What are Telegram Stars?
Telegram Stars are Telegram's in-app currency for digital goods and creator support. Here's everything in two minutes.
In one sentence
Stars are a balance inside Telegram that you spend on digital goods in bots and mini apps, paid posts and reactions, channel subscriptions and gifts.
Where Stars are used
- Bots and mini apps: games, AI tools, services
- Channels: paid reactions, paid photos/videos, subscriptions
- Gifts: send Telegram Gifts to friends
- Ads and promotions for creators
How creators earn
Channel and bot owners receive Stars from their audience and can spend them on ads or withdraw them via Fragment under Telegram's current rules.
How to get Stars
Buy them in Telegram, or order them on PayStars to any @username and pay with a UZS card balance or USDT.
Frequently asked questions
Are Stars real money?
They are a digital balance inside Telegram bought with real money; they can't be withdrawn by ordinary users.
Do Stars expire?
Telegram doesn't set an expiry for purchased Stars at the time of writing.
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