Over ** percent of Russian internet users aged 16 to 64 years named the messenger app Telegram their favorite social media platform in the third quarter of 2024. That was the largest share among the countries presented. Ghana and Egypt followed, with **** percent and *** percent of respondents favoring Telegram, respectively.
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater. (March 3, 2025). Share of internet users naming Telegram as their favorite social media platform worldwide in 3rd quarter 2024, by selected country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343589/telegram-as-favorite-social-media-platform-by-country/
DataReportal, und We Are Social, und Meltwater. "Share of internet users naming Telegram as their favorite social media platform worldwide in 3rd quarter 2024, by selected country." Chart. March 3, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 07, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343589/telegram-as-favorite-social-media-platform-by-country/
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Share of internet users naming Telegram as their favorite social media platform worldwide in 3rd quarter 2024, by selected country [Graph], DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater, March 3, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1343589/telegram-as-favorite-social-media-platform-by-country/
