How to make a poll in Telegram

What is important to know about polls in Telegram

What are polls in Telegram

By default, voting is created in the classic form - with the choice of one answer option. If necessary, you can enable the ability to mark several options at once.

In addition, the so-called quiz mode is available for interactive with the audience. In this case, one of the answers is marked as correct, and the result is accompanied by animation. Optionally, you can also add an explanation that the user will see after voting.

Who can see the survey results

There are anonymous and non-anonymous votes. In the first case, neither the respondents nor the creator will see who chose which option - only the ratio between them as a percentage. Knowing that the survey is exactly like this, users will be sincere and more willing to answer.

In non-anonymous voting, everyone, including administrators and ordinary participants, will see who answered how.

Where can you do surveys?

Voting is available in group chats and

channels - the function is not available in personal correspondence. At the same time, only anonymous polls and quizzes can be created in channels, and all types of voting can be created in groups.

Who can do surveys

It all depends on the venue. In Telegram channels, only owners and administrators can create votes, which is logical, because for ordinary users these resources are available only in read mode.

In group chats, polls can be done by all participants, regardless of roles, since this is the same message as posting a picture or file.

Only the creator of the poll can stop receiving poll results, but the administrator in the group has the right to delete the poll created by the user.

Who can vote

Because the poll is a message that is easy to forward, you don't have to be a channel subscriber or member to vote. groups. Any Telegram user can choose their option.

Who sees the results

The same is true for the voting results - they will be available to all Telegram users who see the original or forwarded poll message.

How to make a poll in Telegram

The feature is available in Telegram on any platform. The procedure for adding questions and settings are identical, the only difference is one button.

On mobile devices, click on the paperclip and select "Poll".

In Telegram Desktop on Windows and Linux you need to click on the ellipsis and click "Create Poll" in the dropdown menu.

In the standard client for macOS, you need to click on the "paperclip" and then on the "Poll" button.

All further manipulations are no different, so let's consider the example of the version for smartphones as the most commonly used.

How to create a simple anonymous or non-anonymous poll in Telegram

Tap on the "paperclip" and select "Poll".

Specify the question and add the required number of answers to it (maximum 10). Use the toggle switches to set whether voting is anonymous and whether users can select multiple options at once. Click Create.

The survey is ready. After voting, you can see which answer is in the lead, the percentage of distribution of votes, as well as the number of participants.

How to make a poll-quiz in Telegram

Click on the paperclip and select "Poll".

Ask question and add answer options. Turn on the quiz mode and select the correct option, then optionally enter an explanation and tap "Create".

The quiz is ready. If the answer is correct, a confetti animation will appear, if the answer is incorrect, an explanation will appear.

How to make a poll with pictures in Telegram

Before the advent of the voting function, they did it using various bots. Some of them allowed the use of images as answer options. When built-in surveys appeared, the services ceased to be relevant and most of them are no longer working.

Therefore, to start voting with pictures you can use the trick: post numbered images, followed by a regular poll with image numbers.

Tap on the "clip", mark the desired photos from the gallery and click "Submit".

Click the paperclip again and select Poll.

Ask a question, add numbers to the answer options, remembering to turn on the mode quiz, and click Create. The poll will look like this:

How to stop a poll in Telegram

If the question is no longer relevant, you can stop receiving answers, thereby fixing the results by a certain point. They will still be visible, but it will no longer be possible to vote.

Long tap on the poll message and select "Stop Poll".