• What is Telegram?
Telegram is a cloud-based free messaging app similar in many ways to WhatsApp, but much better.
• Advantages of Telegram:
• Differences summarized in a table
| Feature | Telegram | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | free | free |
| Group Members | Up to 200,000 | Up to 1,024 |
| Privacy | Hides phone numbers; allows customizable usernames | Phone numbers visible to all members |
| Notifications | Can mute specific groups, folders of groups, or the entire app | Can mute individual groups or the entire App |
| Polls/MCQs | Supports both anonymous and non-anonymous polls | Only non-anonymous polls are allowed |
| File Sharing | Up to 2 GB | 16–100 Megabytes (depending on file type) |
| Archive Access | New members can see all old messages and files | Limited access |
| Changing Phones | Content retained without backup | Requires backup via Google Drive, and not always reliable |
| Use on multiple phones | Possible | Not possible |
| Deleting messages you send | It is always possible and the other users will not notice the deleted messages | It is possible most of the time, but other users will notice that you deleted a message |
• Differences explained in details:
– Maximum number of group members
WhatsApp groups may have up to 1024 members, whereas Telegram groups have up to 200,000 members. At least 65 of our Telegram groups have more than 1024 members.
– Privacy
You can hide your mobile number! (in a WhatsApp group, all group members can see your mobile number). Furthermore, in Telegram, each user has a username (you can write whatever you want, and the other members can only see this username). Moreover, you can decide who can contact you (for example, you can choose that nobody can contact you or only who you gave your mobile number in advance).
– Notifications
You can turn off all notifications of a Telegram group, a folder of groups, or the entire app.
– Polls/MCQs
You can create polls or MCQs. The polls can be either anonymous or non-anonymous. A great example of how to use polls to create MCQs is our MCQ/questions group for neurology: Link.
– Sending large files and photos/videos in original quality
It is also possible to send files of up to 2 gigabytes. Furthermore, you can send photos and videos in NOT reduced quality.
– Archive
This is the most important feature. When new members join a Telegram group, they can see all the old messages and files.
– Changing mobile phones
If you get a new mobile phone, you will still see all the old content in your Telegram groups. In WhatsApp, you must make a backup via Google Drive, which is complicated and unreliable.
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