Telegram in Nigeria: Channel Statistics, November 2026
How big is Telegram in Nigeria? Channels, subscribers, top topics and languages, the largest and fastest-growing channels, and ad prices, updated daily from TG Market data.
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TG Market tracks 402 public Telegram channels and groups with at least 1,000 subscribers that we attribute to Nigeria with confidence. Together they have 11M subscribers, and the median channel has 5,600. 70.4% of them posted in the last 30 days.
The most common language is English (88.8% of channels). The most common topic is Finance, with 19.4% of channels. Among 142 active channels with a full subscriber history, 42.3% gained subscribers over the last month.
Largest Telegram channels in Nigeria
Active public channels (a post in the last 30 days) by subscribers. Gambling channels and channels with signs of fake subscribers are excluded.
Fastest-growing Telegram channels in Nigeria
Net subscriber gain over the last month among active channels with at least 1,000 subscribers.
Top Telegram topics in Nigeria
Topics by number of channels. Combined subscribers add up audiences, so a person following several channels is counted several times.
| # | Topic | Channels | Share | Combined subscribers | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finance | 78 | 19.4% | 6M | 74.4% |
| 2 | Religion | 73 | 18.2% | 650K | 71.2% |
| 3 | Education | 35 | 8.7% | 300K | 65.7% |
| 4 | Careers and jobs | 33 | 8.2% | 390K | 78.8% |
| 5 | News | 19 | 4.7% | 430K | 57.9% |
| 6 | Gambling | 19 | 4.7% | 490K | 89.5% |
| 7 | Music | 15 | 3.7% | 200K | 60% |
| 8 | Making money online | 10 | 2.5% | 52K | 30% |
| 9 | Shopping | 10 | 2.5% | 120K | 80% |
| 10 | Sports | 8 | 2% | 1.1M | 75% |
| 11 | Entertainment | 7 | 1.7% | 180K | 71.4% |
| 12 | Local communities | 7 | 1.7% | 35K | 85.7% |
Languages of Telegram channels in Nigeria
| # | Language | Channels | Share | Combined subscribers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | 357 | 88.8% | 11M |
| 2 | Arabic | 12 | 3% | 91K |
| 3 | Russian | 9 | 2.2% | 35K |
| 4 | Burmese | 3 | 0.7% | 8,500 |
| 5 | Spanish | 2 | 0.5% | 3,600 |
| 6 | Persian | 2 | 0.5% | 4,900 |
| 7 | French | 2 | 0.5% | 8,600 |
| 8 | Amharic | 1 | 0.2% | 1,000 |
How much Telegram advertising costs in Nigeria
Estimated price of one ad post that stays in the channel for 24 hours, by channel size: the middle half of channels falls between the low and high values. Estimates come from views and typical CPM rates, not from deals.
| # | Subscribers | Channels | Low | Median price | High | Ad views | CPM, $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1K–5K | 41 | $3 | $5 | $7 | 160 | 25.4 |
| 2 | 5K–10K | 22 | $4 | $6 | $9 | 260 | 27.4 |
| 3 | 10K–50K | 73 | $6 | $10 | $15 | 670 | 12.9 |
Telegram channels by region of Nigeria
Channels with a detected region. Many channels address the whole country and have no region, so these counts cover only part of Nigeria's channels.
| # | Region | Channels | Combined subscribers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lagos | 45 | 400K |
| 2 | Ondo State | 37 | 2.6M |
| 3 | Oyo State | 24 | 380K |
| 4 | Bauchi | 12 | 99K |
| 5 | Edo State | 12 | 120K |
| 6 | FCT | 10 | 120K |
| 7 | Kano State | 7 | 68K |
| 8 | Kaduna State | 6 | 89K |
| 9 | Niger State | 6 | 19K |
| 10 | Delta | 5 | 70K |
Methodology
Data source: the TG Market catalog of public Telegram channels and groups, built from publicly available Telegram data. The figures on this page are recalculated every 24 hours; the date at the top shows the last update.
How the country is detected: automatically, from place names and other geographic signals in a channel's title, description and posts, and from the channels that mention it. Only confident estimates are counted, so the numbers are lower bounds for Nigeria: channels that never name a place are missed. The country describes a channel's content and audience, not where its owner lives.
Exclusions: channels with fewer than 1,000 subscribers, without a public username, flagged by Telegram as scam or fake, and adult, darknet and shock content. Subscriber figures are rounded to two significant figures.
Growth compares each channel's first and last subscriber count over the last month from our daily history. Ad prices are estimates from average views and CPM tables by language and topic; real prices vary with the deal.
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