# Teleboard

> Find Telegram groups that are actually alive. An activity-first directory of Telegram groups, ranked by unique posters, messages per day and members online, never by bumps. Independent; built on the Telegram API; not affiliated with Telegram.

Measured 2026-09-19T06:30:00.047Z: 68765 public groups tracked, 26969 alive (posted within 7 days with at least 3 unique posters, not an ad board, not flagged for fake members), 5714049 members online summed across alive groups (one person counts once per group).

## Pages
- https://telegram.exposed/: live board (most active now, trending, new, rising), search, categories
- https://telegram.exposed/groups/{category}: one niche, with counts, languages, sort and filters
- https://telegram.exposed/groups/{category}/{lang}: the same niche in one language (ISO 639-1)
- https://telegram.exposed/g/{username}: one group: members, online, messages per day, unique posters, 30-day history, similar groups
- https://telegram.exposed/trending: the same 26969 alive groups, ranked by unique posters then activity score
- https://telegram.exposed/new: newest discoveries
- https://telegram.exposed/check: paste a t.me link to look a group up or queue it
- https://telegram.exposed/methodology: the ranking explained
- https://telegram.exposed/sitemap.xml: sitemap index

## Ranking
score = 0.35·posters7d + 0.2·msgs_per_day + 0.15·online_ratio + 0.15·growth_30d + 0.15·behavior, each input log-normalised and capped (posters 200, msgs/day 2000, online ratio 0.3), scaled 0..100.
alive = last message within 7 days and posters7d >= 3. Counts labelled "alive" everywhere on this site additionally exclude ad boards, read-only groups, retired rows and groups flagged for fake members; adult groups are included.
fake members = members > 5000 and posters7d < 3 and online/members > 0.05.

## Top categories (alive / tracked)
- Friends & Chat: 7057 / 8652: https://telegram.exposed/groups/friends
- Crypto & Web3: 3236 / 3871: https://telegram.exposed/groups/crypto
- Marketing & Growth: 1979 / 2595: https://telegram.exposed/groups/marketing
- News & Politics: 1591 / 1860: https://telegram.exposed/groups/news
- Cities & Local: 1501 / 1760: https://telegram.exposed/groups/local
- Gaming: 1070 / 1251: https://telegram.exposed/groups/gaming
- Jobs & Freelance: 922 / 1208: https://telegram.exposed/groups/jobs
- Deals & Shopping: 763 / 903: https://telegram.exposed/groups/deals
- Trading & Forex: 628 / 831: https://telegram.exposed/groups/trading
- Education & Study: 586 / 763: https://telegram.exposed/groups/education
- Tech & Gadgets: 499 / 616: https://telegram.exposed/groups/tech
- Startups & Business: 477 / 760: https://telegram.exposed/groups/startups
- Football: 460 / 534: https://telegram.exposed/groups/football
- Personal Finance: 408 / 545: https://telegram.exposed/groups/finance
- Religion & Spirituality: 389 / 457: https://telegram.exposed/groups/spirituality
- Programming: 380 / 550: https://telegram.exposed/groups/programming
- Memes & Humor: 357 / 409: https://telegram.exposed/groups/memes
- Sports: 298 / 382: https://telegram.exposed/groups/sports
- Music: 247 / 331: https://telegram.exposed/groups/music
- Health & Wellness: 240 / 355: https://telegram.exposed/groups/health

## Data policy
Aggregates only. No message text beyond language detection, no member lists, no per-user data. Silent groups are noindexed; scam-flagged chats carry a warning.