This page answers one question with our own numbers: does Telegram send a code to a virtual number? Every figure comes from real purchases in the SMS For U app.
Telegram
21%
got a code · 42 purchases · last 90 days
- First number
- 12%
- Median time to code
- 1 min 34 s
In SMS For U data from 42 purchases in the last 90 days, Telegram sent a code in 21% of purchases. Updated November 4, 2026.
Telegram often sends the login code inside the Telegram app instead of by SMS, which is why fewer purchases get a code. If no code arrives, you get your money back. Then take a new number or try another country.
| Code received | First number | Median time | Purchases | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| last 90 days | 21% | 12% | 1 min 34 s | 42 |
How we measure
Every purchase counts once, including all replacement numbers in that purchase. A purchase is a success when the app sent a code.
“First number” shows how often the very first number already got the code. The median time runs from the moment the number was ready until the code arrived.
Test, demo and internal orders are excluded, and so are orders that are still running. We show a rate only after 30 purchases for an app or a country, and a country within an app only after 20.
The page shows sums only. No phone numbers, no customers and no single purchases.
Why do some apps refuse virtual numbers?
Apps fight spam and fake accounts. Some check the type of a number and refuse numbers they see as VoIP or as used before. Others send the code but limit how often a number can sign up.
That is why the rate differs so much between apps, and between countries for the same app.