Registered, active and extended checks explained
You can ask two different questions about the same list of numbers: does this number have an account on a platform, and if so, is it still being used? The first is a registered check. The second is an active check.
Registered check: is there an account?
A registered check tells you whether a number has an account on the platform. It says nothing about activity.
- Telegram registered results include the username, Premium and frozen status.
- WhatsApp, Facebook and Viber registered results contain the phone number only.
Use it to narrow a list down, for example when you only want to message numbers that have WhatsApp.
Active check: online recently?
An active check goes further and looks at when the account was last online. Results include the last-seen time and active days, so you can split the list into active and inactive users.
- Telegram active: uid, username, last seen, active days, Premium and frozen.
- WhatsApp active: active time, active days, business account and account status.
- Viber active: last offline time and active days.
Extended check: activity plus avatar
Telegram and WhatsApp also offer an extended check, which adds an avatar link to the active results. Telegram extended also returns first_name and last_name. Avatar links are signed and open directly while the order results are retained. Extended checks themselves do not estimate gender or age.
Gender and age check: who is in the avatar
To group users by gender or age, Telegram and WhatsApp also offer a gender and age check. It adds the gender and age of the person in the avatar, read by AI, to the active results. Treat the result as a reference.
Which one to pick
- You only need to know whether an account exists: pick the registered check.
- You want to segment by activity or reach active users first: pick the active check.
- You also want avatars: pick the extended check.
- You want to group by gender or age: pick the gender and age check.
Each order runs one service. If you need both registration and activity, order the active check. To cover several platforms, place one order per platform. Prices are on the pricing page, and each platform's checks are on the Telegram, WhatsApp and Viber pages.