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The Startups VC — public reach metrics and manipulation-risk assessment dated 2026-09-02.

Grade A low manipulation risk cleanliness index
checked 2026-09-02
Subscribers
3,665
Median views
171
ERR
4.7%
Posts sampled
40
Niche Business & startups

Assessment summary

A low risk score confirms the absence of obvious artificial inflation, but the channel shows almost no activity: posts appear less than once every two days, and the pause since the last post has already reached 12 days. With a median of only 171 views for 3.6 thousand subscribers and disabled comments, the audience is poorly engaged, so an ad placement here will provide minimal contact with readers.

Compared with similar channels

Compared with 17 checked Business & startups channels with no visible signs of manipulation. They are a similar size: 1,779 to 10,734 subscribers.

ERR (reach) lower than 16 of 17
4.7% for @thestartupsvc similar channels median: 15.3%

This is not a niche norm: only channels checked by the service are included. An unusually high ERR can also be a sign of inflated views.

How the assessment was produced

Data source
Public Telegram data: posts, views, reactions, and channel metadata.
Date or snapshot
2026-09-02
Sample
The latest 40 public posts available at check time.
Calculation method
TG Inspector calculates metrics from the saved snapshot and combines independent signals into a deterministic 0–100 cleanliness index.
Factual result
The @thestartupsvc assessment dated 2026-09-02 uses 40 recent public posts. At that snapshot the channel had 3,665 subscribers, median post views were 171, ERR was 4.7%, and the cleanliness index was 85/100.
Limitations
This is a probabilistic assessment based on public data, not proof of intentional manipulation or a real-time channel measurement.

Full methodology and interpretation rules

Advertising outlook

Advertising placement: questionable.

Only a small share of subscribers sees the posts.

About 108–189 people will see your post in the first 48 hours.

Reach of advertising posts

No advertising posts among the latest 40.

What grade A means

Looks clean: metrics are normal, no manipulation visible.

Dynamics and anomalies

Views by post

The latest 40 posts with views, from May 21 to Aug 21. The dashed line is the median (171).

0166332May 21: 161 viewsMay 26: 127 viewsMay 26: 204 viewsMay 26: 176 viewsMay 26: 143 viewsMay 31: 125 viewsMay 31: 133 viewsMay 31: 128 viewsMay 31: 164 viewsJun 1: 251 viewsJun 1: 221 viewsJun 1: 187 viewsJun 1: 332 viewsJun 17: 202 viewsJun 17: 173 viewsJun 17: 199 viewsJun 17: 153 viewsJun 18: 170 viewsJun 23: 233 viewsJun 24: 319 viewsJun 24: 245 viewsJul 8: 260 viewsJul 10: 320 viewsJul 25: 192 viewsJul 28: 225 viewsJul 28: 212 viewsJul 28: 177 viewsAug 5: 127 viewsAug 5: 124 viewsAug 5: 122 viewsAug 5: 251 viewsAug 5: 154 viewsAug 5: 153 viewsAug 6: 241 viewsAug 20: 94 viewsAug 20: 78 viewsAug 20: 80 viewsAug 20: 98 viewsAug 21: 123 viewsAug 21: 106 views May 21Aug 21

Maximum: 332 views. Data as of Sep 2.

What could not be calculated

View build-up not assessed: there were no posts newer than one day.

Cleanliness-index history

The channel has been checked once — the chart will appear after the next check.

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Questions about @thestartupsvc

Is this channel safe in terms of metric inflation?

Yes, the check showed a risk score of 15 out of 100, and view metrics are distributed naturally without anomalous spikes.

Why is the feasibility of ad placement evaluated as questionable?

Only a small fraction of the audience views the posts: the median reach is only 171 views with over 3.6 thousand subscribers.

What results can be expected from ad placement?

Due to low posting frequency and weak audience response, an ad post will receive few views and may remain ignored by readers for a long time.

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