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Telegram number screening
A messenger built around channels and groups, where the public identity is an @username rather than a phone number — densest across the Russian-speaking world, Iran and cross-border trading circles.
Coverage
- Russia
- CIS countries
- Iran
- India
- Southeast Asia
The Russian-speaking world is Telegram's home turf, where the channel ecosystem took over part of what portals and news media used to do. Iran has blocked it since 2018 without slowing adoption, leaving an unusually large installed base behind the block.
Platform characteristics
- The phone number is only a signup credential; the public identity is the @username. Many users hide their number entirely, so numbers and usernames are two parallel kinds of lead.
- A profile carries only a name, bio and photo — the platform has no gender or age fields at all, so audience attributes have to be read from publicly visible name and avatar information.
- Activity is exposed as a fuzzy last-seen band (recently, within a week, within a month), which is exactly why activity screening comes in day-based tiers.
- Channels, groups and bots carry most of the usage, and a sizable share of users only lurk in channels without ever sending a message.
What NexCheck detects
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| Service | Standard | VIP |
|---|---|---|
| Telegram Activation - Number Only | 0.000145 | 0.000116 |
| Telegram Format Detection - SVIP | 0.00029 | 0.000261 |
| Telegram 3-Day Active - SVIP | 0.000319 | 0.00029 |
| Telegram 7-Day Active - SVIP | 0.000319 | 0.00029 |
| Telegram 15-Day Active - SVIP | 0.000319 | 0.00029 |
| Telegram Gender Detection - SVIP | 0.00101 | 0.000725 |
| Telegram Format Detection - Channel 1 | 0.00029 | 0.000261 |
| Telegram 3-Day Active - Channel 1 | 0.000319 | 0.00029 |
| Telegram 7-Day Active - Channel 1 | 0.000319 | 0.00029 |
| Telegram 15-Day Active - Channel 1 | 0.000319 | 0.00029 |
| Telegram Gender Detection - Channel 1 | 0.00101 | 0.000725 |
| Telegram Format - 2M Channel | 0.00029 | 0.000261 |
| Telegram 3-Day Active - 2M Channel | 0.000319 | 0.00029 |
| Telegram 7-Day Active - 2M Channel | 0.000319 | 0.00029 |
| Telegram 15-Day Active - 2M Channel | 0.000319 | 0.00029 |
| Telegram Gender - 2M Channel | 0.00101 | 0.000725 |
| Telegram Username Detection | 0.000101 | 0.000058 |
| Telegram Username Gender/Age Detection | 0.00029 | 0.000217 |
USD / record
What screening solves here
In many markets Telegram penetration is genuinely low, so the single question "is this number registered" already removes most of a list — unlike WhatsApp or Zalo. If you hold @usernames, you can query them directly and skip the phone-number step entirely. Activity comes in 3-, 7- and 15-day tiers, which is really a cut by last-seen recency: the more recent the band, the higher the priority.
FAQ
Can I screen Telegram accounts with only usernames, no phone numbers?
Yes. Upload @usernames and run the username check — there's also a username-based gender and age check that works straight off the handle. This matters on Telegram specifically, because so many users hide their phone number, and what you can actually collect from a group or channel is usually just the username.
What's the difference between Telegram 3-day, 7-day and 15-day activity?
The three tiers map to how recently the account was last online. The 3-day tier returns accounts still in current use — smallest volume, highest quality. The 15-day tier gives you more reach and suits a broad first pass before narrowing. The usual order is registration first to drop non-users, then pick an activity tier that fits your budget rather than starting at the strictest one.
Can Telegram accounts be screened by gender?
There is a gender check that runs on phone numbers, plus a username-based gender-and-age check if that's what you have. Keep in mind Telegram profiles carry no gender field at all, so how usable the output is depends on how complete a user's public profile happens to be — run a small sample first before committing a large list.
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