Somalia news channels on Telegram
TGScope found 18 Somalia news channels with at least 300 subscribers in its catalog. Their tags point to news, somali and entertainment as the main subjects. They post mainly in Somali and English, and every channel here is tied to Somalia by its geo label, tags or title rather than by language alone. The three largest — Zakariye Timacadde, Telefishinka Qaranka and Abdishakur Mohamed — reach 312K subscribers together.
We matched 18 Somalia news channels with at least 300 subscribers; together they have 525K subscribers. The largest is Zakariye Timacadde with 142K, and 13% of the channels with a known last post published in the 30 days before our latest crawl (August 13, 2026).
Subscribers as of October 6, 2026 · posts crawled August 13, 2026 · updated 2026-10-17
- Channels matched
- 18
- Combined subscribers
- 525K
- Median channel
- 16K
- Active at latest crawl
- 13%
- 300–5K 633%
- 5K–50K 950%
- 50K–500K 317%
- 500K+ 00%
- Within 30 days 213%
- 1–3 months 320%
- 3–12 months 747%
- Over a year 320%
- Somali 83%
- English 17%
Top Somalia news channels by subscribers
- 1Zakariye Timacadde@zakariatimacadde142K
Halkan waa keyga saxda ah ka mid noqo saaxibada ku xiran Mahadsanidiin.
- 2Telefishinka Qaranka@sntvnews102K
Somali National Television is the principal public service broadcaster in Somalia.Headquartered in Mogadishu.
- 3Abdishakur Mohamed@abdishakurhm69K
Abdishakur Mohamed is a Somali content creator with 15 years of experience and a combined audience of 1.1M+ across YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram, covering technology, business, and global…
- 4Ibsa Hasan Official@ibsaahasanofficial29K
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- 5Liibaan Lugcad@liibaanlugcad27K
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- 6SAHAL SPORTS⚽️@horyalsports21K
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- 7SNA RADIO@codkacqs19K
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- 8DAREEN SIDE 🫀 🍁@dareen_side18K
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- 9Albaani ²⁴™| قناةالألباني@albaanichannel25215K
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- 10DAGAALLADA CAALAMKA@worldwars_news11K
- 11@wayahaadunka@wayahaadunka7.4K
A human being forgets the hardest days in his life but he never forgets someone who saw him as weak
- 12@doobirsom@doobirsom3.6K
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- 13@dhiirigelin27@dhiirigelin273.2K
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- 14@laabtayda@laabtayda2.4K
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- 15@koolkooliye6@koolkooliye62.2K
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- 16Villa Somalia@thevillasomalia49K
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- 17@shakuur_film@shakuur_film3.7K
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- 18@hagahanolosha7@hagahanolosha72.1K
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How this list was built
The list starts from the World news hub on TGScope (28,977 channels with 300+ subscribers) and our semantic channel search, both from the catalog snapshot of October 6, 2026.
A channel counts for Somalia when our geo label points to Somalia, a tag names it, or the title or username mentions it; channels in a language that is not used there need an explicit mention. Language alone is never treated as proof of country.
The topic match comes from tags such as #news, #somali, #entertainment or world news keywords in the title and description. Adult, betting and casino channels are removed and duplicate copies of the same channel are merged.
Channels are ordered by subscribers, and channels whose last post is more than a year old go to the end. Subscriber counts are from the October 6, 2026 snapshot; last-post dates are from our latest crawl of channel posts (August 13, 2026). Both change every day, so open a channel's page for the current numbers.
Somalia news channels: quick answers
What is the biggest Somalia news channel on Telegram?
Zakariye Timacadde (@zakariatimacadde) leads this list with 141,869 subscribers. The next largest are Telefishinka Qaranka (102K) and Abdishakur Mohamed (69K).
How many Somalia news channels are there?
TGScope matched 18 public channels with 300 or more subscribers in the October 6, 2026 snapshot. 11 of them have over 10,000 subscribers and 2 have over 100,000. Private channels and channels below 300 subscribers are not counted.
What languages do Somalia news channels use?
The main languages are Somali (83%) and English (17%). Language alone does not place a channel in Somalia: it is listed only when our geo label, a tag or the title points there.
Are these channels still active?
Of the channels with a known last post, 13% posted in the 30 days before our latest crawl (August 13, 2026) and 33% within three months. 20% have been silent for more than a year; they are listed after the active channels.
What do Somalia news channels post about?
The most common tags in this list are #news, #somali, #entertainment and #somalia. Use them to jump to tag pages with more channels on the same theme.
How can I check a channel before joining?
Open the channel's TGScope page for its profile and similar channels, then run the fake-subscriber, creation-date and scam checks linked on this page. Low views compared with subscribers is a warning sign, not proof of bots.