How to run Telegram Ads: setup, budget, and audience tips

With one billion active monthly users, Telegram is a really attractive traffic source for any affiliate in 2025 due to its high volumes for any GEO and the freshness of traffic.

The question is how to run ads on Telegram properly?

RichAds ad network team has made a full guide covering all the questions on how to make ads on Telegram. Find the detailed info from best GEOs, niches, budget to setup and optimization.

Why choose Telegram ads in TMA for your campaigns?

Before getting down to the actual guide on how to run Telegram ads, let’s see why choose Telegram ads in TMA by RichAds.

Telegram ads in TMAs at RichAds come in different shapes and forms, those can be push-style banners, interstitial banners or videos, as well as embedded banners. They aren’t labeled as ads and appear in such mini apps as clickers and tap-to-earn games, without disrupting users.

An example of push-style ads in Telegram mini apps by RichAds

What are the pros and differences when it comes to traditional Telegram ads? Let’s have a quick overview!

Telegram ads in TMAs advantages:

  • Affiliate-friendly content policy.
    It’s no secret that official Telegram ads policy can be strict when it comes to iGaming or Finance offers, while at RichAds you can run ads on any vertical without restrictions.
  • Zero blindness format.
    Users aren’t familiar with such ads in TMAs, so they won’t skip them so quickly, and affiliates will get higher CTRs and better results.
  • Opportunity to target Premium users and choose Motivated vs Non-Motivated users.
    While classic Telegram ads do not allow to launch ads on Premium users, ads in TMAs have this opportunity. You can also choose the desired audience type — Motivated vs Non-motivated.
  • Possibility to choose users with positive Wallet balance.
    There is an opportunity to target only users who have money on their Telegram account, which can be potentially even more profitable as they already have money to pay for the product advertised.
  • Low pricing.
    In comparison with usual Telegram ads, advertising in TMAs is more than affordable to affiliates with any budget, push style ads start from 0.015$ per click, interstitial ads begin from 1.5$ per 1000 clicks, video ads from 3$ CPM as well as embedded from 0.4$ CPM.

What is RichAds?
Ad network for telegram ads,
high quality push and popunder ads,
domain redirect, native and display traffic source,
buy push ads at $0.005 (CPC), pop ads at $0.5 (CPM),
domain ads costs start from $1.5 (CPM), native ads — from $0.001 (CPC),
ad network offers large volumes of traffic in more than 200 geos from Tier 3 to Tier 1.

How to run Telegram ads: step-by-step instruction

Below RichAds team has compiled a full guide on how to create Telegram ads, from the very beginning like research to the final optimization step.

Step#1. Choose the niche and GEO for Telegram format

As for any other campaign, it’s crucial to determine which offer and GEO to choose for Telegram ads format, you can always check the freshest countries and verticals for launch in the “Best GEOs and verticals” report. 

We’ve also made a research of GEOs and niches that are trending for Telegram ads in TMAs at RichAds at the moment.

Top GEOs for Telegram ads at RichAds now:

  • Russia — 4.8 million impressions
  • India — 4 million impressions
  • USA — 2.8 million impressions
  • Nigeria — 2.8 million impressions
  • Indonesia — 2 million impressions
  • Vietnam — 1 million impressions
  • Germany — 1 million impressions
  • Bangladesh  — 1 million impressions

In terms of niches, you can choose any you like, just consult your manager, yet there are offers that work best of all on such traffic.

Best niches for Telegram ads at RichAds:

  • Gambling
  • Finance
  • Betting
  • Trading

Step#2. Research your audience behavior

It doesn’t matter if you choose Tier 1 or 3, Gambling or Dating, you need to check the typical audience behavior in Telegram. For instance, in the USA it is mostly men who make purchases online, same works for India, while active ages differ.

For some niches, like iGaming it’s also crucial to research payout options and most popular Telegram casinos, it will help in creatives generation.

