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Channel
VK IAS by Vikas kanukollu (VK)
@hinduhighlights
On this record: Topic · Growth · Engagement · What this channel posts · Posts · Posts edited after publishing · Polls · Citations · Telegram's recommendations · Cite this entry
132,700subscribers
-2,005 since we began measuring on 6 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of 100,000–316,228.
Register entry
| Telegram ID | -1001221577305 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @hinduhighlights |
| Created | Between 1 April 2018 and 31 August 2021 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 6 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 8 November 2026 |
| Measurements held | 63 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 8 November 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/hinduhighlights |
Topic
Education — a classification, not a measurement. An on-box language model (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q6_K_XL, prompt version 1) read this channel’s own recent posts on 9 August 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 100% 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 the other topics.
Growth
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2026, 00:55 | 132,700 | -56 |
| 6 Nov 2026, 21:49 | 132,756 | -96 |
| 5 Nov 2026, 19:08 | 132,852 | -58 |
| 4 Nov 2026, 21:37 | 132,910 | -50 |
| 3 Nov 2026, 18:46 | 132,960 | -30 |
| 2 Nov 2026, 17:46 | 132,990 | -41 |
| 1 Nov 2026, 16:19 | 133,031 | -60 |
| 31 Oct 2026, 12:44 | 133,091 | -55 |
| 30 Oct 2026, 13:05 | 133,146 | +27 |
| 29 Oct 2026, 12:47 | 133,119 | +69 |
| 28 Oct 2026, 14:50 | 133,050 | +1 |
| 27 Oct 2026, 17:57 | 133,049 | +70 |
| 26 Oct 2026, 18:11 | 132,979 | +77 |
| 25 Oct 2026, 16:15 | 132,902 | +45 |
| 24 Oct 2026, 13:25 | 132,857 | -63 |
| 23 Oct 2026, 10:28 | 132,920 | -61 |
| 22 Oct 2026, 10:28 | 132,981 | -44 |
| 21 Oct 2026, 07:19 | 133,025 | -38 |
| 20 Oct 2026, 07:16 | 133,063 | -71 |
| 19 Oct 2026, 07:55 | 133,134 | first reading |
Engagement
105 posts held, back to 2 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 189 pages of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
- ERR · 30 days
- 4.63%
- avg views ÷ 132,700 subscribers
- Avg views / post
- 6,150
- 27 posts measured
- Reaction rate
- —
- this channel exposes no reaction counts
- Posts in window
- 27
- of 105 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 6 November 2026 |
|---|---|
| Posts held | 105 (2 July 2026 – 6 November 2026) |
| Views total | 166,040 |
| Reactions total | — |
| Forwards / comments | not exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated |
| Readings taken | 7 Nov 2026, 15:39 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
- 38s
- Average length
- 19s
Measured directly from 2 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
Telegram’s own ‘edited’ marker: 2 of 27 posts held from the last 30 days (7.41%) carried it when this register last read them. The marker says a post was changed after publishing, not what it said before — this register holds the earlier wording only where an edit fell between two of its own reads (see the edit ledger and how it is measured).
