Telegram

instant messaging service
Organization instant_messaging_client Q15616276
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Telegram

Summary

Telegram is an instant messaging client[1]. Telegram ranks in the top 2% of instant_messaging_client entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155,839 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Telegram is the creator of Nikolai Durov[3].
  • Telegram is the creator of Pavel Durov[4].
  • Telegram's instance of is recorded as instant messaging client[5].
  • Telegram's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • Telegram's instance of is recorded as mobile app[7].
  • Telegram's instance of is recorded as dot-com company[8].
  • Telegram's instance of is recorded as web application[9].
  • Telegram's instance of is recorded as online community[10].
  • Telegram's founder is recorded as Pavel Durov[11].
  • Telegram is owned by Telegram FZ-LLC[12].
  • Telegram is operated by Telegram FZ-LLC[13].
  • telegram is named after Telegram[14].
  • Telegram's chief executive officer is recorded as Pavel Durov[15].
  • Telegram's developer is recorded as Telegram FZ-LLC[16].
  • Telegram's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 3.0[17].
  • Telegram's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[18].
  • Telegram's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License[19].
  • Telegram's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[20].
  • Telegram's programmed in is recorded as Java[21].
  • Telegram's operating system is recorded as iOS[22].
  • Telegram's operating system is recorded as Android[23].
  • Telegram's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[24].
  • Telegram's operating system is recorded as ChromeOS[25].
  • Telegram's operating system is recorded as macOS[26].
  • Telegram's operating system is recorded as Linux[27].

Body

Founding

Telegram's founder is recorded as Pavel Durov[11].

Leadership

Telegram's chief executive officer is recorded as Pavel Durov[15].

Operations

Telegram is operated by Telegram FZ-LLC[13].

Ownership

Telegram is owned by Telegram FZ-LLC[12].

Why It Matters

Telegram ranks in the top 2% of instant_messaging_client entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155,839 views/month).[2] Telegram has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Telegram is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1248316959
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca',
    Sitelink count → 118
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 16d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.2.9, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/6f32b4faf4b6|details]])"
  3. 22d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.2.8, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/bb279fa11077|details]])"
  4. 25d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.2.7, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/25ebcb092a87|details]])"
  5. 28d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.2.5, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/479135216db1|details]])"
  6. 4w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.1.5, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/8e1f94c26b9d|details]])"
  7. 4w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987013962115305171
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.1.4, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/a5505ace2216|details]])"
  8. 5w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.1.3, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/8080d5cd36ce|details]])"
  9. 5w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.1.2, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/328735ed28e6|details]])"
  10. 5w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2013-08-14T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P577]]: 14 August 2013"
  11. 5w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.1.1, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/20310e3e6804|details]])"
  12. 6w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.1.0, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/a7fbdb0aab6e|details]])"
  13. 6w ago · Mariobanana · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Niconicopedia id → telegram
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6900]]: Telegram"
  14. 8w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.0.9, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/569005c52a2b|details]])"
  15. 8w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.0.8, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/62205fceaf31|details]])"
  16. 8w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.0.7, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/ee9f680edee4|details]])"
  17. 9w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14715 → Q15616276
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14715]]: Q15616276, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785524324610"
  18. 9w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 5863
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Telegram, migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  19. 10w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.0.5, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/a1add0cc56fa|details]])"
  20. 10w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.0.4, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/80e159cac05b|details]])"
  21. 11w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 7.0.2, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/3ce4e4a70dfe|details]])"
  22. 12w ago · A121008 · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → Telegram
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4342]]: Telegram"
  23. 16w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 6.9.3, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/d7f1fb326c8|details]])"
  24. 16w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 6.9.2, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/98b418a15de5|details]])"
  25. 16w ago · Meow · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 12.8.1"
  26. 16w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 6.9.0, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/c6e996bd64b7|details]])"
  27. 16w ago · Meow · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 12.8"
  28. 17w ago · SlowDialupNarrowband · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P973]]: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Telegram"
  29. 20w ago · Meow · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 6.8.2"
  30. 21w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 2.7, 1.1.23, 1.1.23 +682
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P348]]: 6.8.0, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/e5ef04e8dc16|details]])"
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