UK news channels on Telegram
Here are the UK news channels we track — 21 public channels, ranked by audience size. The common themes are news, politics and football. The three largest — Sports Direct, Arsenal and B/R Football — reach 686K subscribers together.
We matched 21 UK news channels with at least 300 subscribers; together they have 998K subscribers. The largest is Sports Direct with 462K, and 30% 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
- 21
- Combined subscribers
- 998K
- Median channel
- 15K
- Active at latest crawl
- 30%
- 300–5K 629%
- 5K–50K 1152%
- 50K–500K 419%
- 500K+ 00%
- Within 30 days 630%
- 1–3 months 945%
- 3–12 months 315%
- Over a year 210%
- English 100%
Top UK news channels by subscribers
- 1Sports Direct@sportsdirect_eng462K
ℹ️ Your one-stop destination for everything in the world of sports.Share link
- 2Arsenal@arsenal_london144K
PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 🏆UCL FINALISTSThe one, the only and the best channel of Arsenal Football Club.Ads: 📲, questi
- 3B/R Football@br_football_news80K
Get the latest news, photos, rankings, lists and more on Bleacher Report Football.Invite friends: and Advertisement
- 4Tommy Robinson News@tommyrobinsonnews78K
Support our work here - my best selling books here
- 5Football news - The Sun@footballthesun50K
Get the latest breaking news, views, video and everything else you love about the beautiful game, direct from The Sun.
- 6Premier League 🦁@premierleague_football27K
🚨Live Action & Highlights of matches📊Pre & Post match Statics🏆Simply everything about the Premier League & other England Competition💬 ads
- 7Chelsi@chelsea_london_uz22K
Blue is the colour, football is the game.Fan channel, is not an official representative.Biz - Chelsimiz 💙Reklama: va narx: tg.segroup.me?uz
- 8UNN@unitynewsnetwork21K
LIVE News Updates from the Unity News Network (UNN) team.
- 9CNBC International@cnbci16K
First in business worldwide, from our international HQ in Singapore, Abu Dhabi and London.Follow us:CNBC
- 10The Light Paper@thelighttruthpaper16K
We are a monthly, independently-distributed free UK Truthpaper. Get copies at Views expressed in this channel do not necessarily reflect the official Light Paper's.Also join our chat group
- 11SPORTbible@sportbiblechannel15K
Expect MORE. Expect SPORT. ⚡️Buy ads
- 12𝔽𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕞 𝕎𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕠𝕣𝕤@freedom_warriors13K
In collaboration with british Resistance
- 13BBC News English - rss feed@bbc_nws13K
unofficial
- 14The BMJ (British Medical Journal)@british_medical_journal13K
All the latest articles published on BMJDiscussion Group us
- 15The Telegraph@thetelegraphuk12K
Think ahead with the latest news, comment, analysis and video. Subscribe here: by
- 16@cwuk999@cwuk9992.8K
Stay up to date on local crime news with this page.
- 17@thecommunists@thecommunists2.8K
News from Britain’s communists
- 18@woodyharrelsonreal@woodyharrelsonreal2.1K
Lost in London - a special event filmed and broadcast live, coming soon.
- 19@the_uk_channel@the_uk_channel2K
Everything#UnitedKingdomUK News, Entertainment & Culture#UK#Britain#Scotland#wales#northernireland#England#Britain#Greatbritain🇬🇧Telegram Chat Group
- 20@pppnewstg@pppnewstg3.4K
- 21@thehundredhanders@thehundredhanders1.9K
Official Hundred-Handers Telegram ChannelContact:-handers.com
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 UK when our geo label points to UK, 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, #politics, #football 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.
UK news channels: quick answers
What is the biggest UK news channel on Telegram?
Sports Direct (@sportsdirect_eng) leads this list with 462,301 subscribers. The next largest are Arsenal (144K) and B/R Football (80K).
How many UK news channels are there?
TGScope matched 21 public channels with 300 or more subscribers in the October 6, 2026 snapshot. 15 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 UK news channels use?
The main languages are English (100%). Language alone does not place a channel in UK: 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, 30% posted in the 30 days before our latest crawl (August 13, 2026) and 75% within three months. 10% have been silent for more than a year; they are listed after the active channels.
What do UK news channels post about?
The most common tags in this list are #news, #politics, #football and #world-cup. 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.