https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/WR-CSM-2026-Engl-NameList-05112026.pdf
To all the candidates who gave Mains 2026 … - VK
Gs-2 : Health/ Vulnerable sections 🅾️Link between anemia and maternal health- link this to SDG 3 🅾️Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy- click here 🔰Challenges that India's Food System should handle- Click here Join @hinduhighlights for News analysis @upschighlights - Relevant hashtags for Prelims- Click here 🎖Please Subscribe : Youtube.com/vikaskanukollu
✅Gs-3 : Internal security- Drug trafficking - Issue in Punjab 🔰There are two dimensions to this issue - Click here ⚜️1. As a social problem ⚜️2. As a security problem 🎖Join @hinduhighlights for News analysis @upschighlights - Relevant hashtags for Prelims- Click here 🎖Please Subscribe : Youtube.com/vikaskanukollu
✅Gs-3 :Science and Technology-Achievements of Indians in Science & Technology; Indigenization of Technology-NVS-03, third new-generation navigation satellite-The first satellite, IRNSS-1A, launched in 2013, and three other satellites necessary for positioning data were in orbit by 2015. However, a 2018 report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India highlighted delays in developing consumer-end receivers. 🅾️B…
#Polity ✅Inter state council - Prelims facts 🅾️Article source : https://t.me/hinduhighlights/14818 ⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
✅Gs-3 : Inclusive growth- Why Hyper Globalization isnt yielding desirable outcomes?- Impact on Gen Z 🅾️Neoliberalism impact on inequality- Click here 🅾️ Intergenerational Justice concept-Why are young people particularly exposed?-UN’s 2025 SDG report records global youth unemployment at 12.9% in 2024- Click here ⚜️ Limited experience and professional networks-irms can freeze recruitment before dismissing establi…
✅Gs-2 : Federalism- Centre state relations 🅾️What is an Interstate council?- Points to note for prelims and mains : Click here ⚠️Q) Cooperative federalism requires institutionalised consultation rather than episodic political accommodation. Examine the role of the Inter-State Council. 📌Prelims background : https://t.me/upschighlights/6350 🎖Join @hinduhighlights for News analysis @upschighlights - Relevant hashta…
✅Gs-2 : Judiciary - Special executive Magistrates 🅾️Under BNSS Section 170, police need knowledge of a design to commit a cognizable offence, and must consider that it cannot otherwise be prevented.Important safeguard: Section 170 alone does not authorise custody beyond 24 hours. Further detention needs a separate lawful basis. ⚠️VK IAS subject wise channels - Click here
✅Gs-3 : Environment- Climate change ✅Gs-3 : Agriculture 📌Main issue : Fertiliser subsidy regime has ruined the soil quality- Urea remains relatively cheap → Farmers favour nitrogen → Other nutrients become relatively expensive → Nutrient imbalance persists ⚜️The cited ICRIER study reports:Nitrogen application shifting from 7% below estimated requirement to 6% above.Potassium deficiency increasing from 48% to 72%.…
✅Gs-2 : Judiciary Judicial Ethics, Extrajudicial Speech & Judicial Restraint ⚠️Judicial speech has three layers: Click here 🅾️Restatement of Values of Judicial Life (1997): Clause 1 and Clause 8 🅾️Note this from the article- Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct: Principle 2.4 and Principle 4.11 ❇️Dual Conceptions of the Judicial Role: ⚜️"Noisy Judges" vs. "Judicial Restraint": Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi noted t…
Showing the 12 most recent of 105 posts we hold for @hinduhighlights. 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.
Posts edited after publishing
@hinduhighlights edited 2 posts after it first published — the same permalink now carries different wording than the one this register originally read, caught because our own crawl held a copy of the earlier text.
An edit is not deception. Typo fixes, price updates and corrections look exactly like this too — this register can tell you the wording changed and when, not why. How this is measured.
- First edit seen
- 12 September 2026
- Most recent edit
- 1 October 2026
Polls
The 2 polls we hold for this entry, as Telegram rendered them when we read the post. A poll’s figures keep moving after that, so each one is dated.
What is your BIGGEST problem with Current Affairs?
- I don’t know what to read26%
- I read but don’t remember42%
- I can’t connect news with static/PYQs31%
- I make too many notes13%
- I can’t revise before the exam30%
The shares total 142%, above 100: this poll accepts more than one answer per voter. No per-option vote count is published, so the number of voters who chose each option is not derivable and is not shown.
How much time do you spend on Current Affairs daily?
- 30-45 min21%
- 1 hour31%
- 2 hours16%
- I have given up12%
- I have no clue on how to handle CA21%
Shares as published, totalling 101%. No per-option vote count is published by Telegram, so none is shown.
Percentages only — there are no per-option vote counts here, because Telegram publishes none. The public post preview gives each option’s share and a single voter total, and nothing else. Multiplying one by the other would produce a per-option tally that looks measured and is not: the shares are rounded to whole numbers before we ever see them. We print what was published and leave the column that does not exist empty.
