Telegram Channel Scraper

Scrape posts from any public Telegram channel — text, photos, videos, reactions, polls, link previews, and more. No login or API key needed.

Features

• Extracts full post data: text (plain + HTML), photos, videos, reactions, views, polls, link previews, inline buttons
• Scrapes channel metadata: title, description, subscriber count, avatar, verified status
• Accepts flexible input: full URLs, short URLs, @handles, or just the username
• Handles pagination automatically — scrape hundreds or thousands of posts
• No authentication required — works via Telegram's public web preview
• Supports multiple channels in a single run
• Lightweight — uses HTTP requests only, no browser needed

How much does it cost?

With Telegram Channel Scraper, you can scrape 1,000 posts for about $0.50 in Apify platform credits. One page fetch returns 20 posts, so even large channels are efficient.

Running on the free plan? You can scrape several hundred posts per month at no cost.

Input

Field	Description	Default
Channels	Paste channel URLs from your browser (e.g. https://t.me/bitcoin). You can also use the @handle from the channel's profile page.	Required
Post Limit	Maximum posts per channel (0 = unlimited)	100
Not Older Than	Stop scraping when posts are older than this date (YYYY-MM-DD)	No limit

Output example

Each post is saved as a JSON object:

{
  "channelName": "bitcoin",
  "channelTitle": "Bitcoin",
  "channelDescription": "This is the top Telegram channel for #Bitcoin news...",
  "channelImageUrl": "https://cdn5.telesco.pe/file/...",
  "subscriberCount": 211000,
  "isVerified": false,
  "messageId": 18823,
  "messageUrl": "https://t.me/bitcoin/18823",
  "date": "2026-03-12T15:11:31+00:00",
  "isEdited": false,
  "text": "JUST IN: Michael Saylor's Strategy bought over 1,001 bitcoin...",
  "textHtml": "JUST IN: <b>Michael Saylor's Strategy</b> bought over...",
  "views": 6030,
  "reactions": [
    { "emoji": "❤", "count": 31, "isPaid": false },
    { "emoji": "⚡", "count": 25, "isPaid": false }
  ],
  "isGroupedMedia": false,
  "photoUrls": ["https://cdn1.telesco.pe/file/..."],
  "videoUrls": [],
  "videoDurations": [],
  "videoThumbnailUrls": [],
  "linkPreview": null,
  "inlineButtons": null,
  "poll": null,
  "forwardedFrom": null,
  "author": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-14T01:38:18.104Z"
}

All output fields

Field	Type	Description
channelName	string	Channel username
channelTitle	string	Channel display name
channelDescription	string	Channel bio
channelImageUrl	string	Channel avatar URL
subscriberCount	number	Subscriber count
isVerified	boolean	Whether channel has verified badge
messageId	number	Telegram message ID
messageUrl	string	Direct link to the post
date	string	Post date (ISO 8601)
isEdited	boolean	Whether the post was edited
text	string	Plain text content
textHtml	string	HTML-formatted content (preserves links, bold, etc.)
views	number	View count
reactions	array	Emoji reactions with counts
isGroupedMedia	boolean	Whether post is a media album
photoUrls	array	Photo CDN URLs
videoUrls	array	Video CDN URLs (may expire)
videoDurations	array	Video durations
videoThumbnailUrls	array	Video thumbnail URLs
linkPreview	object	Link preview (url, title, description, image)
poll	object	Poll (question, options with percentages, voter count)
inlineButtons	array	Bot buttons (rows of {text, url})
forwardedFrom	object	Forwarded source (name, url)
replyToMessageId	number	ID of the message being replied to
author	string	Post author signature
scrapedAt	string	When the data was scraped (ISO 8601)

Tips

• Video URLs expire — photo URLs are permanent, but video CDN URLs have a token that expires after a few hours. Download videos promptly after scraping.
• Private channels can't be scraped — this actor uses Telegram's public web preview, so only public channels work. Private channels will be skipped with a clear error message.
• Use "Not Older Than" to save costs — for recurring scrapes, set a date cutoff so you only fetch new posts.
• Post limit is per channel — if you scrape 3 channels with a limit of 100, you'll get up to 300 posts total.