🆚 Max vs. Telegram
- 📈 Telegram is much more popular than Max.
- 🌍 Telegram is more popular in all countries.
- ⭐ Max is particularly popular in Russia.
Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Type
Instant messaging app
Instant messaging app
About
Max is an instant messaging app from Russia, integrated into the country's national IT ecosystem.
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
Moscow, Russia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Pricing
Free ✔️
Free version ✔️
Telegram PremiumVaries by country, $2.49-$4.99/month
Categories
Instant Messaging › Rank #14
Instant Messaging › Rank #2
Social Media › Rank #40
Social Media › Rank #8
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Telegram instant messaging app is 67 times more popular than Max.
Total websites
Market share
Instant Messaging
Social Media
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Telegram is more popular than Max in all countries.
Russia
Iran
Ukraine
Thailand
United States
Italy
India
Germany
Belarus
Indonesia
Awards
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Russia in the Instant Messaging category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Russia 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 Social Media category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Telegram is more popular than Max in all market segments.
Business
General News
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Entertainment
Finance/Banking
Travel
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
See also
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.