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Channel
UPSC Science and Technology
@Science_and_tech_upsc
On this record: Topic · Growth · Engagement · What this channel posts · Posts · Citations · Telegram's recommendations · Cite this entry
41,022subscribers
-1,177 since we began measuring on 7 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of 31,623–100,000.
Register entry
| Telegram ID | -1001558659016 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @Science_and_tech_upsc |
| Created | Between 1 August 2021 and 28 February 2023 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 7 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 22 October 2026 |
| Measurements held | 45 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 22 October 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/Science_and_tech_upsc |
Topic
Education — 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 9 September 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 97% 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.
Growth
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026, 06:57 | 41,022 | -17 |
| 21 Oct 2026, 00:39 | 41,039 | -14 |
| 20 Oct 2026, 02:37 | 41,053 | -19 |
| 19 Oct 2026, 05:46 | 41,072 | -20 |
| 18 Oct 2026, 08:18 | 41,092 | -11 |
| 17 Oct 2026, 06:31 | 41,103 | -15 |
| 16 Oct 2026, 06:06 | 41,118 | -12 |
| 15 Oct 2026, 03:56 | 41,130 | -12 |
| 14 Oct 2026, 00:28 | 41,142 | -36 |
| 10 Oct 2026, 23:37 | 41,178 | -64 |
| 6 Oct 2026, 19:36 | 41,242 | -99 |
| 1 Oct 2026, 18:00 | 41,341 | -207 |
| 18 Sept 2026, 13:39 | 41,548 | -35 |
| 16 Sept 2026, 03:59 | 41,583 | -21 |
| 14 Sept 2026, 08:40 | 41,604 | -32 |
| 12 Sept 2026, 15:19 | 41,636 | -31 |
| 10 Sept 2026, 11:57 | 41,667 | -59 |
| 7 Sept 2026, 08:19 | 41,726 | -60 |
| 4 Sept 2026, 13:38 | 41,786 | -14 |
| 2 Sept 2026, 22:15 | 41,800 | first reading |
Engagement
108 posts held, back to 29 July 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 140 pages of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
- ERR · 30 days
- 2.56%
- avg views ÷ 41,022 subscribers
- Avg views / post
- 1,050
- 12 posts measured
- Reaction rate
- —
- this channel exposes no reaction counts
- Posts in window
- 12
- of 108 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.
| Window | Rolling 30 days · latest post in window 17 October 2026 |
|---|---|
| Posts held | 108 (29 July 2026 – 17 October 2026) |
| Views total | 12,606 |
| Reactions total | — |
| Forwards / comments | not exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated |
| Readings taken | 19 Oct 2026, 07:02 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
- Video runtime
- 5m 04s
- Average length
- 38s
Measured directly from 8 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.
Recent posts
Indian scientists identify a few Martian analogue sites ◉ Two key minerals identified in areas of Tamil Nadu and the Atacama Desert in Chile, which reflect geological, chemical, and physical similarities with Mars, have helped establish these as Martian analogue sites. ◉ In the era of intense planetary exploration, identifying terrestrial analogue sites has become a pressing requirement, as recent studies demonstra…
2026 Physics Nobel: The science of ‘neutrinos’, ‘ghost’ particles that can reveal universe’s mysteries
Nobel Medicine Prize 2026: How three scientists discovered a way to control brain cells with light
Remembering the Missile Man of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on his birth anniversary. A soul who taught us to dream beyond limits and serve with purpose. 🙏🇮🇳
https://go.allevents.in/d5rrj
I am Vishal Salsekar, faculty of History and International Relations. I have started free Modern Indian History Classes on my channel and 6 classes are already live on the channel. Rest will be uploaded with 2 classes per week. Complete Modern History will be covered in around 6 weeks. These videos can also help the students to understand History of Modern India for UPSC, state PCS and other exams. It will help you …
Why UAPA Demands Urgent Reform
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai “for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.”
India successfully demonstrates its first free space quantum-secure communication link for over 5.5 km
File, posted without a caption
Journey of UPSC!
Showing the 12 most recent of 108 posts we hold for @Science_and_tech_upsc. 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.
Forward network
Republished by
Channels on the register that have forwarded this channel's posts into their own feed.
Republishes
Channels on the register whose posts this channel has forwarded.
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.
Mentions
Names
Channels on the register whose handles appear in this channel's posts.
