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12,775subscribers

-282 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-1001086544114
TypeChannel
Username@StandardKenya
DescriptionGet breaking news and stories across the country. Website: www.standardmedia.co.ke
Created21 January 2017 — measured — cross-checked against a third-party dataset (TGDataset)
First recorded6 August 2026
Last confirmed live13 November 2026
Measurements held62
Confirmed unchanged1 time, most recently 13 November 2026
On Telegramt.me/StandardKenya

Topic

National news — 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 10 August 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 92% 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.

Observations

These are measurements, not verdicts. Each one below states something we counted, alongside the evidence it was counted from, so you can check it rather than take it. None of them is graded: every observation this register holds is recorded at severity 0, because the precision of the detectors behind them has not been measured yet, and a rating we cannot support is worse than none. Read each as a fact about the data, not as a judgement about the channel. How we measure.

Content that also appears on other registered channels

Posts published here appear in near-verbatim form on 3 other registered channels. This entry also forms a group of 2 channels linked by matching posts. The matching is on the text itself, not on Telegram’s forward marker, so it finds a copy whether or not it was labelled as one.

Matching posts — open both and compare (6 of the pairs behind the counts below)
Posted firstThenOverlapGap
@StandardKenya/44393 · this entry5 Aug 2026, 10:43 UTC@kenyan_news_panel/161355 Aug 2026, 12:23 UTC1.001.7 hours
@StandardKenya/44595 · this entry11 Aug 2026, 09:05 UTC@kenyan_news_panel/1616311 Aug 2026, 12:26 UTC1.003.4 hours
@StandardKenya/44749 · this entry15 Aug 2026, 07:43 UTC@kenyan_news_panel/1617415 Aug 2026, 07:47 UTC1.003 minutes
@StandardKenya/45166 · this entry25 Aug 2026, 08:27 UTC@kenyan_news_panel/1623125 Aug 2026, 08:55 UTC1.0028 minutes
@StandardKenya/45168 · this entry25 Aug 2026, 09:09 UTC@kenyan_news_panel/1623325 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC1.0023 minutes
@StandardKenya/45440 · this entry1 Sept 2026, 10:56 UTC@kenyan_news_panel/162781 Sept 2026, 11:02 UTC1.006 minutes
Channels this entry shares post bodies with, where at least one matching post pair has no forward credit between the two channels, or to a common source, recorded in our data
ChannelMatching postsText overlapTypical gapPublished first
@kenyan_news_panel40 (8/8 hand-verifiable sample passed)1.0010 minutesthis entry (38–2)
@KTNbreakingnews29 (8/8 hand-verifiable sample passed)1.00under a minutethis entry (18–11)
@lyf4g9 (8/8 hand-verifiable sample passed)1.001.5 hoursthis entry (9–0)

Text overlap is the Jaccard coefficient over the set of distinct three-word phrases in the two bodies: 1.00 is identical wording, and the threshold for counting a pair at all is 0.70. Candidates are generated by simhash LSH (4 x 16-bit bands, exact Hamming <= 3) verified against the bodies with Jaccard over the SET of distinct 3-word shingles. Published first counts which side of each matching pair carries the earlier timestamp — in this corpus, which is the limitation directly below.

What this cannot establish

MEASURED, DOMINANT ERROR SOURCE: a post ingested before 2026-08-06 may have carried a forward header that was not recorded. A 45-pair hand-check against live t.me pages found 14 (31%) where the live page shows a forward header naming the other channel and the database has none, plus 4 more (9%) naming a third party. The text match itself was wrong 0 times out of 45. Read attribution_capture.items_in_trusted_window before treating the unattributed count as a claim.

Telegram lets a channel forward a post with a header naming the source, and we only began reliably recording that header on 2026-08-06. 13 of the 13 matches recorded here fall after that date and carried no header when we read them. The rest predate reliable capture and are not evidence either way.

“Published first” means first in this corpus. We hold 734 comparable posts for this entry, running 5 August 2026 to 14 November 2026. A channel we have read one page deep will look younger than a neighbour we have read in full, and the order would flip with no change in the underlying facts.

The detector’s own notes on this observation, as it recorded them. Names in this_style are fields of the underlying evidence record, which the plain-English paragraphs above read out for this entry.

  • Verbatim republication has three causes and the text separates only two: a clone/mirror, unattributed copy-paste, or BOTH channels copying a common third source that neither attributes. The spread filter (content held by at most 8 channels) reduces the third and does not remove it.
  • 'Earliest' means earliest IN THIS CORPUS. A channel ingested one page deep will look younger than a neighbour ingested in full; corpus_coverage above is there to be checked before the direction is believed.
  • shared_verified_est extrapolates the sampled pass rate over the full narrow match count; sampled/passed are the numbers actually measured.
  • Absence of a forward header is not proof of intent: Telegram lets a channel disable forward attribution, and a credit written in the body is not parsed as attribution here (mention_edge_either_way above is the closest available signal).

Of the group of 2 channels, the one whose matching posts we hold earliest is @KTNbreakingnews. That is a statement about our reading window, not a claim of authorship.

Recorded under the keys clone_mutual · clone_source, last confirmed 15 November 2026. An observation that a later pass no longer finds is cleared, and a cleared observation is removed from this page rather than being shown struck through — we do not keep publishing a claim we have withdrawn. Dispute an observation.

Channels linked by matching posts

This channel is in a group of 2 registered channels linked by matching posts. Links are found by comparing text fingerprints across every channel on the register.

Which channel, if either, published first is deliberately not shown in this list. “First” could only mean first in our own crawl, which depends on how deep we happened to reach into each channel’s history, not on when the content was actually first posted. Our one hand-check read 45 of the highest-confidence flagged pairs against the live Telegram pages. In 18 of them the live page showed a “Forwarded from” credit that our database had no record of, so reading that pair as an unattributed copy was wrong; the check did not measure who published first. This list is ordered by subscriber count, the same as every other listing on this site, never by which channel we think came first. Near-verbatim matching has several ordinary explanations besides copying — a channel mirroring itself, an unattributed repost, or two channels independently repeating the same wire story — and this measurement cannot tell those apart. How this is measured.

Growth

12,77413,05712,915.512,7756 August 202613 November 2026
62 measurements spanning 100 days, net -282. 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 12,732–13,099 and does not start at zero.
Measurement log — every subscribers count we have recorded, most recent 20 of 62
Measured (UTC)SubscribersChange
13 Nov 2026, 17:5112,775-8
11 Nov 2026, 01:4612,783+9
9 Nov 2026, 11:0612,774-1
8 Nov 2026, 01:4112,775-12
6 Nov 2026, 22:5712,787-7
5 Nov 2026, 19:2712,794-9
4 Nov 2026, 16:3412,803-3
2 Nov 2026, 17:1712,806-2
1 Nov 2026, 16:2512,808-6
31 Oct 2026, 17:2912,814-12
30 Oct 2026, 15:3512,826-2
29 Oct 2026, 18:4712,828-2
28 Oct 2026, 22:0112,830-10
27 Oct 2026, 20:4812,840+3
26 Oct 2026, 18:4812,837-5
25 Oct 2026, 19:5112,842+3
24 Oct 2026, 18:4912,839-3
23 Oct 2026, 20:5412,842-1
22 Oct 2026, 23:4512,843-2
20 Oct 2026, 22:2012,845first reading

Engagement

931 posts held, back to 5 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 72 pages of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.

ERR · 30 days
2.29%
avg views ÷ 12,775 subscribers
Avg views / post
292
210 posts measured
Reaction rate
0.506%
reactions ÷ views · ER floor
Posts in window
210
of 931 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 58 of 210 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 14 November 2026
Posts held931 (5 August 2026 – 14 November 2026)
Views total61,359
Reactions total94
Forwards / commentsnot exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated
Readings taken14 Nov 2026, 21:11 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
≈10,100
Videos
≈251
Links
≈36,900

Lifetime counters from Telegram’s own channel header, read 14 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.

Video runtime
18m 07s
Average length
2m 16s

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.

Reaction mix

242 reactions across 170 posts, in 21 distinct kinds. The most used accounts for 32.6% of them.

Every reaction kind recorded on the sample, most used first
ReactionCountShareShare, drawn
❤7932.6%
💩3916.1%
👍3715.3%
🤡2510.3%
🔥229.09%
😁114.55%
😢52.07%
👎41.65%
🎅20.826%
😨20.826%
😭20.826%
🤣20.826%
🤨20.826%
🤬20.826%
🥰20.826%
👏10.413%
💅10.413%
💯10.413%
🕊10.413%
🤮10.413%
1 further kind10.413%

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 187 of the 931 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 245 reactions in total: the kind of figure the paragraph above means by “a reaction total printed elsewhere on the page”.

Measured over the 931 most recent posts we hold, published 5 August 2026 to 14 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: 1 of 210 posts held from the last 30 days (0.476%) 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).

14 Nov 2026, 11:38 UTC278 viewsread 14 November 2026

South Sudan, the world's newest country, on Saturday postponed its first national elections from December to February amid growing ethnic and political battles. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/africa/article/2001562266/south-sudan-postpones-first-national-elections-until-february

14 Nov 2026, 11:03 UTC299 viewsread 14 November 2026
Photo

UPDATE: At least 10 people injured after rival groups clash at the Maa Cultural Festival in Narok, moments before President Ruto’s entry.

14 Nov 2026, 10:46 UTC279 viewsread 14 November 2026

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rift-valley/article/2001562262/political-storm-at-maa-festival-as-lenku-accuses-uda-of-turning-event-into-campaign-platform

14 Nov 2026, 09:54 UTC306 viewsread 14 November 2026

Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) leader Justin Muturi has urged the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to conclude its election technology procurement transparently and within the stipulated timelines ahead of the 2027 General Election. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001562259/muturi-warns-iebc-against-shortcuts-in-sh223bn-election-technology-tender

14 Nov 2026, 09:17 UTC271 viewsread 14 November 2026
Photo

Three people killed, 11 others injured after perimeter wall collapses in Riverside; search and rescue operations ongoing, Nairobi County Disaster Chief Officer Simiyu confirms.

14 Nov 2026, 04:21 UTC339 viewsread 14 November 2026

Convicted cult leader Paul Makenzi and his co-accused are not giving up on their quest for freedom and have filed an appeal at the Mombasa High Court against long terms in jail. Their lawyer, Lawrence Obonyo, filed the notice of appeal. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/crime-and-justice/article/2001562246/cult-leader-paul-makenzi-appeals-jail-sentence

14 Nov 2026, 04:17 UTC318 viewsread 14 November 2026

MARK OLOO: For three decades, Baba was the undisputed Luo political ‘kingpin’ and de facto spokesperson. After his death, a new leader will inevitably emerge. My reading of Luo Nyanza politics is that Ugenya MP David Ochieng has good prospects for the throne even if his time may not be immediate. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/columnists/article/2001562249/there-is-a-new-sheriff-in-railas-luo-nyanza

14 Nov 2026, 04:12 UTC285 viewsread 14 November 2026

Former Flying Squad boss Musa Yego has told a court that Sarah Wairimu claimed her missing husband, Tob Cohen, had a habit of disappearing and later returning, dismissing any suspicion of foul play. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/crime-and-justice/article/2001562248/sarah-wairimu-told-police-tob-cohen-had-habit-of-disappearing-court-hears

14 Nov 2026, 04:10 UTC274 viewsread 14 November 2026

The latest killings in Mandera have once again exposed the unique security challenges facing the county, where terror threats remain high despite the heavy deployment of security personnel. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/crime-and-justice/article/2001562229/why-military-deployments-have-failed-to-stop-al-shabaab-attacks-in-mandera

14 Nov 2026, 04:08 UTC238 viewsread 14 November 2026

While some have dismissed the findings as propaganda intended to influence public opinion, others have questioned the motives behind the survey, with accusations emerging that the results could be part of wider political schemes to shape the opposition's presidential contest. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001562240/sifuna-rise-rattles-ruto-allies-dismiss-latest-pollster-ratings

14 Nov 2026, 04:05 UTC279 viewsread 14 November 2026

Several missing and abducted Kenyans have been found abandoned miles from home just as courts turn up the pressure on security chiefs to explain their disappearance, raising troubling questions about the timing. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/crime-and-justice/article/2001562238/abductions-missing-kenyans-found-far-from-home-as-courts-press-police

14 Nov 2026, 04:04 UTC289 viewsread 14 November 2026

Hours after abducted lawyer Abshir Abdi resurfaced alive, State agencies on Friday mounted a united legal front against attempts by the advocate and his friend Ayub Maalim to recount their 11-day ordeal before the High Court. https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/crime-and-justice/article/2001562236/abshir-abdi-abduction-state-opposes-lawyers-account-of-11-day-ordeal

Showing the 12 most recent of 931 posts we hold for @StandardKenya. 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.

Citizen Digital
@citizentvke · 19,826
Telegram ranks this channel #5 of 70 here — alongside 69 others — read 28 September 2026
TUKO.co.ke News
@tuko_news · 24,042
Telegram ranks this channel #22 of 63 here — alongside 62 others — read 15 September 2026
The Kenyan Wallstreet
@kenyanwallstreet · 35,179
Telegram ranks this channel #22 of 76 here — alongside 75 others — read 2 September 2026
Cyprian, Is Nyakundi
@Nyakundi · 102,536
Telegram ranks this channel #38 of 66 here — alongside 65 others — read 15 August 2026
Kenyan News Panel
@kenyan_news_panel · 81,314
Telegram ranks this channel #46 of 79 here — alongside 78 others — read 19 August 2026
The Nairobian
@nairobianofficial · 128,629
Telegram ranks this channel #53 of 67 here — alongside 66 others — read 15 August 2026

This channel appears in 6 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 13 November 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.

“The Standard” (@StandardKenya), 12,775 subscribers as measured 13 November 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/StandardKenya.

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.