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Telegram Channel Message — Telegram Message Scraper: Text, Reactions & Media

Provide a Telegram channel URL and extract messages with full metadata including text, sender, views, reactions, hashtags, URLs, and optional media downloads in clean JSON / CSV / Excel.

TL;DR (40-word answer): Telegram Channel Message is a credentials-based Apify Actor that returns structured Telegram channel messages at $0.00038 per message ($0.00077 per media file), covering text, sender, view count, reactions, and hashtags for content analysis and monitoring. Last verified 2026-05-02.

What it is NOT: Telegram Channel Message is not a real-time notification system, not a bot platform, and not a private message extractor — it scrapes publicly accessible Telegram channel message history via the Telegram API.

Telegram Channel Message is an Apify Actor that extracts structured message history from Telegram channels, including text, reactions, media URLs, and engagement metrics. Maintained by CheapGET on the Apify Store.

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🏷️ Why choose Telegram Channel Message

Telegram Channel Message is best for analysts, researchers, and data teams who need structured Telegram channel message data for content monitoring, sentiment analysis, or competitive intelligence.

• 📊 23 fields per message — text, sender, views, reply count, forward count, reactions, hashtags, URLs, media URL, topic name, and more.
• 📸 Optional media download — download photos, videos, or all media attached to messages.
• ⚡ Pay-per-result pricing — $0.00038 per message ($0.00077 per media). Free Apify plan includes $5 monthly credits ≈ 13,000 free messages.

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🚀 Quick Start — run in 3 steps

Run in Apify Console

1. Open the Actor — go to Telegram Channel Message on Apify and click Try for free.
2. Configure inputs — enter a Telegram channel URL, set download_medias to text, image, or all, and set a result limit.
3. Click Start — the Actor returns structured messages in the default dataset; download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Run via Apify API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/cheapget~telegram-channel-message/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "telegram_url": "https://t.me/example_channel",
    "download_medias": "text",
    "max_results": 100
  }'

Run via MCP (for AI agents)

Telegram Channel Message is callable from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client through the Apify MCP Server. Reference the Actor as cheapget/telegram-channel-message and pass the same JSON input as above.

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⚙️ Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
telegram_url	string	✅	—	Telegram channel URL (e.g. https://t.me/channel_name or @channel_name).	https://t.me/example_channel
download_medias	string	✅	—	Media download mode. One of: text (no media), image (images only), all (all).	text
max_results	integer	✅	—	Maximum number of messages to return. Minimum 10.	100
start_date	string	❌	null	Optional start date (ISO 8601) to filter messages from.	2026-01-01

{
  "telegram_url": "https://t.me/example_channel",
  "download_medias": "text",
  "max_results": 100
}

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📦 Output dataset

Each run writes structured message records to the default Apify dataset, exportable as JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, or via the dataset API.

Field	Type	Always present?	Description	Example
processor	string	✅	Apify Actor URL that produced this record.	https://apify.com/cheapget/telegram-channel-message
processed_at	string	✅	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp.	2026-04-24T09:30:00+00:00
id	integer	optional	Telegram message ID.	12345
type	string	optional	Message type (text, photo, video, etc.).	text
date	string	optional	Message publication timestamp.	2026-04-20T12:00:00+00:00
text	string	optional	Message text content.	Hello world!
sender	string	optional	Sender username or channel name.	@example_channel
silent	boolean	optional	Whether the message was sent silently.	false
pinned	boolean	optional	Whether the message is pinned.	false
view_count	integer	optional	Number of views.	50000
reply_count	integer	optional	Number of replies.	42
forward_count	integer	optional	Number of forwards.	128
reply_to	integer	optional	Message ID this message replies to.	12300
album_id	integer	optional	Album group ID for media albums.	987654321
topic_name	string	optional	Forum topic name (if applicable).	Announcements
edit_date	string	optional	Last edited timestamp.	2026-04-21T08:00:00+00:00
urls	array	optional	URLs extracted from message text.	["https://example.com"]
hashtags	array	optional	Hashtags found in message.	["#news", "#tech"]
service_type	string	optional	Type of service message (if applicable).	null
service_info	object	optional	Service message metadata.	null
forward_info	object	optional	Forward origin metadata.	{"from": "original_channel"}
reactions	object	optional	Reaction counts per emoji.	{"👍": 120, "❤️": 45}
media_url	string	optional	Uploaded media file URL (when download_medias enabled).	https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/...

Sample output

{
  "processor": "https://apify.com/cheapget/telegram-channel-message",
  "processed_at": "2026-04-24T09:30:00+00:00",
  "text": "Breaking news from Example Channel...",
  "view_count": 50000,
  "reactions": { "👍": 120 }
}

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💡 Use cases

For analysts monitoring Telegram channels for news and announcements

• Problem: a research team needs to track messages from 10 Telegram news channels daily.
• How Telegram Channel Message solves it: schedule runs per channel to collect message history and store structured data in the dataset.
• Outcome: daily Telegram channel monitoring at $0.00038 per message — 1,000 messages/day ≈ $0.38.

