Key takeaways
- Telegram has no fixed video duration limit — the real ceiling is file size: 50MB via the Bot API most schedulers use, vs. 2GB (4GB Premium) sending directly through the app.
- Platforms change these limits without much notice — treat this as a checkpoint, not a permanent guarantee.
Telegram video size limit: file size, not duration, is the real limit
- No fixed duration cap published by Telegram
- Bot API (what most scheduling tools use): 50MB per uploaded file, or 20MB if fetched by URL
- Native app, sending directly: up to 2GB for free accounts, 4GB for Telegram Premium
What this means for a scheduled video
Because the Bot API path is size-capped at 50MB, a scheduling tool’s practical duration ceiling depends on the bitrate it encodes at — SkedCast’s own Telegram delivery targets roughly 5 minutes at a broadcast-appropriate bitrate to comfortably fit that 50MB budget, which is a product engineering choice, not a number Telegram itself publishes.
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FAQ
- What is Telegram’s maximum video length?
- Telegram does not publish a fixed duration limit — the practical constraint is file size, not runtime.
- What is Telegram’s video file size limit?
- The Bot API (used by most scheduling tools) caps uploads at 50MB, or 20MB by URL; the native app allows up to 2GB for free accounts and 4GB for Telegram Premium.
- Why do some tools quote a specific minute limit for Telegram video?
- That figure is usually a tool’s own engineering ceiling for fitting inside the 50MB Bot API cap at a given bitrate, not a duration limit Telegram itself sets.