Weejistick™Telegram sticker guides
Short, accurate, and honest about the free routes
Telegram's sticker rules are strict and its error messages are vague, which is why so much of the advice online is out of date or subtly wrong. These pages give the actual numbers and the commands we test against. Where there is a free way to do something, it is here too.
How to make a Telegram video sticker
Turn a clip into a looping sticker, either on your phone or with a single tested ffmpeg command. Includes why it gets rejected and how to fix each case.
Telegram sticker requirements
512 px on one side, 256 KB, VP9 in WEBM, 3 seconds, 30 FPS, no audio. The exact limits for video and static stickers, and how to check a file before you upload it.
Making stickers without a bot
Telegram's built-in editor handles photo stickers with no bot at all. Video stickers are the exception. What each route can and cannot do.
Why we wrote these. We make Weejistick, an iPhone app that turns your videos into Telegram stickers entirely on the device. These guides tell you how to do it without us as well, because a guide that only works if you buy something is an advert.