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What's the difference between groups and channels?

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08-28
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Telegramgroupsare ideal for sharing stuff with friends and family or collaboration in small teams. But groups can also grow very large and support communities of up to 200,000 members. You can make any grouppublic, togglepersistent historyto control whether or not new members have access to earlier messages and appointadministratorswith granular privileges. You can also pin important messages to the top of the screen so that all members can see them, including those who have just joined.

Channelsare a tool for broadcasting messages to large audiences. In fact, a channel can have an unlimited number of subscribers. When you post in a channel, the message is signed with the channel's name and photo and not your own. Each message in a channel has aview counterthat gets updated when the message is viewed, including its forwarded copies.

> Read more about channels in the Channels FAQ »

Read more about channels in the Channels FAQ »

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