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 "meta": {
  "dataset": "Subscriber history — @viruspub",
  "channel": "https://tgregister.com/channel/viruspub",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-08-18T12:25:20.885Z",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0 — attribute to tgregister.com",
  "n_readings": 12,
  "window": {
   "from": "2026-08-06T22:01:56.701Z",
   "to": "2026-08-17T17:08:40.211Z"
  },
  "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"
 },
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   "ts": "2026-08-06T22:01:56.701Z",
   "subscribers": 139488,
   "source": 0
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-07T10:28:12.173Z",
   "subscribers": 139410,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-08T11:01:34.587Z",
   "subscribers": 139331,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-09T12:36:57.441Z",
   "subscribers": 139159,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-09T16:03:23.318Z",
   "subscribers": 139159,
   "source": 1
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-10T16:02:11.436Z",
   "subscribers": 138909,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-11T14:02:12.420Z",
   "subscribers": 138623,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-12T14:15:31.477Z",
   "subscribers": 138431,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-13T16:38:20.493Z",
   "subscribers": 138806,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-14T23:14:01.601Z",
   "subscribers": 138790,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-16T14:55:12.601Z",
   "subscribers": 138631,
   "source": 4
  },
  {
   "ts": "2026-08-17T17:08:40.211Z",
   "subscribers": 140637,
   "source": 4
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