Verifygram: channels with the checkmark

You are looking for the official channel of a favourite creator, football club or news outlet, and search returns five nearly identical results. Which one is real? Verifygram answers that in a simple way: it collects channels verified by Telegram into one mini app catalog. ✅

There is no messaging and no complex tooling inside. It is a showcase where you browse verified channels and jump to the one you need.

Why the checkmark means something

You cannot buy Telegram's blue checkmark or add it yourself. Telegram grants it, mainly to owners who already have verified profiles on other major social networks. The owner proves they are the same person or organization and gets the badge.

Telegram itself has no public search limited to verified accounts. You have to check profiles one by one, and that gap is what third-party catalogs like Verifygram try to fill. 🔍

Checkmarks, third-party badges and fakes

In January 2025 Telegram added another kind of badge. Established organizations in their field can now verify accounts themselves. Those profiles show the organization's logo next to the name rather than a blue checkmark.

Scammers know people trust badges, so they fake them:

• A checkmark emoji in the name. The real badge appears as a separate icon after the name. An emoji typed into the title means nothing.
• A checkmark on the avatar. A badge drawn onto the profile picture is just as fake.
• "Verification for sale". Telegram does not sell badges, and paid offers to get you one are almost always fraud.

Using the catalog

1. Open the Verifygram mini app in Telegram.
2. Browse the list of verified channels or look for the one you want.
3. Open the channel and check the badge next to the name in the profile header once more.
4. Subscribe if everything matches.

That double check is worth the two seconds. Any catalog can lag behind: channels get renamed, lose their badge or shut down. 🔄

Things to keep in mind

Verifygram is a quiet project now. It has been opened hundreds of thousands of times overall, but monthly active users number only a few dozen. The catalog may update rarely and miss newly verified channels.

Use it as a starting point, and make the final call based on the badge inside Telegram itself. If a channel posing as a known brand asks you to send money, join a paid "giveaway" or enter card details, leave, no matter where you found it. 🚫

A useful habit: once you find an official channel, pin it in a chat folder. Next time you will not have to search again and guess which lookalike is genuine.