Only niches with a sufficient sample are shown. Rows are ordered by the share of yellow and red assessments.
Niche
Channels
Normal
Some deviations
Many deviations
Yellow + red
Median ERR
Cryptocurrencies
81
49%
37%
14%
51%
14.9%
Kids & Parenting
10
50%
50%
0%
50%
37.5%
Offers & Promotions
34
53%
44%
3%
47%
17.8%
Airdrops
13
62%
31%
8%
38%
6.0%
Sports
11
64%
9%
27%
36%
19.3%
Other
58
66%
21%
14%
34%
18.9%
Education
24
67%
29%
4%
33%
15.6%
NSFW 18+
6
67%
33%
0%
33%
27.8%
Psychology & Relationships
22
68%
27%
5%
32%
19.8%
Directories of Channels & Bots
10
70%
10%
20%
30%
46.7%
Celebrities & lifestyle
49
71%
27%
2%
29%
32.5%
Recreation & Entertainment
51
73%
20%
8%
27%
21.4%
Job Listings
36
75%
22%
3%
25%
9.2%
Computer science
95
76%
22%
2%
24%
11.3%
Movie
34
76%
18%
6%
24%
19.0%
Fashion
24
79%
21%
0%
21%
31.8%
Cars & Other Vehicles
25
80%
16%
4%
20%
14.7%
Real Estate
5
80%
20%
0%
20%
32.4%
Bets & Gambling
33
82%
9%
9%
18%
13.6%
Art & Design
17
82%
12%
6%
18%
80.1%
News and Media
90
83%
16%
1%
17%
11.4%
Economy & Finance
12
83%
0%
17%
17%
22.9%
Food & Cooking
6
83%
17%
0%
17%
9.2%
Beauty
7
86%
14%
0%
14%
25.4%
Motivation & Self-Development
7
86%
0%
14%
14%
17.1%
Video Games
94
87%
12%
1%
13%
25.1%
Blogs
79
87%
11%
1%
13%
68.3%
Business & startups
64
88%
9%
3%
12%
10.4%
Trading
17
88%
12%
0%
12%
11.9%
Health & Medicine
16
88%
12%
0%
12%
16.1%
Earnings
10
90%
10%
0%
10%
57.7%
Humor & Memes
22
91%
9%
0%
9%
17.6%
Investments
15
93%
0%
7%
7%
15.5%
Marketing & PR
20
95%
5%
0%
5%
11.9%
Hobbies & Activities
25
100%
0%
0%
0%
69.9%
Music
13
100%
0%
0%
0%
29.3%
Esotericism, Astrology, Mysticism
7
100%
0%
0%
0%
11.9%
Travel & Tourism
5
100%
0%
0%
0%
12.9%
Culture & Events
5
100%
0%
0%
0%
44.1%
History
5
100%
0%
0%
0%
24.9%
Jurisprudence
5
100%
0%
0%
0%
6.6%
By post language
The language comes from the texts of recent posts. Counted over
584 channels where it could be determined.
Language
Channels
Share
Russian
471
81%
English
75
13%
Persian
8
1%
Chinese
5
1%
Arabic
5
1%
Belarusian
4
1%
Hindi
4
1%
Spanish
3
1%
Uzbek
3
1%
Ukrainian
3
1%
By channel age
Age is measured from the channel's creation date in Telegram. Counted over
590 channels with a known date.
Age
Channels
Share
under 6 months
45
8%
6 to 12 months
50
8%
1 to 3 years
157
27%
over 3 years
338
57%
Forwarding map
Who reposts whom: a dot is a channel, a line is forwarding. No
names: a link is not evidence by itself.
Channels in graph
730
Links
591
Separate networks
181
Mutual pairs
25
Largest network — 91 channels
Showing the 80 most connected nodes out of 91.
The bigger the dot, the more links a channel has. The most is 20.
metrics look normal
some metrics deviate
many metrics deviate
not in the catalog — index not measured
forward each other
289 of 730 channels are in the catalog (40%).
A grey circle means not in the catalog, not suspicious.
Smaller networks:
36 channels
22 channels
20 channels
19 channels
12 channels
11 channels
10 channels
9 channels
Forwarding each other is normal: channels quote, swap ads, repost news. A
link on the map says nothing about a channel's quality.
Key findings
22% of 1183 catalog channels show metric deviations (yellow or red zone).
Median ERR across the sample is 18.6%.
Among niches with at least five channels, Cryptocurrencies has the highest share of channels with deviations: 51% of 81.
Hobbies & Activities has the lowest share of channels with deviations in the displayed breakdown: 0%.
The forwarding graph holds 730 channels and 591 links, splitting into 181 separate networks; the largest one holds 91 channels.
25 pairs of channels forward each other — a sign of an arrangement rather than of quoting.
Risk is measured for 289 of the 730 nodes (40%); the rest entered the graph as recipients of someone else's forwards and were never checked themselves.
Evidence and limitations
The figures use one latest saved assessment per unique channel. Zones come from the same cleanliness index shown on channel pages; ERR is median views divided by subscribers.
The sample is not a census of Telegram. A zone describes public metrics, not the owner's actions. Figures change as the catalog updates.
Suggested citation: “TG Inspector. Telegram channel statistics by niche, based on the catalog sample.” Data through 2026-10-09. https://tginspector.space/en/stats.
License: the aggregate data is available under
CC BY 4.0 — reuse it freely with attribution to TG Inspector
and a link to the source.
A specific channel's metrics are on its catalog page. If it is not in the catalog, add it: if it meets the catalog rules, it will get a page with its cleanliness index and ERR.