The shares need not add up to 100. Rounding alone puts many polls at 99 or 101. A poll that allows more than one answer per voter runs well past 100 by design, and several here do. The bars are drawn against a fixed 100% track at each option’s own percentage rather than normalised to the total, so a poll that exceeds it shows that it does instead of being quietly rescaled.
Read from the 105 most recent posts we hold, published 2 July 2026 to 6 November 2026. Telegram labels each poll by kind — an anonymous poll, a quiz, a closed set of final results — and that label is reproduced rather than paraphrased.
Forward network
Republished by
Channels on the register that have forwarded this channel's posts into their own feed.
@Quizhighlights · 18,71210 postsVK IAS - UPSC interviews
@UPSC_Interviews · 12,17010 postsVK IAS- prelims (UPSC highlights)
@upschighlights · 54,4625 postsVK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu
@ecologyhighlights · 19,3443 postsExplained- Aasan Bhasha- Vikas Kanukollu
@vikaskanukollu · 11,4693 postsVK IAS Geography current Affairs for UPSC
@Geohighlights · 20,9682 postsUPSC Ethics by VK IAS
@Upsc_ethics_notes · 44,0952 postsUPSC - International relations by Vikas Kanukollu
@UPSC_PSIR_IR · 16,9801 postVK IAS - (Science and technology)
@sciencehighlights · 20,1191 post
Republishes
Channels on the register whose posts this channel has forwarded.
@UPSC_PSIR_IR · 16,9809 postsUPSC Economy by VK IAS (Vikas Kanukollu)
@economyhighlights · 20,3106 postsVK IAS Geography current Affairs for UPSC
@Geohighlights · 20,9684 postsVK IAS - (Science and technology)
@sciencehighlights · 20,1193 postsUPSC Ethics by VK IAS
@Upsc_ethics_notes · 44,0952 postsVK IAS- prelims (UPSC highlights)
@upschighlights · 54,4622 postsVK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu
@ecologyhighlights · 19,3441 postVK IAS(UPSC Highlights)- History
@historyhighlights · 21,0051 post
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
Named by 11 registered channels — every channel on the register whose own posts have named this one, by its current username or any other username it currently holds, merged from two separately captured readings of the same fact so a namer caught by only one of them is not missed and a namer both caught is not counted twice. A username this channel has since dropped is not matched — that handle may belong to someone else now, and crediting today’s namer to yesterday’s owner would misattribute it.
Named by
Channels on the register whose posts name this channel's handle.
@UPSC_Interviews · 12,17070 postsUPSC Economy by VK IAS (Vikas Kanukollu)
@economyhighlights · 20,31048 postsVK IAS- UPSC Environment by Vikas kanukollu
@ecologyhighlights · 19,34447 postsVK IAS- prelims (UPSC highlights)
@upschighlights · 54,46244 postsVK IAS Geography current Affairs for UPSC
@Geohighlights · 20,96831 postsExplained- Aasan Bhasha- Vikas Kanukollu
@vikaskanukollu · 11,46931 postsVK IAS - Prelims Quiz.
@Quizhighlights · 18,71228 postsVK IAS - (Science and technology)
@sciencehighlights · 20,11920 postsUPSC Ethics by VK IAS
@Upsc_ethics_notes · 44,09512 postsUPSC - International relations by Vikas Kanukollu
@UPSC_PSIR_IR · 16,98012 postsVK IAS(UPSC Highlights)- History
@historyhighlights · 21,0059 posts
Names
Channels on the register whose handles appear in this channel's posts.
@upschighlights · 54,46220 postsUPSC - International relations by Vikas Kanukollu
@UPSC_PSIR_IR · 16,9807 postsVK IAS Geography current Affairs for UPSC
@Geohighlights · 20,9685 postsVK IAS - (Science and technology)
@sciencehighlights · 20,1193 postsUPSC Ethics by VK IAS
@Upsc_ethics_notes · 44,0953 postsUPSC Economy by VK IAS (Vikas Kanukollu)
@economyhighlights · 20,3102 postsVK IAS(UPSC Highlights)- History
@historyhighlights · 21,0051 postVK IAS - Notes
@UPSC_PDF_notes · 14,8141 postData and Facts for UPSC- VK IAS
@vikas_kanukollu1 · 14,6681 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.
