---
title: "stats.getMessageStats"
description: "Get [message statistics](https://core.telegram.org/api/stats)"
grand_parent: "Telegram RPC API"
parent: "Methods"
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
redirect_from: /API_docs/methods/stats_getMessageStats.html
---
# Method: stats.getMessageStats
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Get [message statistics](https://core.telegram.org/api/stats)

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|dark|[Bool](/API_docs/types/Bool.html) | Whether to enable dark theme for graph colors | Optional|
|channel|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel](/API_docs/types/InputChannel.html) | Channel ID | Optional|
|msg\_id|[int](/API_docs/types/int.html) | Message ID | Optional|


### Return type: [stats.MessageStats](/API_docs/types/stats.MessageStats.html)

### Can bots use this method: **NO**


### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):


```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$stats_MessageStats = $MadelineProto->stats->getMessageStats(dark: $Bool, channel: $InputChannel, msg_id: $int, );
```