{
 "meta": {
  "dataset": "Subscriber history — @buffet_thread",
  "channel": "https://tgregister.com/channel/buffet_thread",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-09-09T01:58:45.849Z",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — attribute to tgregister.com",
  "n_readings": 10,
  "window": {
   "from": "2026-08-07T15:17:41.871Z",
   "to": "2026-09-05T08:21:34.127Z"
  },
  "columns": {
   "ts": "when this reading was taken, UTC",
   "subscribers": "the count read (or, for source 3, carried over) — see source below",
   "source": {
    "0": "sweep.py — t.me/<name> profile page",
    "1": "promote.py — Bot API getChat",
    "2": "resolve.py — MTProto",
    "3": "spromote.py — t.me/s/<name> post preview (figure carried over from an earlier profile read, not the preview’s own rounded header)",
    "4": "remeasure.py — t.me/<name> profile page, re-read on a schedule"
   }
  },
  "note": "Snapshots are written only when a reading changes: a gap in ts means \"no change observed between readings\", never \"not measured\" and never \"interpolated\". Readings from different sources are separate lineages that do not confirm one another — subtracting across them can attribute a change to a period nothing was actually read in. Full method: https://tgregister.com/methodology#measuring"
 },
 "rows": [
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-07T15:17:41.871Z",
   "subscribers": 2011,
   "source": 3
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-08T13:46:11.807Z",
   "subscribers": 2011,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-11T07:51:43.278Z",
   "subscribers": 2005,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-17T16:35:49.190Z",
   "subscribers": 1998,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-20T05:53:31.469Z",
   "subscribers": 1996,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-23T12:23:31.804Z",
   "subscribers": 1994,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-26T12:58:51.970Z",
   "subscribers": 1990,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-29T15:26:53.359Z",
   "subscribers": 1987,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-09-01T14:26:11.995Z",
   "subscribers": 1980,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-09-05T08:21:34.127Z",
   "subscribers": 1977,
   "source": 4
  }
 ]
}