Fast Telegram Group/Channel Member Scraper

A tool to scrape members from Telegram groups and channels, with a fast speed of 1,000+ members per minute.

🚀 Features

• Scrapes Telegram Group/Channel members from member tab and chat history
• Able to scrape beyond 10k members limit, approaching the total number of group/channel members
• Scrapes the following information:

Output:

{
     // 10 digit id of Telegram user
    "id":  e.g. 1234561234,
    // (Optional) username of Telegram user, could be hidden
    "username": e.g. "xxx"  ,
    // true for bots, false for users
    "bot" e.g. "false",
    // (Optional) firstname
    "firstName" e.g. "Steve",
    // (Optional) lastname
    "lastName" e.g. "Jobs",
    // accesss hash
    "accessHash" e.g. "0123456789123456789",
    // true for Telegram premium users
    "is_premium" e.g. "false",
    // Last seen status as per telegram app, one of these : online,last seen recently,seen within a week,seen within a month,seen a long time ago
    "last_seen" e.g. "last seen within a month",
    // link to view user profile based on user id
    "profile_link" e.g. "https://web.telegram.org/a/#1234561234",
    // channel/group where user is found
    "group_link" e.g. "https://t.me/SomeGroup" ,
  },

🛠️ Usage

1. Please join the Telegram group as a member before scraping the group, otherwise error happens.
2. For first time users, click on the 'Try for free' button.
3. Go to the 'Input' tab and fill in the required fields:
   • Target Group: Add the full name of the target group/channel.
   • Telegram Auth Token: First, log in via QR code. Then, copy the Auth Token and paste it here to avoid rescanning the QR code in the future.
4. Click on 'Save and start' button.
5. When QR code shows up in 'Log' tab, scan the QR code to authenticate the actor with Telegram.
6. Open the Telegram app on your device.
7. Go to Telegram menu -> Settings -> Devices and click on 'Add device' button and scan the QR code.
8. After successful authentication, all group members data will be displayed in the output tab.

How much will it cost to scrape Telegram?

• Apify gives you with $5 free usage credits every month on the Apify Free plan. This Actor is priced per rental, and the running cost is around USD 0.02 for every 1000 records scraped on 512mb Actor.

Input:

{
    // telegram channel link you joined.
  "ap_groupname": e.g. "https://t.me/SomeGroup",
//   limit on how many members to scrape, set 999,999 to all, but becareful of actor timeout past 60k members!
  "ap_num": e.g. 12050,
//   (Optional) session saved after auth
  "ap_opt_savedsession": e.g. "session_xxx",
}

📝 Support

If you encounter any issues, please open an issue and post your Actor's Run ID, and we will get back to you soon.