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@idfofficial

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157,711subscribers

-6,641 since we began measuring on 5 August 2026

Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of 100,000–316,228.

Register entry

Telegram ID-1001341028511
TypeChannel
Username@idfofficial
DescriptionOfficial Telegram channel of the Israel Defense Forces - Real time security updates and IDF announcements | www.idf.il/en
Created12 August 2018 — measured — cross-checked against a third-party dataset (ext.tg_channel)
First recorded6 August 2026
Last confirmed live10 November 2026
Measurements held66
Confirmed unchanged1 time, most recently 10 November 2026
On Telegramt.me/idfofficial

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 8 August 2026 and assigned it the closest of 31 fixed categories, at 96% 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

157,711164,352161,031.55 August 202610 November 2026
66 measurements spanning 97 days, net -6,641. 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 156,715–165,348 and does not start at zero.
Measurement log — every subscribers count we have recorded, most recent 20 of 66
Measured (UTC)SubscribersChange
10 Nov 2026, 13:00157,711-79
9 Nov 2026, 03:16157,790-102
7 Nov 2026, 20:11157,892-65
6 Nov 2026, 16:44157,957-81
5 Nov 2026, 13:24158,038-71
4 Nov 2026, 10:05158,109-56
3 Nov 2026, 09:46158,165-30
2 Nov 2026, 11:36158,195-47
1 Nov 2026, 09:36158,242-71
31 Oct 2026, 10:36158,313-70
30 Oct 2026, 07:58158,383-58
29 Oct 2026, 09:21158,441-54
28 Oct 2026, 06:48158,495-29
27 Oct 2026, 07:09158,524-60
26 Oct 2026, 09:40158,584-40
25 Oct 2026, 07:19158,624-40
24 Oct 2026, 09:27158,664-46
23 Oct 2026, 10:51158,710-45
22 Oct 2026, 11:48158,755-67
21 Oct 2026, 05:19158,822first reading

Engagement

453 posts held, back to 31 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 196 pages of Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.

ERR · 30 days
5.58%
avg views ÷ 157,711 subscribers
Avg views / post
8,800
113 posts measured
Reaction rate
—
this channel exposes no reaction counts
Posts in window
113
of 453 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.

What these figures were computed from
WindowRolling 30 days · latest post in window 10 November 2026
Posts held453 (31 July 2026 – 10 November 2026)
Views total994,400
Reactions total—
Forwards / commentsnot exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated
Readings taken11 Nov 2026, 03:18 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
≈104
Videos
≈13
Links
≈6,010

Lifetime counters from Telegram’s own channel header, read 11 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
36s
Average length
18s

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: 5 of 113 posts held from the last 30 days (4.42%) 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).

10 Nov 2026, 16:32 UTC≈4,250 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: Over the past two days, IDF soldiers and the Israel Border Police completed enforcement operations against four illegal outposts, including structures built under a closed military zone order, in areas near Burqa, Wadi Rahim and Jalud. The outposts had repeatedly been the source of violent and illegal activity. As part of the operations, the forces removed several vehicles, tents, and temporary structures from …

10 Nov 2026, 07:40 UTC≈5,910 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: IDF Chief of the General Staff at the ceremony marking the memorial day for the late Yitzhak Rabin: “From his days in the Palmach to his command of the IDF, and as Minister of Defense and Prime Minister, Rabin bore responsibility for defending the state and acted out of a deep sense of mission. His path reminds us that military leadership requires responsibility, professionalism, and sound judgment, alongside bo…

9 Nov 2026, 16:02 UTC≈7,200 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: Winter Preparations in the Gaza Strip Continue: Over 91,000 Tents and More Than 8,200 Trucks Carrying Winter Supplies Have Entered the Strip While Hamas refuses to disarm and continues to exploit civilian areas and humanitarian aid for terrorist activity, the IDF and COGAT are proactively working to improve the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip ahead of winter. In recent months, the IDF and COGAT have bee…

9 Nov 2026, 13:25 UTC≈6,880 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: Security forces apprehended a terrorist cell planning to carry out a terror attack against Israeli civilians This morning (Monday), IDF soldiers and Israel Border Police officers, guided by ISA intelligence, completed an operation to apprehend terrorists in the area of Arraba, within the Menashe Brigade’s area of responsibility. The forces operated simultaneously at several locations throughout the area and, i…

8 Nov 2026, 16:58 UTC≈8,320 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in the area of Nir Oz, it was determined to be a false identification.

