Of the 100 largest crypto Telegram groups, 24 had no member post a single message in the last 30 days. Those 24 silent groups hold 4.9 million of the 14.5 million total members, about a third of the whole audience. The median group in the top 100 has 103,822 members and 211 people posting per month. The most active crypto group is not among the biggest at all: by monthly posters it is an official exchange community ranked 8th by size.

We showed in our ranking of the biggest Telegram groups overall that member counts mislead. This page goes deeper into one category, the one we work in most. It is a snapshot of TGStat's cryptocurrency group rating taken on September 21, 2026, first by size and then by real activity, with the benchmarks a crypto community team can measure itself against.

The 12 biggest crypto Telegram groups by members

• 1. MEMES Community: 1,138,352 members, 1 message in 7 days, 0 monthly posters

• 2. CRYPTO EDUCATION: 713,269 members, 0 messages, 0 monthly posters

• 3. boop community: 487,756 members, 0 messages, 0 monthly posters

• 4. OKX English: 369,727 members, about 23,100 messages, about 3,700 monthly posters

• 5. Binance English: 340,181 members, about 5,800 messages, about 3,100 monthly posters

• 6. Broadcast Channel: 290,262 members, 1 message, 0 monthly posters

• 7. Binance official Chinese-language group: 268,503 members, about 15,100 messages, about 3,400 monthly posters

• 8. OKX official Chinese-language group: 254,583 members, about 9,200 messages, about 7,000 monthly posters

• 9. MEXC English (Official): 249,586 members, about 5,100 messages, about 2,800 monthly posters

• 10. Bitget English Official: 222,409 members, about 13,200 messages, about 1,800 monthly posters

• 11. Bybit English: 222,315 members, about 22,400 messages, about 3,900 monthly posters

• 12. Airdrop Group III: 220,387 members, 3 messages, 0 monthly posters

The top three are all silent. So are two more inside the top twelve. Every group in this list with real conversation is an official exchange community.

The most active crypto Telegram groups

Ranked by monthly posters instead of members, the order changes completely. TGStat rounds these figures, so treat the rates as approximate.

• OKX official Chinese-language group: about 7,000 monthly posters from 254,583 members, roughly 2.7 percent

• KuCoin Exchange: about 5,100 from 199,643 members, roughly 2.6 percent

• Gorilla Chat: about 4,000 from 122,577 members, roughly 3.3 percent, and the busiest by volume at about 29,200 messages a week

• Bybit English: about 3,900 from 222,315 members, roughly 1.8 percent

• OKX English: about 3,700 from 369,727 members, roughly 1.0 percent

• Binance official Chinese-language group: about 3,400 from 268,503 members, roughly 1.3 percent

• BlockDAG Network: about 3,300 from 82,545 members, roughly 4.0 percent

• Binance English: about 3,100 from 340,181 members, roughly 0.9 percent

One Russian-language regional exchange group also placed in this range and is left out of the named list. It is included in every total and median on this page.

BlockDAG Network ranks 95th by size and 7th by activity. Gorilla Chat ranks 30th by size and produces more weekly messages than any group above it. Size and conversation are close to unrelated here.

What the numbers say about crypto groups as a whole

• 24 of 100 groups had no member post in 30 days

• 34 percent of all members in the top 100 belong to those silent groups

• 44 of 100 groups had fewer than 100 monthly posters

• The median group has 103,822 members and 211 monthly posters, an active rate near 0.2 percent

• Even the strongest large exchange groups run between 1 and 3 percent

A silent group is not proof of fake members. It can be a locked announcement group where only admins write, or an airdrop group that emptied out after the campaign. The data shows who posts, not who reads. What it does show clearly is that a member count tells you almost nothing about whether a community is alive.

Why this matters if you run a crypto community

Investors, partners and exchanges still read member count as a health signal, which is why inflating it is tempting and common. The better signal is the one above: how many distinct people post each month. It is public, anyone can check it, and it is hard to fake for long. If you are building trust in a crypto community, an honest 2 percent beats a silent million.

Activity is also what scammers follow. Real conversation is where impersonators and fake support accounts go to work, and our 2026 security report found that 76.2 percent of scam accounts strike with their very first message. A group worth joining is a group worth attacking. That is the problem collony.ai moderation for Web3 communities is built for, and the practical steps are in our guide to removing crypto scammers from a Telegram group.

Frequently asked questions

What is the biggest crypto Telegram group?

By member count it is MEMES Community with 1,138,352 members in TGStat's cryptocurrency rating on September 21, 2026. It logged one message in the previous seven days and no posting members in thirty days. The biggest crypto group where people actually talk is OKX English, with 369,727 members and about 3,700 monthly posters.

How many members does the Binance Telegram group have?

Binance English had 340,181 members on September 21, 2026, with about 5,800 messages in the prior week and roughly 3,100 members posting per month. Binance's official Chinese-language group had 268,503 members and about 3,400 monthly posters.

Why do huge crypto Telegram groups have no activity?

The data cannot say why, only that nobody posted. A silent group can be a locked announcement group where only admins write, an abandoned airdrop group, or a group whose member count was inflated and never reflected real people. Member count alone does not separate these cases.

What is a good active rate for a crypto Telegram group?

Among the 100 largest crypto groups the median is about 0.2 percent of members posting in a month. The healthiest large exchange groups sit between 1 and 3 percent. A crypto group above 3 percent monthly posters is well ahead of the field.

Where does this ranking data come from?

From TGStat's public rating of Telegram groups in the Cryptocurrencies category, captured on September 21, 2026. Members is the total member count. Messages is the count for the last seven days. Monthly active users is the number of unique members who wrote at least one message in the last thirty days.