🆚 Medium vs. Telegram

Type

Social media platform
Instant messaging app

About

Medium is an online publishing platform that allows writers to share articles, stories, and ideas with a built-in audience and content discovery system.

It provides a minimalist editor for long-form writing, supports publications for multi-author content, newsletters, and distributes content through algorithmic and editorial recommendations.

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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

San Francisco, California, United States
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Website

Pricing

Free version ❌
Member$5/month
Friend of Medium$15/month
Free version ✔️
Telegram PremiumVaries by country, $2.49-$4.99/month

Categories

Social Media › Rank #27
Social Media › Rank #8
Instant Messaging › Rank #2

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Telegram instant messaging app is 14 times more popular than Medium.
Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Telegram is more popular than Medium in all countries.
Russia
Iran
Ukraine
Thailand
United States
Italy
India
Germany
Belarus
Indonesia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Telegram is more popular than Medium in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
General News
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Online Shopping
Entertainment
Finance/Banking
Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,391
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Name
Rank
#277
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See also

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