@DelhiUpscSecrets_official · 60,4575 postsCSAT - by Sunya IAS
@CsatSunyaIAS · 50,5891 postPrepAssist
@prepassist_UPSC · 4421 postSOMP(Strategy Oriented Mentorship Program)
@SOMPGUIDANCE · 93,2261 postX IAS Official
@X_IAS · 109,2511 postZoology Optional - Sunya IAS
@zoologyoptional_sunyaias · 1091 post
A mention is a weaker signal than a forward and is counted separately for that reason — naming a channel is not republishing it, and a handle in a post body is easy to place deliberately. The post counts beside each row below are distinct posts in which the handle appeared, from posts we have read on both sides — the “Named by N registered channels” figure above is a different count, of distinct NAMING CHANNELS rather than posts, and is not the sum of the rows under it.
Channels Telegram recommends alongside this one
Telegram’s own answer, not this register’s. When this register asks Telegram’s API what is similar to this channel, this is the list it returns, in the exact order Telegram returns it — never re-sorted by subscribers or by anything else this register measures. The relationship, and the order, are Telegram’s; we record them and date them, and make no claim of our own about which of these channels actually resemble this one.
@upsc_art_and_culture_notes · 42,242#1
@UPSC_Environment_Ecology_Prelims · 35,728#2
@upsc_government_schemes_4_exams · 35,846#3
@SOMPGUIDANCE · 93,226#4
@MENTORAIAS · 75,363#5
@upsc_science_and_technology · 33,145#6
@csetopper · 174,450#7
@Upsc_4_economy · 48,937#8
@CSE_EXAM · 91,479#9
@upsc_mains_model_answer · 88,618#10
@PIB_UPSC · 70,338#11
@insightsIAStips · 189,390#12
@currentmagazines · 44,981#13
@karmayogi_ias · 54,495#14
@Learn_Geography_Optional · 8,837#15
@Convert_IAS · 134,809#16
@Mapping_prelims_mains · 51,205#17
@upsc_government_scheme · 42,572#18
@IASbabaOfficialAccount · 75,479#19
@theiashub · 40,355#20
@EnlightIAS8_official · 134,623#21
@upsc_prelims_mcqs · 35,817#22
@upsc_prelims_mcq_pyq_quiz · 61,949#23
@sunyanotes50 · 190,472#24
@Upsc_4_history · 49,305#25
@UPSC_irmindmaps_di_mains_prelims · 45,767#26
@upsc_society_gs · 31,627#27
@anmolvachan1 · 54,989#28
@Upsc_4_environment · 29,823#29
@VisionIAS_UPSC · 395,926#30
@prelims_tricks · 46,060#31
@UPSCprepIAS · 202,423#32
@upsc_environment_mind_maps · 8,328#33
@legendbhaiyaupsc · 108#34
@hinduhighlights · 133,025#35
@UPSC_PIB_NEWS · 46,290#36
@upsc_geography_mindmaps_notes · 36,677#37
@TeamKJS · 84,583#38
@vyasaiasofficial · 20,844#39
@CsatSunyaIAS · 50,589#40
@UPSCcafenotes · 7,725#41
@upsccopycenter · 1,341#42
@vajiramandraviofficial · 281,837#43
@Mindmaps_4_upsc · 44,453#44
@UPSC_Environment_Ecology_Notes · 36,041#45
@freeupscmaterials2026 · 22,378#46
@upsc_prelims_test_mcq · 48,913#47
@upsc_modern_history_notes · 19,115#48
@upsc_the_hindu_ie_editorial · 51,166#49
@upscpdfs25 · 34,201#50
@upsc_prelims_2027_28 · 45,516#51
@economyforyoubyfazal · 7,360#52
@Free_prelims_Testseries · 20,350#53
@upscfreematerialsufm · 22,631#54
@cseresource · 41,263#55
@polity_mindmaps · 43,142#56
@AgentsofUPSC · 13,676#57
@indianexpress · 121,625#58
@upsc_sci_tech_mcq · 39,925#59
@UPSCFIX · 87,376#60
@akhil_buddhi · 96,100#61
@Ethics_For_UPSC_Mains · 43,056#62
@UPSCmylastattempt · 5,718#63
@studyforcivilservices · 289,825#64
@ias_cloud · 18,658#65
@StudySmartIASPCS · 32,026#66
@only_ias_test_series_z · 8,348#67
@UPSC_Previous_Year_Questions · 25,146#68
@UPSC_Mains_Notes_Materials · 67,162#69
@nextiasofficial · 53,049#70
@Dream_Post_Hindu_News_Editorial · 7,450#71
@quotesforupsc · 19,533#72
@UPSC_Analytica · 12,596#73
@upsc_test_series_hub · 62,006#74
@UPSC_ATEEQ · 6,714#75
@IASExamcongress · 38,454#76
@justupscpyq · 33,290#77
@places_in_news_upsc · 40,554#78
@Art_culture12 · 6,302#79
@upsc_uppsc_modernhistory_diagram · 6,949#80
@CSK_CSAT_OFFICIAL · 48,812#81
@upscpcsnotes26 · 33,434#82
@cse25marks · 31,635#83
@art_and_culture_notes_upsc · 36,056#84
@GSWSHelper · 83,842#85
Read from Telegram’s recommendation API, most recently 29 August 2026. Telegram holds a list like this for a small and growing share of the register — how this is measured, and why most channel pages show nothing here.