Check out Telegram ads guides for specific GEOs:

Step#3. Choose Telegram creative type and add 5-10 promos

As we’ve mentioned before, there are 4 types of Telegram ads at RichAds, on their examples we’ll show you several different approaches for various niches.

  • Luring pics for Dating offers.
    You can use different types of women for Dating apps, or AI apps that imitate romantic interest to attract attention. Highlight any details, like 18+ Dating, or real meetings in specific GEOs.
An example of Telegram embedded banner at RichAds
  • Bonuses and urgency for Gambling offers.
    For iGaming offers you can highlight special promos and pros, like freebets, spin wins, or some registration freebies, yet highlight that the offer is limited by time using imperatives.
An example of Telegram interstitial banner at RichAds
  • Real stories for finance and business.
    Make your ad personalized, tell stories from finance experts or startup founders to stand out in a crowd and boost brand reputation. People want to believe in fast financial success, give it to them!
An example of push-style ads in Telegram at RichAds
  • Use video ads for any vertical.
    The point of such ads in Telegram is that they’re really attention-grabbing, interactive and are possible to skip only after 10-20 seconds, so you have time to grab attention for any niche!
An example of video ads in Telegram at RichAds

Step#4. Set widest targeting 

Limiting targeting during first tests on Telegram is the worst idea, it’s better to just choose your GEO, and not limit OS and languages at this point.

It’s also a good idea to limit impressions to 1-2 clicks per user daily not to be annoying for the audience, that’s a common approach for any Telegram campaign to gain better results. 

Step#5. Decide on audience type

For Telegram traffic you can apply such filtering as Premium users, Motivated vs Non-motivated audience as well as users who have Positive wallet balance.

We’d also recommend not to target only one user group, it’s better to launch several campaigns for different users simultaneously.

For instance, don’t create a campaign solely on Premium users, run 2 campaigns at once — for all the users and those who have Premium. This way you’ll get enough traffic volumes and compare the results.

Step#6. Determine your daily budget and select correct bid

It’s advisable to speak with your manager to determine the best bid to ensure you receive adequate traffic for your testing phase for a specific GEO. What concerns minimal pricing, push style ads start from 0.015$ CPC, interstitial ads begin from 1.5$ per 1000 clicks, video ads from 3$ CPM as well as embedded from 0.4$ CPM.

Regarding your budget, establish your target cost per conversion and consider testing a budget that is ten times that amount. This approach will allow you to assess the effectiveness of your campaign more accurately.

Step#7. Analyze and optimize

The final yet crucial step is optimization. Blacklists and whitelists can be used at RichAds to make the process easier. Well-performing sources should go to the whitelist, and non-performing sources — regardless of whether they are too expensive or have low conversion rates— such sources are usually sent to the blacklist.

You can manually optimize campaigns using publisher and site IDs from your tracker, or can choose to pay a $500 deposit to RichAds and receive a personal manager who will take care of everything for you!

Conclusion

Now you know all about how to run Telegram ads in 2025, and can easily use this guide as a manual, following the aforementioned steps easily.

Go ahead and test Telegram ads in TMAs by RichAds to get increased CRs today!

What is RichAds?
Ad network for telegram ads,
high quality push and popunder ads,
domain redirect, native and display traffic source,
buy push ads at $0.005 (CPC), pop ads at $0.5 (CPM),
domain ads costs start from $1.5 (CPM), native ads — from $0.001 (CPC),
ad network offers large volumes of traffic in more than 200 geos from Tier 3 to Tier 1.

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Starting off as an account manager at RichAds, Victoria Hubkina has been immersed in affiliate marketing as a content writer for over three years. Her expertise spans all the possible verticals from Gambling to Nutra and various types of traffic. By now, Victoria has written over 100 articles on marketing topics and crafted scripts for RichAds YouTube channel. Beyond work, she indulges in esotericism, film photography, and vintage fashion.
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