Channel
@NTVNewsupdate
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8,021subscribers
-14 since we began measuring on 15 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of 3,162–10,000.
| Telegram ID | -1001161621448 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @NTVNewsupdate |
| Created | Between 1 March 2018 and 31 July 2021 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 15 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 16 September 2026 |
| Measurements held | 10 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 16 September 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/NTVNewsupdate |
National news — a classification, not a measurement. An on-box language model (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-FP8, prompt version 1) read this channel’s own recent posts on 12 September 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 99% confidence. This is a model’s judgement about what the channel is likely to be about, not a fact this register measured the way a subscriber count or a view count is measured — it can be revised on a later pass, and it carries no weight anywhere else on this page. How this classification works, and why it has no browse page of its own yet.
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Sept 2026, 02:18 | 8,021 | -5 |
| 12 Sept 2026, 17:15 | 8,026 | +6 |
| 8 Sept 2026, 09:36 | 8,020 | +8 |
| 3 Sept 2026, 10:02 | 8,012 | -6 |
| 31 Aug 2026, 00:56 | 8,018 | -14 |
| 25 Aug 2026, 01:52 | 8,032 | -12 |
| 21 Aug 2026, 12:17 | 8,044 | +4 |
| 18 Aug 2026, 22:17 | 8,040 | +2 |
| 16 Aug 2026, 05:34 | 8,038 | +3 |
| 15 Aug 2026, 13:31 | 8,035 | first reading |
89 posts held, back to 10 August 2026 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 9 pages of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
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.
| Window | Rolling 30 days · latest post in window 28 August 2026 |
|---|---|
| Posts held | 89 (10 August 2026 – 28 August 2026) |
| Views total | 6,760 |
| Reactions total | — |
| Forwards / comments | not exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated |
| Readings taken | 28 Aug 2026, 19:09 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.
Tanzanian MPs endorse Deogratius Ndejembi as new vice president https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/tanzanian-mps-endorse-deogratius-ndejembi-as-new-vice-president/ Tanzania’s Parliament on Friday unanimously approved Deogratius Ndejembi as Tanzania’s new Vice President, with all 324 lawmakers who voted backing his appointment. President Samia Suluhu Hassan nominated Mr Ndejembi to succeed Emmanuel Nchimbi, who resigned fro…
Photos: Police get new look in uniform rebrand https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/photos-police-get-new-look-in-uniform-rebrand/ President William Ruto on Friday unveiled the new police uniform during a pass-out parade at the Kenya Police College, in Kiganjo, Nyeri County, replacing the deep navy-blue outfit introduced in 2018 under retired President Uhuru Kenyatta. Officers in the Administration Police Service and General…
Arsenal’s rivals seek to lay down markers after tough starts https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/arsenals-rivals-seek-to-lay-down-markers-after-tough-starts/ If anything can be drawn from the results of the opening round of Premier League fixtures it was that champions Arsenal are categorically the team to beat and the those expected to challenge them must quickly get their acts together. Manchester City, Liverpool and Manc…
Zambia opposition leader Mundubile questioned over alleged treason, police say https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/zambia-opposition-leader-mundubile-questioned-over-alleged-treason-police-say/ Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile and his running mate, Makebi Zulu, are in police custody after being questioned “in connection with an alleged offence of treason,” the Zambia Police Service said on Thursday. The arrest came…
Isuzu hands Eliud Kipchoge the final 1:59 Limited Edition D-Max https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/isuzu-hands-eliud-kipchoge-the-final-159-limited-edition-d-max/ Isuzu East Africa has handed Eliud Kipchoge the 159th and final Kipchoge 1:59 Limited Edition D-Max, marking the end of a three-year vehicle campaign inspired by his historic sub-two-hour marathon. Only 159 units were locally assembled, with Kipchoge purchasing t…
I&M Group HY2026 Earnings | Business Redefined https://ntvkenya.co.ke/business/im-group-hy2026-earnings-business-redefined/ A deep dive into I&M Group’s HY2026 numbers with the Regional Chief Executive, Kihara Maina
WHO says Ebola outbreak in Uganda is over, as cases rise in Congo https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/who-says-ebola-outbreak-in-uganda-is-over-as-cases-rise-in-congo/ The outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in Uganda is over but it is not under control in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, a World Health Organization official told a briefing on Wednesday. The all-clear for Uganda follows a declaration on Jul…
Tanzania’s ruling party expels VP Nchimbi, names Ndejembi successor https://ntvkenya.co.ke/news/tanzanias-ruling-party-expels-vp-nchimbi-names-ndejembi-successor/ The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has expelled Vice President Dr Emmanuel John Nchimbi from the party and endorsed Energy Minister Deogratius Ndejembi as its nominee for the position of Vice President. The decisions were reached on Wednesday, August 26,…
Katiba At 16: The Implementation Audit | Kamotho Waiganjo https://ntvkenya.co.ke/arts-lifestyle/katiba-at-16-the-implementation-audit-kamotho-waiganjo/ Katiba At 16: The Implementation Audit | Kamotho Waiganjo
Understanding albinism skin and debunking the misconceptions | The Glam https://ntvkenya.co.ke/arts-lifestyle/understanding-albinism-skin-and-debunking-the-misconceptions-the-glam/ In this episode of The Glam, we dive into the realities of albinism, exploring skin care, sun protection, and common misconceptions surrounding albinism. We separate fact from myth and celebrate the beauty, confidence, and lived experienc…
Should MPs be involved in recruitment of teachers? | The Last Word https://ntvkenya.co.ke/arts-lifestyle/should-mps-be-involved-in-recruitment-of-teachers-the-last-word/ Should MPs be involved in recruitment of teachers? | The Last Word
Inside Plan To Save KQ | Kiprono Kittony https://ntvkenya.co.ke/arts-lifestyle/inside-plan-to-save-kq-kiprono-kittony/ Inside Plan To Save KQ | Kiprono Kittony
Showing the 12 most recent of 89 posts we hold for @NTVNewsupdate. 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.
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.
This channel appears in 11 seed channels' Telegram-generated recommendation lists in total. Each is Telegram’s list for THAT channel, not this one — see how this is measured.
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 16 September 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“NTV Kenya News” (@NTVNewsupdate), 8,021 subscribers as measured 16 September 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/NTVNewsupdate.
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.