Telegram Channel Scraper

Scrape public Telegram channels — posts, views, media, and engagement metrics. No API key or Telegram account required.

Features

• No API key needed — scrapes public web previews
• Posts with metadata — text, date, views, forwards, reactions
• Media extraction — photo and video URLs
• Channel analytics — subscriber count, posting frequency, engagement rate
• Pagination — scrape hundreds of posts per channel
• Multi-channel — scrape multiple channels in one run

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
channelUrls	array	required	Channel URLs or usernames (e.g., https://t.me/durov or @durov)
maxPostsPerChannel	integer	100	Max posts to scrape per channel (0 = all available)
includeMedia	boolean	true	Extract photo/video URLs
proxyConfiguration	object	none	Proxy settings for requests

Example input

{
    "channelUrls": ["https://t.me/durov", "@breakingmash", "bbcrussian"],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 50,
    "includeMedia": true
}

Output

Each post is saved as a dataset item:

{
    "channelName": "durov",
    "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
    "channelSubscribers": 10600000,
    "channelDescription": "...",
    "postId": 453,
    "postDate": "2025-10-10T19:02:21+00:00",
    "postText": "The new Telegram update is here...",
    "postUrl": "https://t.me/durov/453",
    "postViews": 6830000,
    "postForwards": null,
    "reactions": [{"emoji": "❤️", "count": 15000}],
    "mediaType": "video",
    "mediaUrl": "https://...",
    "forwardedFrom": null
}

Use Cases

• Marketing research — analyze competitor channels, content performance
• Content strategy — find best-performing post types and topics
• Audience analytics — engagement rates, peak posting times
• Media monitoring — track news channels, brand mentions
• Data journalism — collect and analyze public discourse

Pricing

Pay per result: $1.50 per 1,000 posts scraped.

Limitations

• Only works with public channels (channels with public web preview)
• Private channels and groups are not accessible
• Reactions may not be visible on all channels via web preview
• Rate limited to avoid being blocked by Telegram