Guides
The most complete playbook for builders, founders, and operators shipping on Mini Apps, Stars, and the Bot API. Step-by-step. With every link.
- 001 Apr 26, 2026Field guide
Telegram channels worth following in 2026
A curated, opinionated starting point — by category and by language — for the Telegram channels worth opening regularly in Q2 2026.
12 min - 002 Apr 26, 2026Field guide
The Mini Apps that won (and the ones still winning) — Q2 2026
An opinionated tour of the Telegram Mini Apps actually worth your attention in 2026 — post-airdrop survivors, the new categories, and the boring-essentials nobody talks about.
14 min - 003 Apr 26, 2026Comparison
Channels vs groups vs bots vs Mini Apps — when to use what
A simple decision guide for new Telegram users: the four main surfaces, what each is for, and how to pick the right one in any situation.
7 min - 004 Apr 26, 2026Playbook
Find good channels and stop following bad ones
A practical method for discovering Telegram channels that actually inform you, vetting them quickly, and unfollowing the ones eating your attention without giving anything back.
8 min - 005 Apr 26, 2026Field guide
Privacy on Telegram — what's actually private (and what isn't)
An honest, non-paranoid guide to what Telegram can and can't see, who else can see what, how Secret Chats actually work, and the privacy settings that matter most.
11 min - 006 Apr 26, 2026Reference
The Telegram glossary — every term that matters in 2026
A reference glossary of every Telegram concept, API surface, and product feature you need to know — with one-sentence definitions and direct links to the official docs.
14 min - 007 Apr 26, 2026Field guide
Telegram games in 2026 — what's actually fun, what's just farming
An honest tour of games on Telegram in Q2 2026 — real games with real gameplay, the tap-to-earn aftermath, and the gambling-adjacent corner you should know about.
11 min - 008 Apr 26, 2026Comparison
Telegram Premium — is it worth it?
An honest, feature-by-feature breakdown of Telegram Premium in 2026 — what each perk actually does, who needs it, who doesn't, and what to skip if you upgrade.
8 min - 009 Apr 26, 2026Field guide
What Telegram actually is in 2026 (and what it isn't)
If you're new to Telegram, here's an honest tour of what makes it different from WhatsApp, Discord, Signal, and iMessage — what it does well, what it doesn't, and what's free vs paid.
9 min - 010 Apr 26, 2026Playbook
Your first hour on Telegram
A step-by-step setup for someone installing Telegram for the first time — phone number, profile, privacy, finding people, joining your first channel and group, customizing the app.
10 min - 011 Apr 24, 2026Benchmarks
Honest revenue benchmarks: what Telegram channels and bots actually earn in 2026
Real revenue numbers from real operators across 12 niches — from signal channels to AI bots — with audience size, ARPU, and the gotchas behind each figure.
11 min - 012 Apr 23, 2026Playbook
Connect Claude to Telegram Business — supervised AI replies
A working architecture for routing your Telegram Business inbox through Claude, with the user kept firmly in the loop. Code, prompts, costs, and what to do when Claude is wrong.
18 min - 013 Apr 22, 2026Playbook
Ship a Telegram Mini App in 48 hours
A practical, end-to-end walkthrough — from BotFather to deploy — for shipping your first Telegram Mini App with auth, payments, and a real distribution plan.
38 min - 014 Apr 21, 2026Comparison
Stars vs Stripe vs TON — which payment rail for which product
A decision guide for picking the right payment method on Telegram in 2026. Fees, friction, fit by use case, and the political constraints nobody mentions.
9 min - 015 Apr 20, 2026Playbook
Withdraw Stars without losing 30% to fees
A practical guide to converting Telegram Stars into bankable USD with minimum spread loss — every route, real fees, and the timing tactics that compound across a year.
11 min - 016 Apr 19, 2026Field guide
The Telegram Ads Platform handbook — every setting, every gotcha
A complete operator's guide to Telegram's self-serve Ads Platform in 2026 — minimum budgets, targeting precision, creative limits, attribution, and what 80% of advertisers get wrong.
18 min - 017 Apr 18, 2026Playbook
Monetize a Telegram channel with Stars
Turn a public Telegram channel into a recurring-revenue product using paid subscriptions, gifts, and the new Stars-based monetization rails.
12 min - 018 Apr 15, 2026Field guide
Mini App monetization patterns that work (and 5 that don't)
A taxonomy of every Mini App monetization pattern in production today, with conversion rates, ARPU expectations, and the patterns to avoid.
16 min - 019 Apr 14, 2026Playbook
Telegram Business, configured right
A complete walkthrough of every Telegram Business setting that matters — opening hours, quick replies, away messages, intro, location, and the chatbot integration that ties it together.
9 min - 020 Apr 11, 2026Playbook
Bot payments, end to end
A no-shortcut guide to accepting payments through a Telegram bot — Stars for digital, fiat for physical, refunds, webhooks, and the gotchas nobody documents.
24 min - 021 Apr 07, 2026Playbook
The Channel Boost playbook
What you actually unlock with Telegram Channel Boosts in 2026, how to ladder boosts intentionally, and the cross-channel campaigns that actually work.
14 min