Channels like @politicanimalis
What Telegram recommends beside Political Animals, ranked by size and shown with the numbers Telegram leaves out.
Measured in week 38 of 2026, on 14 Sept 2026, from public Telegram data
Recommended alongside
| Channel | Name | Subscribers | 14 days | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 @bbbreaking | Раньше всех. Ну почти. | 1,971,979 | +0.01% | Russian-language |
 @tolk_tolk | Толкователь | 126,014 | +0.07% | News and current affairs |
 @proeconomics | Proeconomics | 68,379 | +0.02% | News and current affairs |
 @gus_vasili | Гусь Василий под тополем | 37,976 | +0.36% | News and current affairs |
 @longviewecon | Экономика долгого времени | 16,107 | -0.32% | News and current affairs |
 @electionsquad | Campaign Insider | Павел Дубравский | 11,968 | +0.09% | News and current affairs |
 @akademia_space | Ακαδημία | 7,295 | +0.16% | News and current affairs |
 @politfack | Политфак на связи | 5,907 | +1.20% | News and current affairs |
 @politscience | Политический ученый | 3,971 | -0.08% | News and current affairs |
 @mirpopolkam | Мир по полочкам | 3,544 | -0.48% | News and current affairs |
This list comes from Telegram's own recommendation graph. The subscriber counts, growth and topics are ours — Telegram shows the names and stops there.
The reverse
1 channels in the index have @politicanimalis in their own recommendation list. That direction is not something Telegram publishes — see the channel page for the full list.
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