8 Nov 2026, 16:54 UTC≈8,220 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: Initial report - Sirens sound in the area of Nir Oz. The details are under review.

8 Nov 2026, 16:38 UTC≈8,520 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: Approximately 200 meters from UN posts in southern Lebanon: An apartment used for military purposes by Hezbollah and dozens of weapons were located within a civilian residence and a storage facility Troops of the 91st Division are operating in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon to remove threats to the State of Israel. During operations by the 'Oded' (9th) Brigade Combat Team in the area of Meiss El Jabal, …

8 Nov 2026, 15:04 UTC≈8,180 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: 98th Division Headquarters Completes Mission in Judea and Samaria: Over 1,500 Counterterrorism Operations Conducted, More Than 140 Suspects Apprehended Today (Sunday), the 98th Division Headquarters completed its mission overseeing the Judea and Etzion Regional Brigades of the Judea and Samaria Division. The Division Headquarters was deployed to the area on September 25th to reinforce command and control capabi…

8 Nov 2026, 04:34 UTC≈8,800 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in the areas of Zar'it and Shomera, it was determined to be a false identification.

8 Nov 2026, 04:14 UTC≈8,890 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: Initial report - Sirens regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration were sounded in the areas of Zar'it and Shomera. The details are under review.

5 Nov 2026, 14:01 UTC≈13,700 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: During the 188th Brigade’s operations: More than 340 Hezbollah weapons located in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon Troops of the 188th Brigade, under the command of the 36th Division, are operating in the Beaufort Ridge and Litani River areas in order to remove threats to Israeli civilians, following approximately one year and eight months of operations in the Gaza Strip and a period of extensive training.…

4 Nov 2026, 16:16 UTC≈13,000 viewsread 11 November 2026

IDF: The Chief of the General Staff during a situational assessment in the Northern Command: "We will not allow Hezbollah to establish terrorist infrastructure in the area. Any attempt by the enemy to entrench itself, build up its capabilities, or threaten northern communities will be met immediately and forcefully. The IDF remains alert to developments in near and distant arenas and is prepared to strike any enemy t…

Showing the 12 most recent of 453 posts we hold for @idfofficial. 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.

Forward network

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 17 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.

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.

