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Channel
PIB Fact Check
@PIB_FactCheck
On this record: Growth · Engagement · What this channel posts · Posts · Citations · Handles named that no longer answer · Telegram's recommendations · Cite this entry
18,232subscribers
+3 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 | -1001559076845 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @PIB_FactCheck |
| Description | Countering misinformation on Govt. policies/schemes. Suspect a Govt. related news to be fake? Send it to us at +918799711259/socialmedia@pib.gov.in |
| Created | Between 1 August 2021 and 31 January 2023— estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated. |
| First recorded | 6 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 12 August 2026 |
| Measurements held | 8 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 12 August 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/PIB_FactCheck |
Growth
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Aug 2026, 06:56 | 18,232 | -2 |
| 11 Aug 2026, 10:22 | 18,234 | +6 |
| 10 Aug 2026, 11:58 | 18,228 | -1 |
| 9 Aug 2026, 09:51 | 18,229 | +5 |
| 8 Aug 2026, 07:22 | 18,224 | -1 |
| 7 Aug 2026, 04:12 | 18,225 | -4 |
| 6 Aug 2026, 18:00 | 18,229 | no change |
| 6 Aug 2026, 17:48 | 18,229 | first reading |
Engagement
33 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 17 pagesof Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
- ERR · 30 days
- 6.62%
- avg views ÷ 18,232 subscribers
- Avg views / post
- 1,210
- 33 posts measured
- Reaction rate
- —
- this channel exposes no reaction counts
- Posts in window
- 33
- of 33 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 12 August 2026 |
|---|---|
| Posts held | 33 (29 July 2026 – 12 August 2026) |
| Views total | 39,825 |
| Reactions total | — |
| Forwards / comments | not exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated |
| Readings taken | 13 Aug 2026, 00:12 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
- ≈1,390
- Videos
- ≈443
- Links
- ≈1,220
Lifetime counters from Telegram’s own channel header, read 13 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
- 8m 22s
- Average length
- 33s
Measured directly from 15 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
⚠️ A video is being circulated on social media claiming that plastic has been used in an Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) slab instead of torsteel along the Amritsar-Katra Expressway. #PIBFactCheck: ❌This claim is #Misleading. ✅ The material used in the RCC slab is Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (GFRP), not plastic as claimed. ✅ GFRP is a strong composite material designed to provide high strength primarily along…
Pakistani propaganda accounts are sharing a video with a false claim that Indian Airforce aircraft crashed in Pune. #PIBFactCheck ❌This claim is #FAKE ✅ A trainer aircraft of private company crashed near Baramati airstrip in Maharashtra's Pune district. 🔗 Watch the full story - https://x.com/PTI_News/status/2086380908488319008?s=20 🛑 Stay cautious. Help STOP misinformation. 🔸 Flag misleading content related to …
🚨 SCAM ALERT! A loan approval letter is circulating, claiming to grant a loan amount worth ₹3 Lakhs under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana on payment of a legal consideration charge of ₹999. #PIBFactCheck ❌ The letter is #FAKE. ✅ MUDRA does not provide direct loans to individuals or micro-entrepreneurs. It is a refinancing agency. 🔗 For authentic information, visit: http://mudra.org.in/FAQ 🛑 Stay cautious. Help …
🚨 SCAM ALERT! ⚠️ A notice claiming to be issued by the Income Tax department is circulating online, asking the recipient to make a payment of ₹6,000/- as part of the tax payable amount. #PIBFactCheck: ❌ This notice is #Fake and a phishing attempt. ✅ The Income Tax Department does not issue such notices. For reference: https://www.incometaxindia.gov.in/report-phishing 🔸 Beware of misleading content and always rel…
👉🏻 A notice claiming to be issued by the Bank of India is circulating online, stating that customers’ bank accounts will be blocked immediately due to non-updation of Aadhaar and PAN KYC and asking them to download and install the 'BOI Mobile Digital' application to update their KYC. ❌ This notice is #Fake. ✅ The Bank of India and the RBI have not issued any such notice. ✅ The circulated image is fabricated and do…
