Arseniy Ivanov Design Contest

won 3rd place

🥉

🏆 Design Contest 2026, Round 2: Results

😲 90% of eligible winners from Round 1 decided to continue making Telegram better and suggested a bunch of meaningful improvements to further polish the apps.

🤲 Thank you all for your efforts – this steady pace and persistence are what set you apart, and it's what we value at Telegram. Keep going!

💡 Now meet the winners and their inventive ideas:

1st PLACE
🥇 Brave Flamingo | Open Channel – $2,300
🥇 Desert Bass | Open Channel – $2,200
🥇 Sexy Leopard | Open Channel – $2,100
🥇 Strict Crow | Open Channel – $2,000

2nd PLACE
🥈 Eager Duck | Open Channel – $1,500
🥈 Humble Cockroach | Open Channel – $1,300
🥈 Sunny Mink | Open Channel – $1,300
🥈 Caring Eagle | Open Channel – $1,300
🥈 Crazy Gnat | Open Channel – $1,200

3rd PLACE
🥉 Cuddly Turtle | Open Channel – $1,000
🥉 Noble Swallow | Open Channel – $1,000
🥉 Merry Bat | Open Channel – $900
🥉 Shiny Fish | Open Channel – $900
🥉 Mighty Crab | Open Channel – $900

4th PLACE
🎖 Nimble Kitten | Open Channel – $700
🎖 Gifted Puma | Open Channel – $700
🎖 Nimble Sheep | Open Channel – $400
🎖 Mighty Falcon | Open Channel – $300

Congratulations to the winners! Stay tuned for more contests and have a great week ahead!

Video & Audio Messages
Animated Demo

Video & Audio Messages
Static Mockups

AI Editor
Animated Demo

AI Editor
Static Mockups

📱Design Contest 2026, Round 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. AI Editor
The AI editor now works directly in the chat — no modal window, no lost context, fewer controls on screen.
🔗 Static Mockups
🔗 Animated Demo

2. Video & Audio Messages
Audio and video messages separated in profile, now with a progressbar.
🔗 Static Mockups
🔗 Animated Demo

Figma

🏆 My first Telegram Artist Win!

🏆 Contest for Artists: Results

😌 Our first artist contest of this scale drew hundreds of creative minds.

🤝 The review phase was intense and lengthy. We went through every submission with care and were thrilled by how many outstanding entries we found.

📬 Some artists have also been approached directly to explore further cooperation opportunities – in addition to their share of the prize fund.

Meet the winners!

Funky Clam | Channel – $5,110
Quick Lion | Channel – $3,010
Noble Bat | Channel – $2,660
Regal Gorilla | Channel – $2,380
Magic Gorilla | Channel – $1,960
Stone Mule | Channel – $1,890
Stout Lynx | Channel – $1,820
Sharp Wombat | Channel – $1,400
Dreamy Bee | Channel – $1,400
Mighty Leopard | Channel – $1,190
Agile Sloth | Channel – $1,120
Suave Leopard | Channel – $1,120
Sunny Unicorn | Channel – $1,120
Gentle Scorpion | Channel – $1,050
Suave Spider | Channel – $980
Small Horse | Channel – $980
Fluffy Fly | Channel – $910
Mad Puma | Channel – $840
Posh Dodo | Channel – $840
Night Cockroach | Channel – $840
Tactful Goat | Channel – $770
Cute Elk | Channel – $770
Merry Spider | Channel – $700
Wise Swan | Channel – $700
Posh Yak | Channel – $700
Fierce Mantis | Channel – $700
Suave Gull | Channel – $700
Shiny Fish | Channel – $700
Shiny Zebra | Channel – $700
Cuddly Starfish | Channel – $630
Small Tiger | Channel – $630
Bright Frog | Channel – $630
Witty Beetle | Channel – $560
Perfect Jaguar | Channel – $560
Happy Owl | Channel – $560

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