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PSIR by Kapil Sikka

@PSIRbyKapilSikka

On this record: Topic · Growth · Engagement · What this channel posts · Reactions · Posts · Telegram's recommendations · Cite this entry

6,553subscribers

-2 since we began measuring on 14 August 2026

Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of 3,162–10,000.

Register entry

Telegram ID-1001605158528
TypeChannel
Username@PSIRbyKapilSikka
DescriptionCatering to the needs for PSIR Optional Follow for regular updates relevant to PSIR
CreatedBetween 1 November 2021 and 30 April 2023 — estimated from Telegram’s id allocation, not measured. How this range is calculated.
First recorded14 August 2026
Last confirmed live4 November 2026
Measurements held21
Confirmed unchanged1 time, most recently 4 November 2026
On Telegramt.me/PSIRbyKapilSikka

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 12 September 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 69% 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

6,5406,5626,55114 August 2026 — 6,555 subscribers14 August 2026 — 6,555 subscribers15 August 2026 — 6,553 subscribers17 August 2026 — 6,549 subscribers20 August 2026 — 6,553 subscribers24 August 2026 — 6,558 subscribers27 August 2026 — 6,552 subscribers30 August 2026 — 6,547 subscribers2 September 2026 — 6,553 subscribers6 September 2026 — 6,558 subscribers11 September 2026 — 6,548 subscribers14 September 2026 — 6,540 subscribers25 September 2026 — 6,541 subscribers4 October 2026 — 6,552 subscribers11 October 2026 — 6,553 subscribers14 October 2026 — 6,561 subscribers17 October 2026 — 6,562 subscribers25 October 2026 — 6,558 subscribers29 October 2026 — 6,555 subscribers1 November 2026 — 6,559 subscribers4 November 2026 — 6,553 subscribers6,55314 August 20264 November 2026
21 measurements spanning 82 days, net -2. 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 6,537–6,565 and does not start at zero.
Measurement log — every subscribers count we have recorded, most recent 20 of 21
Measured (UTC)SubscribersChange
4 Nov 2026, 09:396,553-6
1 Nov 2026, 05:486,559+4
29 Oct 2026, 07:316,555-3
25 Oct 2026, 22:346,558-4
17 Oct 2026, 07:506,562+1
14 Oct 2026, 18:016,561+8
11 Oct 2026, 06:416,553+1
4 Oct 2026, 20:596,552+11
25 Sept 2026, 19:376,541+1
14 Sept 2026, 23:216,540-8
11 Sept 2026, 08:566,548-10
6 Sept 2026, 16:386,558+5
2 Sept 2026, 12:456,553+6
30 Aug 2026, 10:286,547-5
27 Aug 2026, 17:196,552-6
24 Aug 2026, 14:466,558+5
20 Aug 2026, 14:376,553+4
17 Aug 2026, 21:456,549-4
15 Aug 2026, 02:186,553-2
14 Aug 2026, 03:176,555first reading

Engagement

43 posts held, back to 6 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 4 pages of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.

ERR · 30 days
6.08%
avg views ÷ 6,553 subscribers
Avg views / post
399
23 posts measured
Reaction rate
0.736%
reactions ÷ views · ER floor
Posts in window
23
of 43 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. It is computed over the 19 of 23 measured posts that carry a reaction reading, and over those same posts' views.

What these figures were computed from
WindowRolling 30 days · latest post in window 4 November 2026
Posts held43 (6 August 2026 – 4 November 2026)
Views total9,170
Reactions total60
Forwards / commentsnot exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated
Readings taken4 Nov 2026, 22:33 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
≈1,450
Videos
≈1
Links
≈271

Lifetime counters from Telegram’s own channel header, read 4 November 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.

Reaction mix

99 reactions across 39 posts, in 1 kind.

Every reaction kind recorded on the sample, most used first
ReactionCountShareShare, drawn
👍99100.0%

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 39 of the 43 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 99 reactions in total: the kind of figure the paragraph above means by “a reaction total printed elsewhere on the page”.

Measured over the 43 most recent posts we hold, published 6 August 2026 to 4 November 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

Telegram’s own ‘edited’ marker: 0 of 23 posts held from the last 30 days (0%) 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).

4 Nov 2026, 05:19 UTC251 viewsread 4 November 2026
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✅ What is the article about The article argues that U.S. midterm elections could influence the future direction of American domestic and foreign policy, shaping debates on executive power, immigration, trade and global engagement. ✅ Strategic Context James Madison's Checks and Balances Theory explains how divided government can restrain executive authority and redistribute political power among institutions. ✅ Wh…

4 Nov 2026, 05:16 UTC212 viewsread 4 November 2026
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✅ What is the article about The article argues that India should respond more firmly to reported Chinese intrusions in Arunachal Pradesh, emphasising transparency, diplomatic engagement and protection of India's territorial claims along the LAC. ✅ Strategic Context Stephen Walt's Balance of Threat Theory explains how states respond to perceived territorial and security challenges by strengthening deterrence and si…

