🆚 Steam vs. Telegram

📈 Telegram is much more popular than Steam.
🌍 Telegram is more popular in Russia, Ukraine, and Iran.
🌍 Steam is more popular in Japan.

Statistics based on 3.6M+ analyzed websites. About this data

Steam

Type

Social media platform

Instant messaging app

About

Steam is a digital distribution platform and online storefront developed by Valve Corporation for purchasing and downloading video games and software.

It also integrates community features including user reviews, screenshots, guides, friends lists, and text and voice chat.

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

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Website

store.steampowered.com

telegram.org #21

Pricing

Free version ❌

Steam Direct Product Submission Fee $100

Free version ✔️

Telegram Premium Varies by country, $2.49-$4.99/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Telegram instant messaging app is 33 times more popular than Steam.

Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Telegram is more popular in Russia, Ukraine, and Iran, while Steam is more popular in Japan.

Russia

Ukraine

Iran

Thailand

United States

Italy

Germany

India

Belarus

Spain

Awards

🔥 14th most popular in Poland in the Social Media category.
🔥 18th most popular in Japan in the Social Media category.
🔥 20th most popular in Russia in the Social Media category.
⬆️ 22nd most popular in Germany in the Social Media category.
⬆️ 22nd most popular in the United Kingdom in the Social Media category.

🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Ukraine in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Iran 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 among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and general news, while Steam is more commonly used on games sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

General News

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Entertainment

Health

Finance/Banking

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#57

#218

#521

#626

store.steampowered.com

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Name

Rank

#108

#204

#259

#277

#329