Channel stats
Stats for every public Telegram channel.
Public rankings, audience size, average views and estimated CPM for the Telegram channels we track. Open data, no login, exportable via API.
Channels tracked
5.1M
Cumulative members
13B
Languages covered
10
Largest channels by audience
Public Telegram channels ranked by subscriber count.
Methodology
How channel rankings are computed
Rankings on this page come from the same underlying snapshot pipeline that powers tgadsspy. Each indexed channel gets a daily snapshot of members, recent post-view distribution and language tag. Below is what each metric is — and what it isn't.
Members count
Direct from Telegram's public channel-info endpoint. We refresh top-1000 channels nightly and the long tail weekly. Numbers shown are observation-as-of timestamps, not real-time — Telegram itself doesn't publish a live counter.
Average views
Median of the last 20 posts. Median is more honest than mean — single viral posts skew mean. Channels with fewer than 20 posts use whatever they have.
Language tag
Detected from the title + last 10 posts via langdetect. ~92% accuracy on top-1000 channels by manual spot-check. Channels with multi-language audiences (e.g. RU/EN mixing) keep the dominant tag.
Category
Regex classifier on title + bio + recent post text, with manual override for edge cases. See /info/category glossary entry for the full taxonomy and decision rules.
What the metrics mean
Frequently asked questions
About Telegram channel stats
How often are channels rescanned?
Top-1000 channels by members: nightly. Channels with active sponsored-message activity in the last 7 days: every 6 hours. Long tail (10k-1M members): weekly. Tiny channels (<10k members): on-demand only.
Why is my channel's member count off by a few hundred?
Telegram's public counter rounds aggressively for channels with 10k+ members. We record the rounded number. For exact counts, channel owners can use the official Telegram Analytics in the app.
How do you estimate CPM?
CPM estimates come from observed ad pricing on similar-size channels in similar language/category brackets. See /info/cpm for the formula. Not authoritative — use for relative comparison, not procurement.
Is there a public API for channel stats?
Yes — /api/v1/channels returns the same data as the rankings on this page, in JSON. Sortable by members / avg_views / language. Free tier 60 req/min.
