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Telegram Contests

@contest

Overview

This is Telegram's official contest channel, with discussion in a linked group. It announces coding contests for Android, iOS, JavaScript and C++, along with design, art, blockchain and creator challenges. It suits people who want to compete for prizes or a chance to join the Telegram team.

What it posts lately

Recent posts announce Telegram's own competitions, give the task and rules, answer common questions, open submissions through ContestBot and publish winner lists with prize amounts. Contests cover an Android profile redesign, Liquid Glass effects for older iOS versions, design concepts for new app features, animated collectible gift artwork, a TON consensus bug bounty and a Digital Freedom video contest for content creators. Results posts often add notes from the judges on how entries were reviewed.

Coding contestsDesign contestsBug bountiesTelegram appsContent creators

Good forDevelopers, designers and artists who want to enter Telegram's contests

Posting rate: About 3 posts a month
Average views per post: 319,525107% of subscribers
Mostly posts: Text 85% · File 8% · Video 3%
Busiest hours: 7 PM · 9 PM UTC

Summary written from the latest 40 posts (2026-10-13). Figures measured on 2026-10-13 from 40 public posts; average views count only posts at least a day old.

Subscriber trend

We record the subscriber count every day (since 2026-10-13). The trend appears here once there are at least two days of data.

Channel description

Here we announce Telegram coding contests in Android Java, iOS Swift, JS, C/C++. Discussion: @contests

This is the description the channel publishes on Telegram.

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