We investigate strong gravitational lensing by quantum-improved charged black holes characterized by an additional parameter denoted as $$\omega $$
ω
, in addition to the mass M and charge Q. Our findings reveal that when both the parameters Q/2M and $$\omega /4M^2$$
ω
/
4
M
2
increase simultaneously, various astrophysical consequences, such as the deflection angle $$\alpha _D(u)$$
α
D
(
u
)
and angular image separation increase. Concurrently, the angular position $$\theta _{\infty }$$
θ
∞
, relative magnification $$r_{mag}$$
r
mag
, and the time delay $$\Delta T_{2,1}$$
Δ
T
2
,
1
between the first and second relativistic images also decrease with the growing values of the parameters Q/2M and $$\omega /4M^2$$
ω
/
4
M
2
. It is also observed that the Einstein ring $$\theta _1^E$$
θ
1
E
for the quantum-improved charged black hole is more significant than those for Schwarzschild, quantum-improved Schwarzschild, and Reisner–Nordström black holes. As with supermassive black holes such as $$M87^*$$
M
87
∗
and $$SgrA^*$$
S
g
r
A
∗
, it is observed that to be a viable astrophysical black hole, the EHT results constrain the parameter space ($$\omega /4M^2$$
ω
/
4
M
2
, Q/2M). Remarkably, the EHT results for $$SgrA^*$$
S
g
r
A
∗
impose more stringent limits on the parameter space of quantum-improved charged black holes compared to those established by the EHT results for$$M87^*$$
M
87
∗
. We investigate the radial profiles of orbital and radial harmonic oscillation frequencies as a function of the dimensionless coupling constants and black hole mass. The main characteristics of test particle quasi-periodic oscillations close to stable circular orbits in the black hole equatorial plane are also examined. We study the positioning of resonant radii in the background of quantum-improved charged black holes for high-frequency quasi-periodic oscillations models: warped disc (WD) models, relativistic precession (RP) and its types, and epicyclic resonance (ER) and its variants.