⚠️ A letter allegedly issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is being circulated online, claiming that the recipient has won a prize amount of ₹15 lakh and shall pay ₹2,500 as tax to receive the prize money. #PIBFactCheck: ❌ This letter is #Fake. ✅ The @RBI does not send any emails communicating award of lottery winnings, prize, or funds received from abroad. 🔗 https://x.com/RBIsays/status/1529330653547769856?s…
जनसामान्य को भ्रमित करने के उद्देश्य से सोशल मीडिया पर मणिपुर एवं थाईलैंड की पुरानी वीडियो क्लिप्स को भारत-चीन सीमा क्षेत्र का वीडियो बताकर व्यापक रूप से साझा किया जा रहा है। #PIBFactCheck: ❌ ये वीडियो भारत-चीन सीमा क्षेत्र के नहीं हैं। ⚠️ कृपया ऐसी अपुष्ट खबरों के झांसे में न आएं। 🔸 प्रामाणिक जानकारी हेतु केंद्र सरकार के आधिकारिक स्रोतों पर ही विश्वास कीजिए। ▶️ किसी भी संदिग्ध तस्वीर, वीडियो अथवा संदेश @PIBFact…
🚨 A misleading claim regarding a 10 lakh training target under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is being circulated on social media. 🔍 #PIBFactCheck: ❌ No such official announcement has been made. 📢 Citizens are advised to rely only on information shared through official MSDE channels for authentic updates on PMKVY and other skilling initiatives. ✅ Verify before you trust or share. 🔗https://x.com/M…
सोशल मीडिया पर भारत - बांग्लादेश सीमा क्षेत्र की एक वीडियो को गलत संदर्भ में साझा किया जा रहा है। #PIBFactCheck: ❌ यह वीडियो पुरानी है। ⚠️ कृपया सतर्क रहिए। सनसनी फैलाने वाले ऐसे कंटेंट के झांसे में न आएं। 🔸 प्रामाणिक सूचनाओं के लिए आधिकारिक स्त्रोतों पर ही भरोसा कीजिए। ▶️ केंद्र सरकार से संबंधित किसी भी संदिग्ध तस्वीर, वीडियो अथवा संदेश को @PIBFactCheck को भेजिए। वास्तविक जानकारी हम आपको उपलब्ध कराएँगे। 📲 +91 …
Not all "gifts" are what they seem. 🎁 Look inside before you open the gates! 🛑 Unverified links, scam messages, and viral rumors are modern-day Trojan horses, disguised as helpful info or tempting offers, but designed to steal your data or spread panic. Scanning before clicking is your first line of defense. 🔍 @PIBFactCheck is your ultimate 'fact-check' scanner, always ready to reveal what’s hidden behind suspicio…
Beware of Fraudsters❗️ A message is being circulated with a link claiming that the central government is providing free laptops to students. #PIBFactCheck ❌ This message is #fake! 🚫 Do NOT click on suspicious links. ▶️ Always verify information through official sources.
Showing the 12 most recent of 33 posts we hold for @PIB_FactCheck. 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 — 645,323 of 1,151,006entries 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
Republished by
Channels on the register that have forwarded this channel's posts into their own feed.
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 1 registered channel — 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.
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.
Handles this channel named that no longer answer
- Dead references
- 2
- handles named in this channel’s posts, vacant today
- Evidenced gone
- 0
- we ourselves saw one of these resolve, at some point
- Never seen alive
- 2
- vacant every time we have ever looked
@PIB_FactCheck named 2 handles that resolve to nothing today. That is a fact about the reference, not necessarily a fact about the handle’s history — see the two groups below.
Most of these may never have existed as a live channel at all.A handle a channel names can be a typo, an aspirational name nobody registered, or a channel that was already gone before this one ever mentioned it. Unless a row below is marked evidenced, all we know is that it references a handle that is not a live channel today — not that anything “died”. How this is measured.
Never seen alive
References a handle that is not a live channel — we have no record it ever was one.
named in 38 posts, 8 August 2026 – 12 August 2026
named in 4 posts, 8 August 2026 – 12 August 2026
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.
@MyGovCoronaNewsdesk · 384,487
Telegram ranks this channel #40 of 80 here — alongside 79 others — read 10 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 12 August 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“PIB Fact Check” (@PIB_FactCheck), 18,232 subscribers as measured 12 August 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/PIB_FactCheck.
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.