Hananya Naftali - Israel News
@hnaftali · 118,070
#1
Amir Tsarfati
@beholdisraelchannel · 559,482
#2
Israel War Live
@IsraelWarLive · 30,692
#3
ILTV Israel News 24/7
@ILTVnews · 44,634
#4
Mannie's War Room
@manniefabian · 23,920
#5
Documenting Israel
@DocumentingIsrael · 20,416
#6
The Jerusalem Post
@The_Jerusalem_Post · 22,504
#7
Israel Today
@ILtoday · 32,982
#8
Jewish Breaking News - JBN
@JewishBreakingNewsTelegram · 39,105
#9
StandWithUs - Breaking News
@StandWithUsBreakingNews · 11,902
#10
Israel RealTime
@Israel_Realtime_Updates · 19,669
#11
Beginning of Sorrows News
@TheBeginningofSorrows · 12,489
#12
Jerusalem Jane
@jerusalemjane · 10,457
#13
Israel RealTime Digest
@Israel_Realtime_Digest · 3,148
#14
Jewish News 24
@JewishNews24 · 5,410
#15
𓂆 HolyLand Facts Israel
@hasbaraisrael1 · 2,184
#16
Mediterranean Man
@medmannews · 76,683
#17
Israel🇮🇱🤝🇺🇦 Palestine🇵🇸 World news 24/7
@NewsWorld_23 · 13,340
#18
🇮🇱 Israel & Middle-East Insight
@Israel_Middle_East_Insight · 4,652
#19
The Times of Israel
@TheTimesOfIsrael2022 · 30,007
#20
Middle East Spectator — MES
@middle_east_spectator · 396,815
#21
Abu Ali Express in English
@englishabuali · 35,059
#22
Lebanese News and Updates
@LebUpdate · 75,734
#23
WWW Israel Breaking News in English
@what_where_when_en · 4,007
#24
For Jews and For Israel 🇮🇱💯😍
@JewsIsrael · 4,701
#25
I stand with Israel 🇮🇱 Israel news
@idostandwithisrael · 4,215
#26
צה״ל - הערוץ הרשמי
@idf_telegram · 95,303
#27
DD Geopolitics
@DDGeopolitics · 189,932
#28
ALL ISRAEL NEWS
@allisrael · 11,207
#29
Bellum Acta - Intel, Urgent News and Archives ✝️ #FreeVenezuela
@BellumActaNews · 107,046
#30
BubbaNews
@bubbanews · 19,147
#31
War Monitor
@warmonitors · 150,433
#32
Rerum Novarum // Intel, Breaking News, and Alerts 🇺🇸
@rnintel · 160,511
#33
Quds News Network
@QudsNen · 111,628
#34
MoD Russia
@mod_russia_en · 93,828
#35
David Diamond - Conferencista
@DavidDiamond777 · 45,886
#36
Keegan Fernandes
@Bro_Keegs · 12,332
#37
GAZA NOW IN ENGLISH
@gazaalanpa · 170,279
#38
Viva Israel 🇮🇱
@israelviva · 19,265
#39
Israel Vs Palestine War News
@isreal_vs_palestine_news · 6,969
#40
Intel Republic
@Intel_Republic12 · 94,311
#41
Israel nas Noticias
@Israel_Noticias · 8,125
#42
🎧 CJ Onfrab🔊🎼 (Official)
@Onfrabmusic · 47,108
#43
Enlace Judío
@EnlaceJudioTelegram · 10,626
#44
חדשות 100שטח
@yediotnews25 · 604,280
#45
ТАСС
@tass_agency · 569,137
#46
אבו עלי אקספרס
@abualiexpress · 577,643
#47
Intel Slava
@intelslava · 385,509
#48
Zelenskiy / Official
@v_zelenskiy_official · 666,497
#49
עמית סגל
@amitsegal · 372,704
#50
Дежурный по Израилю
@israeltoday · 139,432
#51
Минобороны России
@mod_russia · 649,746
#52
Israele Senza Filtri 🇮🇹🔺🇮🇱
@israelesenzafiltri · 10,957
#53
Geopolitics Prime
@geopolitics_prime · 288,925
#54
/CIG/ Telegram | Counter Intelligence Global
@CIG_telegram · 114,525
#55
Израильские трудовыебудни
@Trueisrael · 131,459
#56
قناة الجزيرة
@ajanews · 1,302,563
#57
N12 צ'אט הכתבים
@N12chat · 51,482
#58
UNIFIL / اليونيفيل - UN peacekeeping in south Lebanon
@UNIFIL_Lebanon · 6,545
#59
Lion Udler
@LionUdler · 20,287
#60
Denys Davydov
@pilotblog · 190,011
#61
✙DeepState✙🇺🇦
@deepstateua · 751,881
#62
Disclose.tv
@disclosetv · 316,796
#63
מגן דוד אדום
@mdaisrael · 8,088
#64
Slavyangrad
@Slavyangrad · 111,582
#65
Donald J. Trump
@real_donaldjtrump · 579,193
#66
YIGAL LEVIN
@yigal_levin · 218,173
#67
شبكة قدس الإخبارية
@qudsn · 606,973
#68
ישראל היום
@israelhayomofficial · 52,459
#69
IRNA News Agency 🇮🇷
@Irna_en · 25,848
#70
Восточный Синдром
@vostochnysyndrome · 82,981
#71
قناة الميادين | عاجل
@almayadeen · 469,196
#72
ЦАПЛІЄНКО_UKRAINE FIGHTS
@Tsaplienko · 319,934
#73
Израиль по-русски
@IsraelinRussian · 45,207
#74
חדשות 301 העולם הערבי
@arabworld301news · 179,161
#75
Live: Ukraine
@liveukraine_media · 41,862
#76
הימין הלא מתנצל של הצל
@TheBigBadShadow · 290,566
#77
Israele News
@israele_news · 2,547
#78
Insider Paper
@insiderpaper · 107,803
#79
חיל-האוויר
@israeli_air_force · 9,510
#80
ynet חדשות
@ynetalerts · 113,046
#81

Read from Telegram’s recommendation API, most recently 12 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.

