users to create profiles, post text, photos, and videos, join groups, follow pages, and interact through reactions and comments. With about 3 billion monthly active users, Facebook is currently the most popular social media platform in the world.

Telegram is a cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy.

It provides voice and video calls, unlimited cloud storage for regular chats and media across devices, end-to-end encryption for Secret Chats, supports groups and channels with up to 200,000 members, and allows bots and mini-apps to extend functionality.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Website

facebook.com #2

telegram.org #21

Pricing

Free ✔️

Free version ✔️

Telegram PremiumVaries by country, $2.49-$4.99/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Facebook social media platform is 18 times more popular than Telegram.

Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Facebook is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Telegram is more popular in Russia, Iran, and Uzbekistan.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Italy

France

Spain

Japan

Australia

India

Netherlands

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Social Media category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Social Media category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Social Media category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Social Media category.
🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Social Media category.

🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Iran in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Ukraine in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Belarus in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Uzbekistan in the Instant Messaging category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Facebook is more popular among sites focused on business, education and reference, and blogs and wiki, while Telegram is more commonly used on online shopping sites.

Business

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Marketing/Merchandising

Internet Services

Travel

Entertainment

General News

Health

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO