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The Defender Dome

@DefenderDome

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21,568subscribers

-154 since we began measuring on 6 August 2026

Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of 10,000–31,623.

Register entry

Telegram ID-1001697218586
TypeChannel
Username@DefenderDome
DescriptionOpen Source Intelligence Monitor focused on Europe and Conflicts across the World. RT ≠ Endorsement. Want to Support my Work? https://ko-fi.com/osintdefender
CreatedBetween 1 December 2021 and 30 April 2023— estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated.
First recorded6 August 2026
Last confirmed live24 August 2026
Measurements held17
Confirmed unchanged1 time, most recently 24 August 2026
On Telegramt.me/DefenderDome

Growth

21,56821,72221,6456 August 2026 — 21,722 subscribers7 August 2026 — 21,716 subscribers8 August 2026 — 21,710 subscribers9 August 2026 — 21,699 subscribers10 August 2026 — 21,694 subscribers11 August 2026 — 21,691 subscribers12 August 2026 — 21,684 subscribers13 August 2026 — 21,671 subscribers14 August 2026 — 21,664 subscribers16 August 2026 — 21,653 subscribers17 August 2026 — 21,632 subscribers18 August 2026 — 21,627 subscribers19 August 2026 — 21,617 subscribers20 August 2026 — 21,608 subscribers21 August 2026 — 21,601 subscribers23 August 2026 — 21,588 subscribers24 August 2026 — 21,568 subscribers6 August 202624 August 2026
17 measurements spanning 18 days, net -154. Dots are measurements; the straight line between them is drawn to join them, not to claim we know the path taken in between — snapshots are recorded only when a count changes, so gaps mean “no change observed”, never “interpolated”. The vertical axis spans 21,545–21,745 and does not start at zero.
Measurement log — every subscribers count we have recorded
Measured (UTC)SubscribersChange
24 Aug 2026, 20:0521,568-20
23 Aug 2026, 03:0821,588-13
21 Aug 2026, 16:0921,601-7
20 Aug 2026, 17:3821,608-9
19 Aug 2026, 16:0321,617-10
18 Aug 2026, 14:4821,627-5
17 Aug 2026, 11:4221,632-21
16 Aug 2026, 01:4621,653-11
14 Aug 2026, 15:0621,664-7
13 Aug 2026, 05:1821,671-13
12 Aug 2026, 05:5221,684-7
11 Aug 2026, 09:2521,691-3
10 Aug 2026, 07:5721,694-5
9 Aug 2026, 07:1221,699-11
8 Aug 2026, 09:4221,710-6
7 Aug 2026, 07:2121,716-6
6 Aug 2026, 10:4621,722first reading

Engagement

186 posts held, back to 5 August 2026the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 40 pagesof Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.

ERR · 30 days
11.2%
avg views ÷ 21,568 subscribers
Avg views / post
2,420
186 posts measured
Reaction rate
1.53%
reactions ÷ views · ER floor
Posts in window
186
of 186 held

ERR is average views per post over the last 30 days divided by subscribers, the definition TGStat uses, so this figure is comparable with the one you will see elsewhere. It falls structurally as a channel grows: a high ERR on a small channel and a low one on a large channel describe reach mathematics, not quality. We publish the figure and the sample it came from and pass no verdict on it.

ER is defined industry-wide as (forwards + reactions + comments) ÷ views— note the denominator is views, not subscribers. Telegram’s public web preview carries views and reactions but not forward or comment counts, so the reaction rate above is the reactions term only and is therefore a floor: the true ER for this channel is higher by an amount we have not measured and will not estimate.

What these figures were computed from
WindowRolling 30 days · latest post in window 24 August 2026
Posts held186 (5 August 202624 August 2026)
Views total449,607
Reactions total6,896
Forwards / commentsnot exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated
Readings taken24 Aug 2026, 21:24 UTC

Views are a single reading per post, taken at the time above. A post published in the last day or two is still accumulating views, which pulls the 30-day average down slightly. That is a property of the standard definition rather than a fault in it, so we keep the definition rather than “correcting” the number into something nobody can reproduce.

Precision. Telegram publishes view counts on its public widget in short form — 8.12K, 3.7M — so any reading at or above 1,000 reaches us rounded to three significant figures, and only counts below 1,000 are exact. Averages and rates derived from them are shown to the same precision rather than to the unit: a figure like 3,701,250 would assert digits nobody measured.

Reaction counts are published per emoji and rounded the same way, so a total below 1,000 is exact and a larger one is a sum that may carry a rounded component from each emoji above 1,000. Because it is a sum, it does not look rounded — read a large reaction total as three significant figures per contributing emoji rather than as the figure it prints.

What this channel posts

Photos
13,500
Videos
5,260
Links
107

Lifetime counters from Telegram’s own channel header, read 24 August 2026 — not the date at the top of this page, which is when the subscriber count was last read. A count marked was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints these counters in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈142,000 means somewhere between 141,500 and 142,499.

Video runtime
14m 46s
Average length
40s

Measured directly from 22 videos with a duration reading, out of the posts we hold for this channel — not this channel’s whole posting history, only the sample this register has actually read. An exact reading to the second, taken from the post itself rather than from Telegram’s own rounded chrome, so it carries no mark.

Reaction mix

6,896 reactions across 186 posts, in 60 distinct kinds. The most used accounts for 18.0% of them.

Every reaction kind recorded on the sample, most used first
ReactionCountShareShare, drawn
🤡1,24418.0%
84212.2%
🔥5658.19%
👍5628.15%
🤣5167.48%
👏3705.37%
🤬3294.77%
🖕3074.45%
🤔2573.73%
🫡2543.68%
🥱2193.18%
🤮1672.42%
💩1602.32%
🙏1492.16%
😁1392.02%
👎1382.00%
🥴1031.49%
👀570.827%
💯520.754%
😢470.682%
40 further kinds4196.08%

No sentiment is inferred, and none should be read in. This table is ordered by count and by nothing else. Emoji do not carry stable meaning across languages or communities — 🙏 is thanks in one channel and mourning in another — so we publish which ones were pressed and how often, and pass no judgement on what an audience meant by them.

Precision. Telegram publishes reaction counts per emoji and short-forms each one — 4.34K, 1.2M — so any single kind at or above 1,000 reaches us at three significant figures, and only counts below 1,000 are exact. The shares above are ratios of those figures and carry the same error. This is also why the total here can differ slightly from a reaction total printed elsewhere on the page: both are sums of the same rounded parts, taken over samples with different edges.

Coverage. Reactions were read on 186 of the 186 sampled posts in this sample. Summed by Telegram’s own count on each post — not by adding up the per-emoji breakdown above — those same posts carry 6,896reactions in total: the kind of figure the paragraph above means by “a reaction total printed elsewhere on the page”.

Measured over the 186 most recent posts we hold, published 5 August 2026 to 24 August 2026, using the newest reading held for each. Telegram Stars are excluded: they are a payment, not a reaction, and they have their own section.

Recent posts

24 Aug 2026, 20:46 UTC454 views5 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Photo

The U.S. Army’s AH-64 'Apache' fleet is experiencing an unusually high rate of serious accidents, with five Class A mishaps so far in FY2026. A CNN analysis puts the current rate at roughly 6.24 Class A crashes per 100,000 flight hours, approaching the Army’s recent worst year of 2024, when the fleet recorded nine major crashes at a rate of 7.02 per 100,000 hours. The spike comes amid a separate, unresolved transmi

👀3🤡1🙏1

24 Aug 2026, 19:18 UTC993 views18 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Photo

According to a release from the U.S. State Department, following the 45-day Congressional notification period, Syria’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism has been lifted. The move comes in concert with already in place rescissions of Syrian related sanctions following the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the subsequent opening of the Syrian economy, and notable efforts to diplomatically reint

🤮116🤣1

Signed Defense Bulletin

24 Aug 2026, 18:33 UTC≈1,130 views14 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Video

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has released video showing a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 83, along with additional Super Hornets from other squadrons assigned to Carrier Air Wing 7, launching from the deck of the USS George Washington (CVN-73) in support of the U.S. naval blockade of Iran. According to today's CENTCOM update, U.S. forces have now redirected 71 commercial v

8👍2👏2🤡2

24 Aug 2026, 16:49 UTC≈1,420 views37 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Video

As part of ongoing celebrations marking Ukraine’s 35th Independence Day, hundreds of ground, air, and naval drones operated by the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine paraded through the capital of Kyiv. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine has massively scaled up its production of military drones, currently estimated at 10 million units annually, with plans to exceed 20 million in 2027.

27🤡5👍31🗿1

24 Aug 2026, 14:47 UTC≈1,630 views25 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Video

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces carried out a long-range drone attack overnight against Millerovo Air Base in the Rostov Oblast of Western Russia, home to the 19th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, with footage showing the targeting of at least one MiG-29 Fulcrum.

🔥155👍2🥱2😈1

24 Aug 2026, 14:38 UTC≈1,610 views7 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Photo

RRR7224, a Royal Air Force RC-135W “Rivet Joint” Electronic Surveillance Aircraft taking a close look today at the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and the Suwałki Gap between Poland and Lithuania.