Israel RealTime
@Israel_Realtime_Updates · 19,669
Telegram ranks this channel #1 of 84 here — alongside 83 others — read 29 September 2026
Documenting Israel
@DocumentingIsrael · 20,416
Telegram ranks this channel #1 of 86 here — alongside 85 others — read 26 September 2026
Mannie's War Room
@manniefabian · 23,920
Telegram ranks this channel #1 of 85 here — alongside 84 others — read 16 September 2026
Israel War Live
@IsraelWarLive · 30,692
Telegram ranks this channel #1 of 79 here — alongside 78 others — read 6 September 2026
Jewish Breaking News - JBN
@JewishBreakingNewsTelegram · 39,105
Telegram ranks this channel #1 of 87 here — alongside 86 others — read 30 August 2026
The Jerusalem Post
@The_Jerusalem_Post · 22,504
Telegram ranks this channel #2 of 90 here — alongside 89 others — read 20 September 2026
ILTV Israel News 24/7
@ILTVnews · 44,634
Telegram ranks this channel #2 of 89 here — alongside 88 others — read 27 August 2026
Hananya Naftali - Israel News
@hnaftali · 118,070
Telegram ranks this channel #2 of 80 here — alongside 79 others — read 14 August 2026
Amir Tsarfati
@beholdisraelchannel · 559,482
Telegram ranks this channel #2 of 87 here — alongside 86 others — read 10 August 2026
The Defender Dome
@DefenderDome · 21,309
Telegram ranks this channel #3 of 81 here — alongside 80 others — read 23 September 2026
Israel Today
@ILtoday · 32,982
Telegram ranks this channel #3 of 87 here — alongside 86 others — read 3 September 2026
Abu Ali Express in English
@englishabuali · 35,059
Telegram ranks this channel #28 of 85 here — alongside 84 others — read 2 September 2026
RAGE X - Intelligence | War
@rageintel · 20,035
Telegram ranks this channel #29 of 79 here — alongside 78 others — read 28 September 2026
THE DAVE XRP LION
@TheDaveXRPLion1Showchatt · 14,371
Telegram ranks this channel #36 of 47 here — alongside 46 others — read 4 October 2026
Real Mysteries
@realmysteriesofficial · 19,731
Telegram ranks this channel #37 of 59 here — alongside 58 others — read 27 September 2026
GAZA NOW IN ENGLISH
@gazaalanpa · 170,279
Telegram ranks this channel #48 of 72 here — alongside 71 others — read 12 August 2026
The Times of Israel
@TheTimesOfIsrael2022 · 30,007
Telegram ranks this channel #50 of 88 here — alongside 87 others — read 7 September 2026
Viva Israel 🇮🇱
@israelviva · 19,265
Telegram ranks this channel #54 of 77 here — alongside 76 others — read 30 September 2026
Major Madhan Kumar MMK
@majormadhankumarmmk · 30,570
Telegram ranks this channel #55 of 68 here — alongside 67 others — read 7 September 2026
Israel com a Aline
@israelcomaline · 28,619
Telegram ranks this channel #57 of 66 here — alongside 65 others — read 30 September 2026
BubbaNews
@bubbanews · 19,147
Telegram ranks this channel #58 of 85 here — alongside 84 others — read 4 October 2026
Defence Squad
@DSquadOfficial · 82,157
Telegram ranks this channel #58 of 61 here — alongside 60 others — read 18 August 2026
David Diamond - Conferencista
@DavidDiamond777 · 45,886
Telegram ranks this channel #59 of 92 here — alongside 91 others — read 26 August 2026
Lebanese News and Updates
@LebUpdate · 75,734
Telegram ranks this channel #59 of 80 here — alongside 79 others — read 19 August 2026

This channel appears in 66 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.

Referenced elsewhere

This handle named by sources this register does not control and did not measure — each shown exactly as found, attributed by name, dated to when it was read.

Wikipedia

One Wikipedia article names this handle in its article text, found by searching for a t.me link inside the article source. A citation is a notability signal, not a verification: nobody here confirmed the cited post is genuine or still says what the article quotes. Article text is CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia contributors; snippets below are short excerpts.

Війна в Газі (uk.wikipedia.org)
“…territory. In response, an IDF UAV struck the terrorist cell.|url=https://t.me/idfofficial/4540|website=t.me|accessdate=2023-10-23|language=en|archive-…”
read 1 November 2026

Hacker News

This handle was named once in a Hacker News comment or story, via the public Algolia search API. HN comment and story text has no confirmed reuse licence, so nothing quoted from either is reproduced here — only that a mention exists, when, and by whom, with a link to read it at the source.

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 10 November 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.

“Israel Defense Forces” (@idfofficial), 157,711 subscribers as measured 10 November 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/idfofficial.

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.