Creators Leaderboard Bot
Leaderboard ranking tech creators' channels
Telegram bot Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant
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Software Guy
Bloat
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Summary
A working, live Telegram bot with a mini app, search, filters and weekly growth stats, built by one developer. It has no way to earn money, no real moat, and the last visible update was February 2026, so it reads as a useful side project rather than a business.
Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.
Breakdown
Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.
Viability
Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?
There's a real want among creators to see where they stand, but nothing in the posts or product points to who would pay. No pricing, no payments and no sponsor or ads model show up, so a path to revenue isn't visible.
27/100
Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.
Receipts (3)
Pitches visibility and recognition for tech channels, a real want but with no stated way to charge for it.
“Introducing the Creators Leaderboard a clean way to see where your channel stands among other tech creators. Here’s how it works 👇 • First, add the bot as an admin to your channel (read only access only). • Use /leaderboard to see the top-ranked tech channels. • Use /myrank to check your own channel’s position. It’s not about competition, it’s about visibility, recognition, and community mot”
Post · @software_guy · 14 Nov 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
120+ channels added in one day shows creators will use it, though not that anyone would pay.
“Since most of you liked it , we now have a telegram mini app , with search ,filter and sorting included We got 120+ channels added in 1 day , thats 🔥 👉 @etcreators_lbbot”
Post · @software_guy · 15 Nov 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The live bot page shows no pricing, only a bug-report contact.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · t.me/etcreators_lbbot (opens in a new tab)
Moat
What stops someone copying it?
Ranking channels by subscriber count is something another developer could rebuild in a weekend. The channel data is collected through admin access, but it was partly lost in a migration and isn't protected by anything else.
12/100
Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.
Receipts (2)
The core mechanic is add the bot as admin, then run /leaderboard or /myrank, which is simple to copy.
“Introducing the Creators Leaderboard a clean way to see where your channel stands among other tech creators. Here’s how it works 👇 • First, add the bot as an admin to your channel (read only access only). • Use /leaderboard to see the top-ranked tech channels. • Use /myrank to check your own channel’s position. It’s not about competition, it’s about visibility, recognition, and community mot”
Post · @software_guy · 14 Nov 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
A database migration lost some channel data, so the accumulated data isn't a durable asset.
“🟢Back Live Migrated to new DB so lost some of your channels data, if you couldnt find your channel listed , make sure to add it @etcreators_lbbot”
Post · @software_guy · 19 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Momentum
Did the updates keep coming?
It was worked on across about three months from November 2025 to February 2026, with fixes and relaunches in between. Nothing has shipped for over 200 days, so momentum has faded.
23/100
- Sustained shipping12/60
Worked on across 3 months.
- Consistency11/40
Updates in 3 of 4 months.
- Quiet
No update for 224 days, so scaled to 35%.
Receipts (2)
Earliest post about it.
“So I flipped the idea and built something for creators instead the Creators Leaderboard Bot. It brings together all dev and tech-related Telegram channels in one place and ranks them based on subscriber count and growth.”
Post · @software_guy · 14 Nov 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Most recent post about it.
“Creators leaderboard is back 💚 @etcreators_lbbot”
Post · @software_guy · 25 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Infrastructure
Does a real, working product exist?
A working bot and mini app exist with ranking, search, filters and weekly growth, and the bot is live now. It's thin, and it went down and lost some data during a migration.
59/100
- It's live20/20
https://t.me/etcreators_lbbot responded when checked.
- HTTPS5/5
Hosted on a platform (store, GitHub or Telegram), so HTTPS is the platform's.
- Real product25/35
The bot is live and works, with a leaderboard, personal rank, a mini app with search, filter and sorting, and weekly growth tracking. It's fairly thin, and it went down for a while in December.
- Own home5/10
A Telegram bot, no home of its own.
- Maintained0/15
Last sign of shipping 2026-02-25.
- Operations4/15
It has a bot plus a mini app and a backend with a database, and the creator moved it to a new DB. There are no docs, API, status page or accounts beyond Telegram, and the second bot link is dead.
Receipts (5)
https://t.me/etcreators_lbbot responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · t.me/etcreators_lbbot (opens in a new tab)
Mini app with search, filter and sorting was added a day after launch.
“Since most of you liked it , we now have a telegram mini app , with search ,filter and sorting included We got 120+ channels added in 1 day , thats 🔥 👉 @etcreators_lbbot”
Post · @software_guy · 15 Nov 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Weekly growth stats were added.
“you can now see how much growth you had in the past week . status update every week 🇪🇹Creators leaderboard @etcreators_lbbot”
Post · @software_guy · 24 Nov 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The bot responded as live when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · t.me/etcreators_lbbot (opens in a new tab)
Mentions migrating to a new database, so there is a backend.
“🟢Back Live Migrated to new DB so lost some of your channels data, if you couldnt find your channel listed , make sure to add it @etcreators_lbbot”
Post · @software_guy · 19 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Sustainability
Is it being set up to last?
Distribution through Telegram is natural for this audience, but there's no payment, pricing, privacy policy or terms, and no revenue. It's maintained by one person who treats it as a side project.
33/100
- Distribution20/30
A Telegram bot or mini app.
- Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
- Pricing0/10
No pricing found on the site.
- Revenue0/5
No post mentions paying customers, sponsors or any income.
- Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
- Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
- Support8/8
Posts point users to a support channel.
- Commitment5/20
One developer has kept coming back to it, with a relaunch in December and again in February, and lists it among side builds. There's no team, roadmap, dedicated community or funding.
Receipts (5)
A Telegram bot or mini app.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · t.me/etcreators_lbbot (opens in a new tab)
The launch post describes the bot as free to try, with no mention of money.
“Introducing the Creators Leaderboard a clean way to see where your channel stands among other tech creators. Here’s how it works 👇 • First, add the bot as an admin to your channel (read only access only). • Use /leaderboard to see the top-ranked tech channels. • Use /myrank to check your own channel’s position. It’s not about competition, it’s about visibility, recognition, and community mot”
Post · @software_guy · 14 Nov 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Brought it back live after an outage and migration.
“🟢Back Live Migrated to new DB so lost some of your channels data, if you couldnt find your channel listed , make sure to add it @etcreators_lbbot”
Post · @software_guy · 19 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Announced it was back again in February 2026.
“Creators leaderboard is back 💚 @etcreators_lbbot”
Post · @software_guy · 25 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Lists it as a side build among many other projects, so it isn't the main focus.
“2025 WRAPPED. Projects built. Lessons earned. Levels unlocked. This year I built and contributed to more than I honestly expected. Shipped real things, collaborated with solid people, and learned way more than I imagined. Contributions Contributed to The Audio Streaming Platform by Solo Codes https://github.com/AnexDev1/The-Audio-Streaming-Platform Contributed to NativeChat by Dagmawi Babi http”
Post · @software_guy · 31 Dec 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)