# Telegram Channels Scraper – Cheap 📱 (`contactminerlabs/telegram-channels-scraper---cheap`) Actor

🔍 Scrape Mass/Bulk Telegram Channels

Enter any keyword & extract relevant Telegram channels, including channel name, description, subscriber count & channel URL 📢
Perfect for audience research, community discovery, trend monitoring, influencer discovery, competitor tracking or AI pipelines

- **URL**: https://apify.com/contactminerlabs/telegram-channels-scraper---cheap.md
- **Developed by:** [ContactMinerLabs](https://apify.com/contactminerlabs) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, Videos
- **Stats:** 57 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $0.00005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

### 📱 Telegram Channels Scraper – Fast, Accurate & Powerful 🚀💬

The Telegram Channels Scraper is a high-performance tool designed to extract public Telegram channels and groups based on a keyword search.

Perfect for audience research, community discovery, influencer marketing, competitor monitoring, dataset creation, and more.

### 🔍 What This Scraper Does

Enter a keyword (e.g., fitness, crypto, technology, marketing)
Choose your filters
Run the scraper
Receive clean, structured data for each matching Telegram channel.

✅ It extracts:

| Field             | Description                                   |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| `channelUsername` | Telegram channel username (ex: `@fitness`)    |
| `channelName`     | Name of the Telegram channel                  |
| `channelUrl`      | Direct link to the Telegram channel           |
| `description`     | Short description or snippet from the channel |
| `displayedUrl`    | URL shown in search results                   |
| `thumbnail`       | Channel profile image or logo                 |
| `platform`        | `"Telegram"`                                  |

### 🛠 How to Use the Scraper

Using the Telegram Channels Scraper is extremely simple:

Enter a keyword (e.g. fitness, crypto, technology, marketing)

Set the maximum number of channels to extract

Run the scraper

Export your dataset in your preferred format

💾 Export options:

```
📦 JSON
📊 CSV
📑 Excel
🌐 XML / HTML
```

### 💡 Keyword Tips

🔹 Broad keywords → large datasets (news, technology, business)

🔹 Niche keywords → highly targeted results (crypto trading, vegan recipes, AI tools)

🔹 Language-specific → add language keywords (español, français)

### 📘 Platform

This scraper retrieves Telegram channels directly from Telegram's web interface.

### 💰 Pricing

This scraper uses a simple monthly subscription model.
You pay only $19.89/month, and only for successful results.

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***

### 🌟 Why Use This Scraper?

📅 Audience Research – Discover communities around your niche

📊 Market Insights – Identify engaged channels by topic

📈 Dataset Creation – Perfect for analytics, AI/ML & segmentation

⏱ Automation – Save hours of manually searching Telegram channels

🎯 Competitor Monitoring – Find where your competitors are active

💼 Influencer Marketing – Discover relevant channels for partnerships

### 📥 Input Schema

Input example :

```
{
  "KEYWORD": "AI",
  "MAX_ITEMS": 30
}


```

Input Fields:

| Field       | Type    | Description                           |
| ----------- | ------- | ------------------------------------- |
| `KEYWORD`   | string  | Keyword to search for Telegram channels |
| `MAX_ITEMS` | integer | Maximum number of channels to extract   |

### Output Example 🧾

```
{
  "channelUsername": "dr_workout",
  "channelName": "Dr Workout",
  "channelUrl": "https://t.me/s/dr_workout",
  "description": "Research-backed workout plans, daily workout challenges, and fitness and diet guides. We provide evidence-based training guidelines to maximize strength, muscle hypertrophy, and stamina.",
  "displayedUrl": "https://t.me › s › dr_workout",
  "thumbnail": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
  "platform": "Telegram"
}

```

### 📫 Support

If you're satisfied with this scraper, please leave a ★★★★★ rating!
🌍 For any questions, specific needs or issues, please reach out through Apify's platform or via email - [Storm_Scraper 🌪️🌩️](https://apify.com/scrapestorm)

# Actor input Schema

## `KEYWORDS` (type: `array`):

One or more keywords to search for Channels. Each keyword is scraped separately, up to 'Max Items' per keyword.

## `MAX_ITEMS` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of Channels to extract per keyword

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "KEYWORDS": [
    "Fitness"
  ],
  "MAX_ITEMS": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "KEYWORDS": [
        "Fitness"
    ],
    "MAX_ITEMS": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("contactminerlabs/telegram-channels-scraper---cheap").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "KEYWORDS": ["Fitness"],
    "MAX_ITEMS": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("contactminerlabs/telegram-channels-scraper---cheap").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "KEYWORDS": [
    "Fitness"
  ],
  "MAX_ITEMS": 10
}' |
apify call contactminerlabs/telegram-channels-scraper---cheap --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,contactminerlabs/telegram-channels-scraper---cheap"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/01oDMrSAKMpTkwW3y/builds/g90PssttvpMJIZTFn/openapi.json