4 Nov 2026, 05:13 UTC208 viewsread 4 November 2026
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✅ What is the article about The article examines Iran’s efforts to shape the West Asian security architecture through regional diplomacy with Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan amid tensions with the U.S. and Israel. ✅ Strategic Context Barry Buzan's Regional Security Complex Theory explains how regional security is shaped by local rivalries, alignments and interdependence. ✅ Why is it important Hedley Bull's An…

3 Nov 2026, 04:58 UTC420 views1 reactionsread 4 November 2026
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✅ What is the article about The article analyses Israel’s recent Knesset election, highlighting the persistence of right-wing politics, the continuing influence of Benjamin Netanyahu and the growing mainstream acceptance of nationalist trends. ✅ Strategic Context Giovanni Sartori's Party System Theory explains how fragmented multiparty systems often produce coalition politics, ideological bargaining and unstable g…

👍1

3 Nov 2026, 04:56 UTC344 views2 reactionsread 4 November 2026
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✅ What is the article about The article examines Pakistan’s increasingly assertive strategic and nuclear rhetoric after Operation Sindoor and argues that India should strengthen deterrence while avoiding escalation and strategic miscalculation. ✅ Strategic Context Kenneth Waltz's Nuclear Deterrence Theory explains how states seek security through credible retaliatory capabilities and stable deterrence relationship…

👍2

3 Nov 2026, 04:53 UTC260 views2 reactionsread 4 November 2026
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✅ What is the article about The article examines how Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign has transformed the CCP, strengthened party control and centralised decision-making, while reshaping China’s political and military institutions. ✅ Strategic Context Samuel Huntington's Political Institutionalisation Theory explains how ruling elites strengthen institutions and discipline to preserve regime stability and aut…

👍2

3 Nov 2026, 04:50 UTC278 views2 reactionsread 4 November 2026
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✅ What is the article about The opposition to the SIR and criticism of the ECI have evolved into a broader movement defending electoral integrity, democratic freedoms and institutional accountability in India. ✅ Strategic Context Robert Dahl's Polyarchy Theory stresses that free elections, political competition and autonomous institutions are essential pillars of a healthy democracy. ✅ Why is it important Larry …

👍2

2 Nov 2026, 07:29 UTC400 views3 reactionsread 4 November 2026
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✅ What is the article about The article argues that while Pakistan pursues new strategic pacts, India is steadily building long-term influence through economic growth, trade agreements, defence partnerships and regional engagement. ✅ Strategic Context Hans Morgenthau's National Power Theory explains that lasting influence comes from sustained economic, military and diplomatic capabilities. ✅ Why is it important …

👍3

2 Nov 2026, 07:26 UTC339 views3 reactionsread 4 November 2026
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✅ What is the article about The article argues that India should engage Nepal as an equal partner, rebuild trust, resolve bilateral concerns and deepen cooperation amid Nepal’s expanding ties with China. ✅ Strategic Context Stephen Walt's Balance of Threat Theory explains how smaller states diversify partnerships to protect strategic autonomy and avoid overdependence. ✅ Why is it important Robert Keohane's Compl…

👍3

2 Nov 2026, 07:23 UTC346 views2 reactionsread 4 November 2026
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✅ What is the article about The article examines Xi Jinping’s continuing anti-corruption purge in the CCP and PLA, highlighting its role in strengthening political control while raising concerns over military leadership and succession. ✅ Strategic Context Samuel Huntington's Civil-Military Relations Theory explains how political leaders maintain authority by ensuring military loyalty and institutional control. ✅ …

👍2

Showing the 12 most recent of 43 posts we hold for @PSIRbyKapilSikka. 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.

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.

GS by Kapil Sikka
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Telegram ranks this channel #1 of 61 here — alongside 60 others — read 10 September 2026
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Telegram ranks this channel #5 of 63 here — alongside 62 others — read 4 September 2026
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Telegram ranks this channel #9 of 43 here — alongside 42 others — read 20 September 2026
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@devendrasironlyiasupsc · 50,580
Telegram ranks this channel #30 of 49 here — alongside 48 others — read 29 August 2026
TEAM HARDWORKING HUMANS
@hardworkinghuman · 18,877
Telegram ranks this channel #37 of 75 here — alongside 74 others — read 3 October 2026
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@dipenderkumar_upscwallah · 53,886
Telegram ranks this channel #47 of 64 here — alongside 63 others — read 24 August 2026
ThinQ IAS
@ThinQIAS · 30,130
Telegram ranks this channel #52 of 75 here — alongside 74 others — read 8 September 2026
Rishav Sharma -PWOnlyIAS
@rishavsharmasirpw · 123,479
Telegram ranks this channel #63 of 69 here — alongside 68 others — read 14 August 2026

This channel appears in 8 seed channels' Telegram-generated recommendation lists 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 4 November 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.

“PSIR by Kapil Sikka” (@PSIRbyKapilSikka), 6,553 subscribers as measured 4 November 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/PSIRbyKapilSikka.

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.