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.
@upsc_art_and_culture_notes · 42,242
Telegram ranks this channel #1 of 85 here — alongside 84 others — read 28 August 2026
@upsc_modern_history_notes · 19,115
Telegram ranks this channel #2 of 79 here — alongside 78 others — read 2 October 2026
@UPSC_Environment_Ecology_Prelims · 35,728
Telegram ranks this channel #2 of 93 here — alongside 92 others — read 1 September 2026
@upsc_government_schemes_4_exams · 35,846
Telegram ranks this channel #2 of 85 here — alongside 84 others — read 1 September 2026
@upsc_geography_mindmaps_notes · 36,677
Telegram ranks this channel #3 of 75 here — alongside 74 others — read 31 August 2026
@upscfreematerialsufm · 22,631
Telegram ranks this channel #6 of 71 here — alongside 70 others — read 19 September 2026
@upsc_polity_mind_maps · 24,212
Telegram ranks this channel #7 of 67 here — alongside 66 others — read 15 September 2026
@upsc_prelims_mcqs · 35,817
Telegram ranks this channel #10 of 85 here — alongside 84 others — read 1 September 2026
@polity_mindmaps · 43,142
Telegram ranks this channel #10 of 65 here — alongside 64 others — read 28 August 2026
@upsc_science_and_technology · 33,145
Telegram ranks this channel #12 of 85 here — alongside 84 others — read 4 September 2026
@Upsc_4_economy · 48,937
Telegram ranks this channel #12 of 87 here — alongside 86 others — read 25 August 2026
@UPSC_Environment_Ecology_Notes · 36,041
Telegram ranks this channel #13 of 85 here — alongside 84 others — read 1 September 2026
@currentmagazines · 44,981
Telegram ranks this channel #14 of 87 here — alongside 86 others — read 27 August 2026
@IASbabaOfficialAccount · 75,479
Telegram ranks this channel #16 of 90 here — alongside 89 others — read 19 August 2026
@upsc_prelims_history_mcq · 46,326
Telegram ranks this channel #17 of 89 here — alongside 88 others — read 26 August 2026
@upsc_mains_model_answer · 88,618
Telegram ranks this channel #17 of 90 here — alongside 89 others — read 17 August 2026
@art_and_culture_notes_upsc · 36,056
Telegram ranks this channel #18 of 64 here — alongside 63 others — read 1 September 2026
@upsc_society_gs · 31,627
Telegram ranks this channel #19 of 87 here — alongside 86 others — read 5 September 2026
@places_in_news_upsc · 40,554
Telegram ranks this channel #19 of 77 here — alongside 76 others — read 29 August 2026
@upsc_government_scheme · 42,572
Telegram ranks this channel #20 of 83 here — alongside 82 others — read 29 August 2026
@ias_cloud · 18,658
Telegram ranks this channel #21 of 76 here — alongside 75 others — read 5 October 2026
@theiashub · 40,355
Telegram ranks this channel #21 of 81 here — alongside 80 others — read 31 August 2026
@Upsc_4_history · 49,305
Telegram ranks this channel #21 of 92 here — alongside 91 others — read 25 August 2026
@upsc_sci_tech_mcq · 39,925
Telegram ranks this channel #22 of 88 here — alongside 87 others — read 29 August 2026
This channel appears in 52 seed channels' Telegram-generated recommendation lists in total, of which the 24 where it ranks highest are shown above. 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 22 October 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“UPSC Science and Technology” (@Science_and_tech_upsc), 41,022 subscribers as measured 22 October 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/Science_and_tech_upsc.
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.