The collectible Telegram username market showed a noticeable improvement in monetary terms during the September 5–11, 2026 period.
The main change this week took place at the upper end of the market. Trading activity continued to grow, but trading volume increased much faster than the number of transactions, pointing to the growing importance of high-value sales.
At the same time, the market became even more polarized: most transactions still take place in relatively low price ranges, while the majority of capital is concentrated in a small number of expensive assets.
Short usernames continue to command a strong structural premium, especially in the 4-character segment. At the same time, the week’s largest sales once again show that in the premium market, meaning, recognizability, and practical usability can be just as important as minimum length.
Key market indicators
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number of transactions: 9,990
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total trading volume: 1,035,470.68 GRAM
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estimated average transaction price: 103.65 GRAM
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median price: 10 GRAM
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GRAM price at the end of the period: ≈ $1.36
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estimated trading volume in USD: ≈ $1.41 million
The gap between the average and median price is especially important for understanding the current market.
The average price is much higher than the median. This means that most transactions take place at lower prices, while a small number of expensive sales push the average significantly higher.
Note: the analysis covers approximately 91% of transactions and 99.5% of trading volume in GRAM.
Comparison with the previous week
Compared with the August 29–September 4 period:
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the number of sales increased by approximately 10.9%
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trading volume increased by approximately 37.7%
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the average transaction value increased by approximately 24.1%
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USD trading volume increased by approximately 31.8%
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the combined value of the five largest sales increased by approximately 89.4%
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the GRAM price at the end of the period decreased by approximately 4%
Most notably, trading volume grew more than three times faster than the number of transactions.
At the same time, nearly one-third of the total increase in weekly volume came from just the five largest sales.
This means that the market did not grow evenly across all price segments. Most of the growth came from expensive usernames and high-value transactions.
Market structure by username length
4 characters
the absolute center of capital
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sales: 76
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volume: 517,468 GRAM
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median price: 5,897.5 GRAM
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share by number of transactions: 0.76%
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share by volume: 50.0%
The 4-character segment remains the most expensive in structural terms.
Less than one percent of all transactions generated almost half of the week’s total trading volume. Minimum length continues to command a very strong premium.
5 characters
the largest mass-market segment
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sales: 1,958
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volume: 133,667.29 GRAM
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median price: 10 GRAM
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share by number of transactions: 19.6%
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share by volume: 12.9%
Five-character usernames became the largest individual category by number of sales.
At the same time, there is a huge difference within the segment between ordinary combinations and high-quality words, names, or titles with clear practical uses.
6 characters
high concentration of trading volume
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sales: 1,341
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volume: 129,597.29 GRAM
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median price: 10 GRAM
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share by volume: 12.5%
In terms of trading volume, the 6-character segment came close to the 5-character segment, despite having noticeably fewer transactions.
However, the high total volume is largely driven by expensive sales at the upper end of the category rather than by high prices across the majority of usernames.
7 characters
a significant share of the market
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sales: 1,334
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volume: 106,565.99 GRAM
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median price: 10 GRAM
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share by volume: 10.3%
Seven-character usernames continue to account for a meaningful share of the market.
At this length, scarcity itself becomes less important, while the quality of the name — its meaning, recognizability, and potential use — plays an increasingly important role.
8 characters
meaning matters more than length
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sales: 1,215
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volume: 54,376.36 GRAM
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median price: 10 GRAM
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share by volume: 5.3%
From around this range onward, the influence of length on value becomes noticeably weaker.
A strong word or clear, meaningful name can be worth significantly more than an ordinary combination of the same length.
9 characters
declining share of trading volume
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sales: 1,022
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volume: 29,485.09 GRAM
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median price: 10 GRAM
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share by volume: 2.8%
The number of transactions remains relatively high, but the segment’s share of total trading volume is already declining noticeably.
For usernames of this length, price increasingly depends on the word or name itself rather than on the number of characters.
10 characters
a relatively small monetary segment
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sales: 841
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volume: 22,971.98 GRAM
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median price: 10 GRAM
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share by volume: 2.2%
Ten-character usernames still generate a meaningful number of transactions, but their contribution to overall trading volume remains small.
At this length, higher prices tend to be achieved by individual strong names rather than by the category as a whole.
11 characters and longer
many sales, little capital
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sales: 2,203
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volume: 41,338.68 GRAM
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median price: 10 GRAM
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share by number of transactions: 22.1%
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share by volume: 4.0%
This is the largest combined segment by number of transactions, but its share of trading volume remains small.
Long usernames account for more than one-fifth of all sales, yet only around 4% of total trading volume.
Brief Conclusion on Username Length
The relationship between value and length is especially clear in the shortest categories.
Four-character usernames stand out sharply in terms of value, while from around 7–8 characters onward, the word itself, recognizability, ease of spelling, and practical usability become increasingly important.
Largest deals of the week
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combined TOP-5 volume: 179,750 GRAM
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TOP-5 share of total trading volume: 17.4%
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username length range within the TOP-5: 4 to 7 characters
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breakdown by length: 2 four-character, 1 five-character, 1 six-character, and 1 seven-character username
The week’s largest sales show that the premium segment is not limited to the shortest usernames. The TOP-5 includes dictionary words, a slang term, an international abbreviation, and the name of a well-known brand.
Top 5 largest deals
1. @schizo — 53,550 GRAM (≈ $72,444)
The largest sale of the week was the six-character username @schizo.