5🥱1🥴1

24 Aug 2026, 13:50 UTC≈1,680 views70 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Photo

Trade clashes between the United States are Canada are once again escalating, with President Trump announcing a 50% increase in tariffs on all cars, trucks, automotive parts, and steel entering the country via Canada beginning January 1, 2027. Trump further claims, “On Trade, and in other ways, also, they [Canada] are among the worst Nations in the World to deal with. They feel entitled, and yet, WE DON'T NEED CANADA

🤡35👏20🖕7❤‍🔥41🥱1😨1🙉1

24 Aug 2026, 12:44 UTC≈1,770 views84 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Photo

U.S. President Donald J. Trump in a post just now on TruthSocial: “IRAN IS COMPLETELY COLLAPSING!!! President DJT”

🤡45🔥24🥱7🤣3🖕21🌭1🙉1

24 Aug 2026, 12:41 UTC≈1,750 views47 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Photo

Iran’s national currency - the Rial - has dropped ⁠to a record ⁠low of more ‌than ⁠two million to the U.S. Dollar on the open market, as the United States is expected to announce plans to ramp up sanctions on both Iran and countries associated with Iran, after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated yesterday they are preparing “the single greatest financial offensive ever marshalled against an adversary,” referring

🔥34🥱5👍3😁2🗿1🤮1😢1

24 Aug 2026, 11:34 UTC≈1,780 views15 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Video

A Saab JAS 39 Gripen C EBS HU operated by the Hungarian Air Force crashed early Monday morning on the site of Szolnok Air Base in Central Hungary. According to a statement released by Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, the pilot was able to successfully eject prior to the crash, which resulted in no injuries or damage to nearby infrastructure, with the crash under investigation by the Ministry of Defense.

💔10👍2😐2👏1

24 Aug 2026, 11:01 UTC≈1,760 views22 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Video

U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced that U.S. forces supporting Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere conducted a kinetic strike yesterday against a suspected narco-trafficking fast boat operating in the Eastern Pacific, killing both individuals aboard. According to Gen. Francis Donovan, commander of SOUTHCOM, the vessel was operating along suspected narco-trafficking routes, with the strike supported by intell

🔥17🤡2👀1👍1👎1

24 Aug 2026, 10:37 UTC≈1,840 views11 reactionsread 24 August 2026
Photo

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Center has issued a warning after receiving a report of an incident 63NM west of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia in which a tanker was struck by an unknown projectile resulting in a fire on the main deck. All crew are safe and accounted for and there is no environmental impact. Its very likely the Houthis are responsible for this action.

👀8🤬2😁1

Showing the 12 most recent of 186 posts we hold for @DefenderDome. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.

Citation-graph rank

Citation-graph rank — 358,629 of 1,601,189entries in the measured graph. A weighted position computed from the forward and mention edges below — republished posts weigh more than named mentions — and recomputed periodically, over the whole graph. Published only as this ordinal position, never as a score: a position is a fact, and a score printed beside one channel’s name would read as a verdict this register does not make. The two counts beneath stay separate for the same reason mentions are never summed with forwards anywhere else on this page — a named-by count costs nothing to manufacture. The top 100 by this measure, or how it is computed.

Forward network

Built only from forwarded posts we have actually read, on both sides. Coverage is early and deliberately incomplete: a missing link means we have not read the post that would prove it, never that the relationship does not exist. Counts are distinct forwarded posts observed, so they only ever go up as we read more.

Appears in Telegram’s recommendations for other channels

The reverse of the list above, and a different kind of signal. This does not require this channel to have ever been asked about directly — each row below is a channel we DID ask Telegram about, whose Telegram-generated list happened to include this one. A channel can appear here with an empty list above it, because being named by someone else’s query is independent of having been queried itself.

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Telegram ranks this channel #72 of 76 here — alongside 75 others — read 17 August 2026

This channel appears in 1 seed channel's Telegram-generated recommendation list in total. Each is Telegram’s list for THAT channel, not this one — see how this is measured.

Cite this entry

A live page changes as we take new readings, so a citation should name the measurement it is based on, not just the URL. The line below cites the subscriber count as measured 24 August 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.

“The Defender Dome” (@DefenderDome), 21,568 subscribers as measured 24 August 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/DefenderDome.

Full measurement history, CC BY 4.0. Every reading this register holds for this entry, not just the latest one, as a dated, downloadable record: CSV · JSON. Free to use with attribution to tgregister.com. Each file carries its own generation timestamp, which is the figure to cite for exactly when the data was retrieved.