{
  "dataset": "Telegram channel reach 2026",
  "publisher": "Pinlyx",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "date": "2026-09-11",
  "url": "https://pinlyx.com/research/telegram-channel-reach-2026",
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  "reach_definition": "Per channel: average views per post divided by subscribers. Median across channels in each band. Channels under 1,000 subscribers excluded.",
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    {
      "band": "1k-5k",
      "minSubs": 1000,
      "maxSubs": 5000,
      "sampleSize": 7179,
      "exact": false,
      "medianReach": 0.31394
    },
    {
      "band": "5k-20k",
      "minSubs": 5000,
      "maxSubs": 20000,
      "sampleSize": 2750,
      "exact": false,
      "medianReach": 0.15846
    },
    {
      "band": "20k-100k",
      "minSubs": 20000,
      "maxSubs": 100000,
      "sampleSize": 1201,
      "exact": false,
      "medianReach": 0.09126
    },
    {
      "band": "100k-500k",
      "minSubs": 100000,
      "maxSubs": 500000,
      "sampleSize": 8380,
      "exact": true,
      "medianReach": 0.06008
    },
    {
      "band": "500k+",
      "minSubs": 500000,
      "maxSubs": null,
      "sampleSize": 1211,
      "exact": true,
      "medianReach": 0.03261
    }
  ],
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    "sample_rows": 14431,
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        "key": "0-1k",
        "sampled": 12364,
        "estimated": 2576614
      },
      {
        "key": "1k-10k",
        "sampled": 1623,
        "estimated": 338227
      },
      {
        "key": "10k-100k",
        "sampled": 406,
        "estimated": 84609
      },
      {
        "key": "100k-1m",
        "sampled": 36,
        "estimated": 7502
      },
      {
        "key": "1m-10m",
        "sampled": 2,
        "estimated": 417
      }
    ]
  },
  "languages": {
    "sample_rows": 15185,
    "rows": [
      {
        "key": "ru",
        "sampled": 4099,
        "estimated": 813492
      },
      {
        "key": "en",
        "sampled": 1844,
        "estimated": 365962
      },
      {
        "key": "ar",
        "sampled": 917,
        "estimated": 181989
      },
      {
        "key": "fa",
        "sampled": 857,
        "estimated": 170081
      },
      {
        "key": "bg",
        "sampled": 379,
        "estimated": 75217
      },
      {
        "key": "id",
        "sampled": 200,
        "estimated": 39692
      },
      {
        "key": "uk",
        "sampled": 172,
        "estimated": 34135
      },
      {
        "key": "et",
        "sampled": 164,
        "estimated": 32548
      },
      {
        "key": "de",
        "sampled": 132,
        "estimated": 26197
      },
      {
        "key": "mk",
        "sampled": 113,
        "estimated": 22426
      },
      {
        "key": "zh-cn",
        "sampled": 94,
        "estimated": 18655
      },
      {
        "key": "it",
        "sampled": 82,
        "estimated": 16274
      },
      {
        "key": "pt",
        "sampled": 72,
        "estimated": 14289
      },
      {
        "key": "so",
        "sampled": 63,
        "estimated": 12503
      },
      {
        "key": "es",
        "sampled": 61,
        "estimated": 12106
      },
      {
        "key": "tl",
        "sampled": 60,
        "estimated": 11908
      },
      {
        "key": "fr",
        "sampled": 58,
        "estimated": 11511
      },
      {
        "key": "tr",
        "sampled": 57,
        "estimated": 11312
      },
      {
        "key": "no",
        "sampled": 54,
        "estimated": 10717
      },
      {
        "key": "ko",
        "sampled": 46,
        "estimated": 9129
      },
      {
        "key": "ca",
        "sampled": 46,
        "estimated": 9129
      },
      {
        "key": "ro",
        "sampled": 45,
        "estimated": 8931
      },
      {
        "key": "af",
        "sampled": 40,
        "estimated": 7938
      },
      {
        "key": "nl",
        "sampled": 39,
        "estimated": 7740
      },
      {
        "key": "cy",
        "sampled": 37,
        "estimated": 7343
      },
      {
        "key": "vi",
        "sampled": 32,
        "estimated": 6351
      },
      {
        "key": "ur",
        "sampled": 30,
        "estimated": 5954
      },
      {
        "key": "el",
        "sampled": 26,
        "estimated": 5160
      },
      {
        "key": "sw",
