What does Telegram Premium cost in each country in 2026?

What does the study show?

Telegram Premium has no single price: on 4 November 2026, the same monthly plan cost about twice as much in the United Kingdom as in Indonesia. The table gives the local price as each storefront listed it, then a US dollar equivalent for comparison.

The figures cover the two recurring plans, monthly and annual. Both are subscriptions that renew on your own account, through a store account in that country. A dash means the item is not among the 10 items the App Store shows for that storefront, so a dash does not prove the plan is missing.

Which country has the cheapest Telegram Premium?

Indonesia had the lowest monthly price, at $3.25, and the lowest annual price, at $24.75. Pakistan, India, the Philippines and Egypt followed on the monthly plan, all under $3.50. On the annual plan, the Philippines, Egypt and India came next, at $25.03, $25.28 and $25.30.

These are equivalents at one day’s exchange rate. A local price belongs to a store account in that country, and this study reads prices: it is not a guide to changing store region.

Is a local App Store plan cheaper than a Premium gift?

Sometimes: it depends on the storefront, and the two products are not the same. Of the 24 App Store storefronts that listed Premium Annual when Aurelstar read them on 4 November 2026, 9 were under Fragment’s $28.99 and 12 were under Aurelstar’s $30.44. Those plans are renewing subscriptions on your own account, not gifts, and they need a local store account.

Aurelstar is not always cheaper than in-app. On 4 November 2026, the App Store annual Premium plan cost less than Fragment’s $28.99 in 9 of the 24 storefronts that listed it, and less than our $30.44 in 12. The storefronts under Fragment’s price were Indonesia, Philippines, Egypt, India, Vietnam, South Korea, Turkey, Brazil and Pakistan. Kazakhstan, Mexico and Ukraine complete the list under Aurelstar’s price.

Over 3 months, three monthly payments cost less than Aurelstar’s $12.59 plan in 15 of the 30 storefronts. The same limit applies: that is a renewing subscription on your own account.

On 4 November 2026, the US App Store listed Premium at $4.99 a month and Premium Annual at $35.99, both renewing subscriptions for your own account. Fragment’s 12-month gift cost $28.99, and our 12-month plan costs $30.44. We do not claim to be the cheapest: some crypto sellers charged less on 4 November 2026. For 1,000 Stars, where our price is $15.75, split.tg showed $15.30, Gramix from $15.30 and GMPAPA $15.45. Fragment and the app are compared in Is Fragment cheaper than buying Telegram Stars in the app?

What are the one-off Premium items in the App Store?

Some storefronts also list Premium as a single item for 3, 6 or 12 months. Aurelstar found a one-off 3-month Premium item in 13 of the 30 App Store storefronts it read on 4 November 2026, from $14.10 to $19.86 in US dollar terms. A one-week item appears in most storefronts at about $1 to $1.60, and a three-day item in Canada and Australia.

Why does the price change from one country to another?

Three things move the price: the storefront’s own price list, local taxes and the exchange rate. The Premium terms say local taxes can be added, and that payment providers may apply their own commissions and conversion rates (section 1.2).

Telegram’s FAQ adds two points. Prices at @PremiumBot are discounted because no store fee applies. Gifted subscriptions use a global rate, so they work between countries. The one-off items above still differ by storefront, so store pricing and exchange rates keep moving them.

For what each term costs on every route, see How much does Telegram Premium cost in 2026?

What does this study leave out?

Three routes or items are not in the table, and a price list does not prove availability.

• @PremiumBot: it has no public price page and needs a Telegram login, so it was not opened. Third-party pages quote about $3.99 a month, which is a secondary figure.
• Google Play: prices per item were not captured.
• Items outside the top 10: the App Store shows 10 items per storefront.

Telegram publishes no list of countries where Premium is blocked. A June 2024 user ticket says Premium is not available in Germany, and a seller, MyStars.tg, says that block continued into 2026, yet the German App Store lists the plan. Old figures also circulate: Indian news from 2022 reported a cut to ₹179, while the App Store showed ₹319 on 4 November 2026.

How can I buy Premium without a local store account?

A gift goes to a @username and is paid outside the stores, so it uses no local store account. Fragment’s gift page and crypto sellers both work that way, for 3, 6 or 12 months. Premium comes in plans of 3, 6 or 12 months. There is no 1-month plan: Fragment has none. Aurelstar’s prices are in How much do Telegram Stars and Premium cost at Aurelstar?, and the steps are in How do I buy Telegram Premium with crypto?

How was this study made?

Aurelstar read each storefront at its own App Store URL on 4 November 2026. Local prices are copied as listed. Dollar equivalents use the rates of open.er-api.com, last updated at 00:02 UTC that day. Pages were served to a French IP, with the storefront chosen by URL. No purchase was made and no store account was used.