@upschighlights · 54,462#1
@csetopper · 175,272#2
@VivekSingh_Economy · 131,409#3
@iaspcspathshala · 186,242#4
@theanonymousupscaspirant · 255,095#5
@mrunalorg · 210,552#6
@TeamKJS · 84,341#7
@ABCD_of_UPSC · 60,538#8
@sunyanotes50 · 190,447#9
@EnlightIAS8_official · 133,864#10
@SOMPGUIDANCE · 92,533#11
@Convert_IAS · 134,088#12
@csepaper2atish · 118,061#13
@upsc_ethics_toppers · 35,376#14
@mehak_jainAIR17 · 60,148#15
@ReadersRepublic9 · 17,418#16
@UnderStandUPSC · 114,029#17
@cse_topper · 31,216#18
@vajiramandraviofficial · 281,419#19
@UPSC_Environment_Ecology_Notes · 35,801#20
@anmolvachan1 · 55,246#21
@karmayogi_ias · 54,458#22
@insightsIAStips · 188,719#23
@upsc_toppers_essay · 34,732#24
@MENTORAIAS · 74,791#25
@PIB_UPSC · 70,460#26
@Indian_Express_CSETopper · 31,442#27
@quotesforupsc · 19,470#28
@vyasaiasofficial · 20,797#29
@csetopper_2027 · 16,782#30
@upscsupersimplified · 41,027#31
@Mindmaps_4_upsc · 44,190#32
@iasecmainsconference · 7,140#33
@upsc_the_hindu_ie_editorial · 51,086#34
@VisionIAS_UPSC · 394,003#35
@Mapping_prelims_mains · 50,866#36
@legendbhaiyaupsc · 207#37
@justupscpyq · 33,298#38
@Neil_You · 16,317#39
@CSE_EXAM · 90,989#40
@upscfilescse · 26,525#41
@SleepyClasses · 83,341#42
@rahulsri064 · 12,455#43
@PSIR_Civils_Front · 21,293#44
@iasecprelims · 10,789#45
@UPSC_Ethics_Example · 12,047#46
@UPSCPrelimsWithNeelesh · 40,391#47
@essaykaise1 · 23,827#48
@chandarprabha289upsc · 8,754#49
@darkhorsecse · 36,504#50
@upsc_art_and_culture_notes · 42,011#51
@AgentsofUPSC · 13,675#52
@peeyushupsc · 39,941#53
@upsc_test_series_hub · 62,052#54
@air17swati · 22,876#55
@tjtalkss · 12,523#56
@UPSC_PIB_NEWS · 46,288#57
@iascorridor · 25,306#58
@upsc_planner_ias · 60,798#59
@csp20info · 52,428#60
@target30upsc · 72,722#61
@internal_security_upsc_MAINS · 35,601#62
@HandWritten_Notes1 · 33,786#63
@goalTide · 26,360#64
@Upsc_4_environment · 29,886#65
@cse_resource_backup · 10,803 (as read 13 August 2026)#66
@DelhiUpscSecrets_official · 59,941#67
@tipsforias · 7,474#68
@saurabhPolity · 8#69
@UPSCprepIAS · 202,761#70
@upsc_government_scheme · 42,867#71
@upscpdfs25 · 34,242#72
@Upsc_4_economy · 48,631#73
@upsc_facts · 33,245#74
@csetopperessay · 34,443#75
@upsc_science_and_technology · 32,926#76
@upsc_mains_model_answer · 88,533#77
@PLAtforM_IAS · 34,398#78
@freeupscmaterials2026 · 22,397#79
@upsc_society_gs · 31,396#80
@upsc_prelims_2027_28 · 45,279#81
@asksantoshsir · 36,564#82
@UPSC_irmindmaps_di_mains_prelims · 45,468#83
@nikhilhistoryculture · 14,149#84
@AnimeshPradhan_AIR2 · 62,027#85
@upsc_prelims_mcq_pyq_quiz · 61,733#86
@AmazBooks · 2,851#87
@air150rameshverma · 2,760#88
@upsc_geography_mapping_optionals · 145,998#89
@SansadTV_AIRNEWS · 33,793#90
@Official_Captain_Invincible · 10,114#91
Read from Telegram’s recommendation API, most recently 13 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_Environment_Ecology_Notes · 35,801
Telegram ranks this channel #1 of 85 here — alongside 84 others — read 1 September 2026
@upschighlights · 54,462
