The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, said that from August 14, the function of publishing stories for free in the messenger will be gradually introduced. Durov announced this in his newspaper. telegraph channel.
According to him, today’s gradual introduction of Stories for all users marks the beginning of this new phase in the history of the messenger.
In July, the publishing feature became available only for holders of paid Telegram Premium subscriptions. At the same time, other users can view and comment on subscribers’ stories.
Previously reportedTelegram is among the top 3 services with the largest traffic in Russia for the first time. In July 2023, Telegram first broke into the top three in terms of traffic on the Beeline network. Messenger lost to YouTube and VK, which were only on the second line. In the operator network, Telegram traffic has been increasing since the beginning of the year. After the launch of the Stories format, there was an increase in traffic, but it cannot be said with certainty whether this is specifically related to stories or information consumption.
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