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Measured 2026-W36 · 2026-08-31 · public Telegram data
This week
First measurement. The series starts next week.
Channels that recommend it
Telegram publishes what it recommends beside a channel. It does not publish the reverse. This list is ours, computed across 5,177 indexed channels, and it is the better measure of where a channel actually sits.
Read this channel from your own code
Everything above comes from two ordinary calls: resolve the username, then ask for the channel. No bot token, no phone number.
curl --request GET \
--url 'https://telegram155.p.rapidapi.com/v1/usernames/BizTimes' \
--header 'x-rapidapi-host: telegram155.p.rapidapi.com' \
--header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_KEY'Measure @BizTimes yourself
Every number on this page — subscribers, growth, views, forwards — comes from one call to the same API. 2,500 calls a month, no card. No bot token and no phone number.