        "sampled": 24,
        "estimated": 4763
      },
      {
        "key": "pl",
        "sampled": 24,
        "estimated": 4763
      },
      {
        "key": "da",
        "sampled": 23,
        "estimated": 4565
      },
      {
        "key": "he",
        "sampled": 23,
        "estimated": 4565
      },
      {
        "key": "sl",
        "sampled": 21,
        "estimated": 4168
      },
      {
        "key": "be",
        "sampled": 20,
        "estimated": 3969
      },
      {
        "key": "hr",
        "sampled": 18,
        "estimated": 3572
      },
      {
        "key": "sq",
        "sampled": 17,
        "estimated": 3374
      },
      {
        "key": "sv",
        "sampled": 17,
        "estimated": 3374
      },
      {
        "key": "ja",
        "sampled": 14,
        "estimated": 2778
      },
      {
        "key": "hi",
        "sampled": 12,
        "estimated": 2382
      },
      {
        "key": "lt",
        "sampled": 11,
        "estimated": 2183
      },
      {
        "key": "sk",
        "sampled": 9,
        "estimated": 1786
      },
      {
        "key": "am",
        "sampled": 8,
        "estimated": 1588
      },
      {
        "key": "hu",
        "sampled": 8,
        "estimated": 1588
      },
      {
        "key": "bn",
        "sampled": 8,
        "estimated": 1588
      },
      {
        "key": "fi",
        "sampled": 7,
        "estimated": 1389
      },
      {
        "key": "my",
        "sampled": 6,
        "estimated": 1191
      },
      {
        "key": "cs",
        "sampled": 6,
        "estimated": 1191
      },
      {
        "key": "lv",
        "sampled": 5,
        "estimated": 992
      },
      {
        "key": "th",
        "sampled": 3,
        "estimated": 595
      },
      {
        "key": "zh-tw",
        "sampled": 2,
        "estimated": 397
      },
      {
        "key": "kn",
        "sampled": 1,
        "estimated": 198
      },
      {
        "key": "mr",
        "sampled": 1,
        "estimated": 198
      },
      {
        "key": "gu",
        "sampled": 1,
        "estimated": 198
      },
      {
        "key": "pa",
        "sampled": 1,
        "estimated": 198
      },
      {
        "key": "hy",
        "sampled": 1,
        "estimated": 198
      }
    ],
    "note": "Automatic detection on short channel descriptions; languages outside the top four are unreliable."
  },
  "categories": {
    "sample_rows": 15240,
    "labelled_in_sample": 719,
    "rows": [
      {
        "key": "music",
        "sampled": 133,
        "estimated": 26371
      },
      {
        "key": "crypto",
        "sampled": 105,
        "estimated": 20819
      },
      {
        "key": "news",
        "sampled": 74,
        "estimated": 14672
      },
      {
        "key": "education",
        "sampled": 72,
        "estimated": 14276
      },
      {
        "key": "design",
        "sampled": 42,
        "estimated": 8328
      },
      {
        "key": "science",
        "sampled": 35,
        "estimated": 6940
      },
      {
        "key": "gaming",
        "sampled": 32,
        "estimated": 6345
      },
      {
        "key": "memes",
        "sampled": 29,
        "estimated": 5750
      },
      {
        "key": "business",
        "sampled": 28,
        "estimated": 5552
      },
      {
        "key": "anime",
        "sampled": 24,
        "estimated": 4759
      },
      {
        "key": "sports",
        "sampled": 23,
        "estimated": 4560
      },
      {
        "key": "programming",
        "sampled": 18,
        "estimated": 3569
      },
      {
        "key": "tech",
        "sampled": 18,
        "estimated": 3569
      },
      {
        "key": "politics",
        "sampled": 17,
        "estimated": 3371
      },
      {
        "key": "finance",
        "sampled": 16,
        "estimated": 3172
      },
      {
        "key": "health",
        "sampled": 14,
        "estimated": 2776
      },
      {
        "key": "movies",
        "sampled": 13,
        "estimated": 2578
      },
      {
        "key": "travel",
        "sampled": 10,
        "estimated": 1983
      },
      {
        "key": "deals",
        "sampled": 10,
        "estimated": 1983
      },
      {
        "key": "ai",
        "sampled": 6,
        "estimated": 1190
      }
    ],
    "note": "Most channels carry no category label, so these counts describe only the labelled minority."
  }
}