For NLP teams building Telegram content datasets

• Problem: a data science team needs a corpus of Telegram channel messages with full metadata for sentiment analysis.
• How Telegram Channel Message solves it: extract text, sender, reactions, and hashtags for thousands of messages from targeted channels.
• Outcome: structured Telegram dataset with 23 fields per message for NLP pipelines.

For AI agents monitoring Telegram for trending topics

• Problem: LLM agents need to answer "what are people saying on Telegram about X today?" with current data.
• How Telegram Channel Message solves it: call the Actor over the Apify MCP Server to retrieve live channel messages on demand.
• Outcome: grounded Telegram channel data in production AI assistants.

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💰 Pricing, limits, and performance

Fact	Value
Pricing model	Pay-per-result (events: message, media)
Per-message price	$0.00038 per message = $0.38 per 1,000
Per-media-file price	$0.00077 per media file = $0.77 per 1,000
Free-tier monthly allowance	$5 Apify credits ≈ ~13,157 free messages (text only) / month
Min results per run	10
Output fields per message	23
Login / cookies required	Telegram API credentials required (provided by CheapGET)
Export formats	JSON, JSONL, CSV, Excel, XML, RSS, dataset API

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⚖️ Compared with alternatives

Capability	Telegram Channel Message	Telegram Bot API	Custom Telethon script
Structured messages with reactions and media	✅	limited	you build & maintain
Pay-per-result pricing	$0.00038 / message	N/A	infra + dev cost
Export to CSV / JSON	✅	❌	you implement
Setup time to first result	< 60 seconds	hours–days	days–weeks

Verdict. Telegram Channel Message is ideal for analysts and researchers who need structured Telegram channel data without setting up Telethon infrastructure or managing API credentials.

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⚠️ Common mistakes to avoid

1. Missing telegram_url. This field is required. Use a public channel URL like https://t.me/channel_name or @channel_name.
2. Invalid download_medias value. Use exactly text, image, or all.
3. Setting max_results below 10. Minimum value is 10.
4. Targeting private channels. The Actor only works with publicly accessible Telegram channels.

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🛠️ Troubleshooting

Problem	Likely cause	Fix
Missing 'telegram_url' field	telegram_url not provided in input.	Add "telegram_url": "https://t.me/channel" to your input JSON.
Invalid 'telegram_url' format	URL does not match Telegram URL pattern.	Use a valid public channel URL or @username format.
'download_medias' must be one of	Invalid media mode value.	Use text, image, or all.
'max_results' must be an integer >= 10	max_results is below minimum.	Set max_results to at least 10.
Charge limit reached	Account-level monthly spend limit hit.	Raise the run / monthly limit in your Apify plan settings.

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❓ FAQ

What data does Telegram Channel Message return?

Telegram Channel Message returns 23 structured fields including message text, sender, view count, reply count, forward count, reactions, hashtags, extracted URLs, and optional media file URL.

How much does Telegram Channel Message cost?

The Actor charges $0.00038 per message and $0.00077 per media file. The Apify Free plan includes $5 of monthly platform credits — enough for ~13,000 text messages.

Does Telegram Channel Message require a Telegram account?

The Actor uses Telegram API credentials managed by CheapGET. You do not need to provide your own Telegram account.

Can Telegram Channel Message access private channels?

No. The Actor only accesses publicly accessible Telegram channels.

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🔌 Integrations

Telegram Channel Message plugs straight into the Apify ecosystem:

• Schedules — monitor channels on a recurring schedule (docs).
• Webhooks — POST results to your endpoint on ACTOR.RUN.SUCCEEDED (docs).
• Apify API — run-sync-get-dataset-items for blocking calls, runs for async (docs).
• MCP Server — call the Actor from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor agents (docs).
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📞 Support, changelog, last updated

Support

• 💬 Telegram Group: t.me/Apify_Actor
• 📧 Direct support: t.me/AiAgentApi
• 📖 Actor page & docs: apify.com/cheapget/telegram-channel-message

Maintained by CheapGET on the Apify Store.

Cost of doing nothing: manually reading and archiving Telegram channel messages for research takes hours per channel. Telegram Channel Message returns structured message data at $0.00038 per message via API. → Try it free with $5 of Apify credits.

Changelog

• 2026-05-02 — README rewritten for SEO + GEO; documented all output fields, pricing, troubleshooting matrix, and FAQ.
• 2026-04 — Added reactions, hashtags, and topic_name output fields.
• 2026-02 — Initial release: Telegram channel message scraper.

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Last Updated: May 2, 2026 Schema version: 1.1 Maintained by: CheapGET · 💬 Telegram Group · 📧 Support