Schizo is English slang derived from schizophrenic; the term can also be used in a rude or derogatory way.
The username is short, easy to read, and readily recognizable to an English-speaking audience. It has a clear meaning, making it more than simply an attractive combination of characters — it is a distinct and memorable name.
What is particularly interesting is that the week’s top sale was not a 4-character asset. This shows that in the premium segment, minimum length is important but not the only factor affecting value. A strong and recognizable word can compensate for a few extra characters.
2. @spotify — 33,000 GRAM (≈ $46,694)
The second-largest sale was the seven-character @spotify.
Spotify is the name of the international music streaming service. It is a proper name rather than a regular dictionary word.
The username’s main feature is the extremely high recognizability of the name. Almost anyone familiar with digital music and streaming services will immediately associate it with the existing brand.
However, this is also the asset’s main drawback: Spotify is an established global brand and trademark. As a result, the high market price of such a username does not necessarily translate into equally high practical value for an independent commercial project.
This transaction illustrates a distinct category of expensive usernames whose value is largely connected to the pre-existing recognition of the name.
3. @panel — 32,000 GRAM (≈ $44,560)
The five-character @panel is one of the most versatile usernames among the week’s largest sales.
Panel is an English word with several related meanings. Depending on the context, it can refer to a control panel, information panel, group of experts, and other similar concepts.
For the digital market, associations with a control panel or admin panel are particularly relevant.
The username combines several strong qualities: short length, simple spelling, a genuine dictionary meaning, and a wide range of potential uses. It could suit a technology service, analytics platform, software product, media project, or another digital business.
The name is also not tied to a single specific company, giving it a much broader range of potential uses than a brand-specific username.
4. @bdsm — 31,700 GRAM (≈ $45,209)
The four-character @bdsm combines minimum length with very high recognizability.
BDSM is an internationally recognized English-language abbreviation for Bondage and Discipline, Dominance and Submission, Sadism and Masochism.
This is not a random sequence of four letters, but a widely recognized term referring to an entire thematic category.
Two factors therefore work together here: the scarcity of the 4-character format and a meaning that is immediately recognizable to its target audience.
On the other hand, the subject matter is relatively narrow and specific. This limits the name’s versatility, but for a specialized community, media project, or service, the username almost perfectly matches the name of the category itself.
5. @cats — 29,500 GRAM (≈ $41,831)
The four-character @cats is one of the most versatile assets in the TOP-5.
Cats is a common English word referring to the plural of cat.
It is simple, easy to read, easy to pronounce, and easy to remember. The English word cats is also widely understood far beyond exclusively English-speaking audiences.
Such a name has a very broad range of potential uses: a cat-themed community, entertainment media, pet store, app, brand, or large content project.
Unlike highly specialized names, the potential audience here is enormous. Combined with the minimum 4-character length, being a genuine dictionary word makes @cats a particularly strong digital name.
Market distribution by price segment
Up to and including 10 GRAM
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7,830 sales
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78.4% of all transactions
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volume: 65,814.53 GRAM
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6.4% of trading volume
This is the mass-market foundation of the market in terms of transaction count.
Despite the very large number of sales, its contribution to overall trading volume remains relatively small.
Over 10 and up to 100 GRAM
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1,351 sales
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13.5% of transactions
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volume: 40,706.59 GRAM
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3.9% of trading volume
This range remains part of the mass market: transaction activity is still relatively high, but its contribution to overall trading volume remains comparatively small.
Over 100 and up to 1,000 GRAM
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686 sales
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6.9% of transactions
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volume: 143,065.76 GRAM
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13.8% of trading volume
This is where the transition from the lower mass market to more expensive assets becomes clearly visible.
Over 1,000 and up to 10,000 GRAM
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114 sales
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1.14% of transactions
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volume: 536,012 GRAM
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51.8% of trading volume
This range was the main source of monetary volume during the week.
A small group of transactions generated more than half of the entire market’s trading volume.
Over 10,000 GRAM
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9 sales
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0.09% of transactions
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volume: 249,871.8 GRAM
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24.1% of trading volume
Concentration becomes extreme in this range: just a handful of transactions generate almost one-quarter of the week’s total trading volume.
Brief Conclusion on Price Structure
Looking at the price structure as a whole, the market effectively consists of two very different layers.
The first is a mass-market segment with high liquidity in terms of transaction count but a relatively small monetary contribution.
The second is a premium segment with far fewer transactions, where most of the capital is concentrated.
This is why a single average price does not describe the market particularly well: the median gives a much better picture of a typical transaction, while the average reflects the influence of the premium upper end.
Weekly summary
The week showed a further widening of the contrast between the mass-market and premium segments of the Telegram username market.
Trading activity remains broad, but the market’s monetary performance increasingly depends on a relatively small number of high-quality and scarce assets.
Minimum length remains exceptionally important: 4-character usernames continue to form a premium class of their own.
At the same time, the largest sales show that as usernames become longer, the market can compensate for lower structural scarcity through other qualities — clear meaning, recognizability, ease of spelling, and commercial usability.
As a result, the market can increasingly no longer be described by the simple rule that “the shorter the username, the more expensive it is.”
For mass-market assets, length remains an important benchmark. In the premium segment, however, it functions as just one of several factors alongside the quality of the digital name itself.
The main signal of the week is that capital continues to concentrate at the upper end of the market, while mass-market liquidity remains concentrated primarily in the lower-price segment.
