What short-form posting feature can Telegram users publish?

Telegram users can publish Stories, a short-form posting feature for sharing temporary or persistent visual updates. Stories are designed for brief photo and video posts rather than conventional one-to-one messages.

Telegram introduced Stories in 2023, initially for Premium subscribers before making the feature available to all users in August 2023. The feature includes privacy controls, editing after publication, and a dual-camera mode, giving it a role similar to Stories on other social platforms.

Stories are distinct from channels: a channel is primarily a broadcast space for posts to an audience, while a Story is a more lightweight update attached to a user or group context. Reels, Fleets, and Moments are names associated with features on other platforms, not Telegram’s standard name for this feature.