Telegram ranks this channel #1 of 87 here — alongside 86 others — read 23 August 2026
@upsc_ethics_toppers · 35,376
Telegram ranks this channel #2 of 85 here — alongside 84 others — read 1 September 2026
@UPSC_Previous_Year_Questions · 24,960
Telegram ranks this channel #5 of 71 here — alongside 70 others — read 14 September 2026
@Essay_For_UPSC_Mains · 47,152
Telegram ranks this channel #6 of 74 here — alongside 73 others — read 27 August 2026
@UPSC_Mindmaps_CSE · 19,087
Telegram ranks this channel #8 of 82 here — alongside 81 others — read 1 October 2026
@internal_security_upsc_MAINS · 35,601
Telegram ranks this channel #8 of 86 here — alongside 85 others — read 1 September 2026
@VivekSingh_Economy · 131,409
Telegram ranks this channel #9 of 84 here — alongside 83 others — read 13 August 2026
@saurabhPolity · 8
Telegram ranks this channel #10 of 80 here — alongside 79 others — read 18 September 2026
@art_and_culture_notes_upsc · 35,759
Telegram ranks this channel #10 of 64 here — alongside 63 others — read 1 September 2026
@upsc_ir_mcq · 39,500
Telegram ranks this channel #12 of 83 here — alongside 82 others — read 29 August 2026
@upsc_facts · 33,245
Telegram ranks this channel #14 of 91 here — alongside 90 others — read 3 September 2026
@HandWritten_Notes1 · 33,786
Telegram ranks this channel #14 of 79 here — alongside 78 others — read 3 September 2026
@EnlightIAS8_official · 133,864
Telegram ranks this channel #15 of 70 here — alongside 69 others — read 13 August 2026
@spectrum_indian_history_quiz_gk · 53,778
Telegram ranks this channel #16 of 67 here — alongside 66 others — read 23 August 2026
@ABCD_of_UPSC · 60,538
Telegram ranks this channel #16 of 79 here — alongside 78 others — read 22 August 2026
@goalTide · 26,360
Telegram ranks this channel #17 of 90 here — alongside 89 others — read 13 September 2026
@UPSC_PIB_NEWS · 46,288
Telegram ranks this channel #17 of 87 here — alongside 86 others — read 27 August 2026
@upsc_the_hindu_ie_editorial · 51,086
Telegram ranks this channel #17 of 88 here — alongside 87 others — read 25 August 2026
@Upsc_ethics_notes · 44,095
Telegram ranks this channel #18 of 68 here — alongside 67 others — read 28 August 2026
@prelims_economy_mcqs · 42,940
Telegram ranks this channel #18 of 78 here — alongside 77 others — read 28 August 2026
@Convert_IAS · 134,088
Telegram ranks this channel #18 of 91 here — alongside 90 others — read 13 August 2026
@CSE_MAINS_PYQ · 43,128
Telegram ranks this channel #20 of 88 here — alongside 87 others — read 28 August 2026
@SOMPGUIDANCE · 92,533
Telegram ranks this channel #20 of 82 here — alongside 81 others — read 16 August 2026
This channel appears in 102 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 8 November 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“VK IAS by Vikas kanukollu (VK)” (@hinduhighlights), 132,700 subscribers as measured 8 November 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/hinduhighlights.
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.