🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 2

Prize fund: $25,000
Deadline: 23:59 on April 23 (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Only winners from Round 1 are eligible
Results: May 2025

THE TASK

1. Address your Round 1 issues. (A list of issues will be provided for each submission within the next 72 hours.)

2. Implement the new ESG panel based on the provided mockups.
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Contest Requirements:
– No third-party frameworks and libraries are allowed.
– The changes you introduce must not affect the app’s performance or stability.
– The submission must be consistent with the existing Web A codebase.
– Your implementation must work flawlessly on mobile and desktop Chrome (across Linux, macOS, Windows) and Safari on iOS and macOS.

❗Your app must precisely follow the provided design mockups.

Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.

P.S. Winners may be offered a chance to explore further opportunities with Telegram.

🏆 Telegram Contest for JavaScript Developers, Round 2: Results

We were pleased to find out that 11 out of 18 winners of Round 1 decided to continue the competition and joined the next stage of the JavaScript Contest.

This time, the contestants took on the challenge of both implementing the beautifully redesigned panel for emoji, stickers, and GIFs, and addressing the issues we outlined in their Round 1 submissions.

We encourage the pursuit of excellence and were glad to see the progress many contestants achieved. Meet the winners!

2nd PLACE – $3,500
🥈 Huge Cobra
🥈 Hip Hyena
🥈 Cuddly Lion

3rd PLACE – $2,500
🥉 Nice Elk
🥉 Tactful Whale
🥉 Dark Squid

4th PLACE – $1,500
🎖 Ace Squid
🎖 Slim Piranha
🎖 Kooky Cow
🎖 Small Fly

Meanwhile, Desert Falcon claimed a $1,000 bonus.

Congratulations to all the winners – and Happy Sunday to everyone!

📣 We are launching a series of new contests for Android developers in the coming days.

📱 The winner will get a chance to join the Telegram Team.

💸 Developers at Telegram can earn up to $1,000,000 per year before taxes.

🏆 Telegram Android Contest 2025, Round 1

The contest begins on Friday, June 20. We will post the Task details along with the design mockups.

Make sure to keep notifications enabled so you don’t miss the announcement.

🏆 Telegram Android Contest 2025, Round 1

Prize fund: $50,000
Deadline: 23:59 on July 11 (Dubai time)
Who can participate: Everyone
Results: July 2025

Telegram is hosting a contest for Android developers to implement a redesigned profile appearance.

In addition to prize money, the winner of this contest may join the 🛫 Telegram Team in Dubai and earn $1 million per year after taxes by year 3.

THE TASK

Rework the existing profile screens by implementing the new design flow in strict accordance with the mockups provided below:
– Profiles of users, businesses, groups, and channels must be covered, including groups with topics enabled.
– Support for both day and night themes is mandatory.
– All related tabs and profile instances must be supported, including those where gifts are displayed.

💡 For this task, we recommend building the relevant screens from scratch. However, reusing existing code components is acceptable.

Contest Requirements:
– You must use Java.
– No third-party UI frameworks are allowed.
– The submission must be consistent with the existing Telegram for Android codebase.
– The app's stability and performance must not be affected with the changes you made.
– The app must be free of significant flaws (including crashes, visual glitches, noticeable element blinking, layout errors, and more).

❗️The implementation must precisely follow the provided design mockups, including all transitions shown in the animated demos.

Evaluation:
During the evaluation stage, we will review your code and test the submission on a wide range of Android devices.

Submissions:
Contestants will be able to submit their entries to @ContestBot at a later date. We will further clarify the submission instructions closer to the deadline.

🏆 Contest for Content Creators: Results

The first-ever contest for content creators turned out to be a great success.

The submission count speaks for itself – we received 461 entries. After filtering out incomplete and empty submissions, we grabbed some popcorn and dove deep into the colorful kaleidoscope of hundreds of videos you created.

We’d like to thank each and every one of you – for your dedication, time, and boundless creativity. What you did was much more than simply taking part in Telegram’s competition – it was about telling the world the truth. The truth about who truly paves the way of digital innovation.

Since all of your creations are truly unique, we abstained from traditional prize places this time. Instead, we’ve defined several categories, and each video within a category below will receive a winner’s fee of $2,000.

Meet the winners!

🎨 ANIMATION

Holy Hamster – Channel | Told a fairytale about Messengerland.
Suave Kangaroo – Channel | Showed which cat is falling behind.
Noble Leopard – Channel | Made it clear: jealousy comes in green.
Caring Fox – Channel | Animated both apps in an unexpected way.
Swift Mule – Channel | Drew a spy-themed pixel cartoon.
Kooky Jackal – Channel | Deleted WA from their phone.
Hairy Whale – Channel | Made great use of a trending meme.
Fancy Jackal – Channel | Showed us the WA user's POV.

📹 CINEMATIC

Big Whale – Channel | Reminded us of classic ads – as if the company were a person.
Sexy Puffin – Channel | Documented the development of messaging civilization.
Tall Sloth – Channel | Imagined what a WA office might look like.
Merry Horse – Channel | Showed what a trivia competiton between messengers could look like.
Humble Peacock – Channel | Showcased city crime stories.
Tactful Antelope – Channel | Made us rewatch Matrix.
Sacred Gecko – Channel | Yet another twist on personification.
Small Goat – Channel | Delivered a slick ad.
Holy Skunk – Channel | Revealed a conversation between two messengers.

📱 MOTION

Quiet Squirrel – Channel | Delivered a sleek one-to-one comparison.
Nimble Tiger – Channel | Presented us who is the source.
Sexy Kiwi – Channel | Derived a formula: innovate – not just update.
Lucky Llama – Channel | Spun up a carousel of features.
Clever Kangaroo – Channel | Outlined a minimalist feature timeline.
Jolly Gnat – Channel | Explained why converting people isn’t always easy.
Stylish Peacock – Channel | Showed the clash between prehistoric tribes and alien technologies.
Sleek Gull – Channel | Told us who is the real innovator.
Tall Dragon – Channel | Left us speechless.

🤖 FIELD

Cute Cobra – Channel | Shared a story of two trains.
Agile Sheep – Channel | Portrayed WA R&D department’s daily routine in an utterly surreal way.
Small Wombat – Channel | Leaned into the trending brainrot meme aesthetic.
Quick Gecko – Channel | Sang a song.
Smart Bat – Channel | Revealed which place serves fresh food – and which one doesn’t.
Kind Spider – Channel | Uncovered the untold side of confession.


🎟 MOVIES

Sexy Beetle – Channel | Proved nothing beats a good old western.
Wise Bee – Channel | Eliminated Skynet’s servant.

If you do not see your entry among the winners – do not get upset. The competition was tough and intense, and you will definitely make it next time!

We are also expanding the scope of this contest – watch for Round 2 announcement in the next couple weeks.