The Ministry of Health channel, a good example of Telegram's potential

In recent weeks we have seen how many users in Europe have decided to change their main messaging app in relation to the new WhatsApp Terms of Service. Signal and Telegram have been the fastest growing in these weeks, with two alternatives offering a large number of features, as well as a strong focus on security and privacy.

In El Android Libre, we have been using Telegram for years, and it is that in terms of functionality, it has everything we need on a daily basis and much more. On top of all the additions they make to messaging, the use of channels and supergroups has turned the app into more than just a chat, and today I’m going to talk about what’s for me there. perfect example of how things are done. good.

The potential of Telegram channels and the Ministry of Health

Back on the first Saturday in April 2020, we wrote on the Ministry of Health’s official Telegram channel. At that point, as I was writing the diary, half-lying on the sofa, I didn’t give it much importance and underestimated the potential of Telegram channels, but I was encouraged and subscribed to be at the current of the situation. And after almost a year later, it showed me that Telegram channels have huge potential.

In case you don’t know what we’re talking about, I’ll quickly put you in context. A channel is a kind of group available on Telegram that anyone can join, a group that only the owner of the channel can talk to. We can only see posts and content, as well as how many people have subscribed to the channel (but not who are subscribed). Also, the channels can be verified by Telegram, so we are an official channel of the media that publishes on the channel (in this case the Department of Health).

At the time of writing, the Department of Health’s Telegram channel has more than 425,000 users. To put these numbers in context, official Ministry of Health accounts have more than 625,000 users on Twitter and more than 880,000 users on Facebook.