Telegram Channel Scraper – Messages, Views, Reactions & Subscribers

Scrape public Telegram channels without a Telegram account, phone number or API keys. Get every post with its text, views, reactions, photos, videos, files, link previews, links, hashtags, mentions, forwards and replies – or just the channel info and subscriber count for long lists of channels.

Fast (no browser), cheap, and built for monitoring: schedule it with Only new messages and each run returns just the posts published since the last one.

Why this Telegram scraper?

• 🔓 No login, no sessions – uses Telegram's public web preview, so there are no account bans, "flood wait" errors or broken sessions, and parallel runs never clash.
• 🎯 Filters before charging – date range and keyword filters are applied before saving, so you only pay for messages you asked for.
• 📦 Complete messages – text, views, reactions (incl. paid Stars and custom emoji), photos, videos, files, link previews, forwards (forwardedFrom), replies, hashtags and mentions.
• 🔁 Built for monitoring – Only new messages returns just the posts since your last run.
• 💬 Clear feedback – if a channel has no public preview, the log tells you instead of silently returning nothing.

What can you use it for?

• 📈 Crypto & finance signals – track announcement and signal channels, pull every post with view and reaction counts.
• 📰 News & brand monitoring – watch channels for mentions of your brand, product or competitors with the keyword filter.
• 🔎 Research datasets – export complete channel histories with dates for sentiment and trend analysis.
• 📣 Influencer & ad buying – compare channels by subscribers, views per post and engagement before buying a promo.
• 🤖 AI agents & automations – structured JSON for n8n, Make, Zapier, LangChain and the Apify MCP server.

Engagement metrics included

Every message has viewRate (views ÷ subscribers – how much of the audience saw it) and reactionRate (reactions per 100 views). Use them to compare channels before buying a promo post.

Input

Field	What it does
Channels	Usernames or links: durov, @durov, https://t.me/durov, or a single message https://t.me/durov/528
What to scrape	Messages, or Channel info only (one row per channel – title, subscribers, description, last post date)
Max messages per channel	Newest first; 0 = whole history
Keyword filter	Only messages containing any of these words (you pay only for matches)
Telegram search (quick)	Telegram's built-in search – fast, but only ~20 top matches
Messages from / until	Date range
Only new messages since the last run	For scheduled monitoring

{
  "channels": ["durov", "https://t.me/cointelegraph"],
  "maxMessagesPerChannel": 200,
  "keywords": ["ETF", "solana"],
  "dateFrom": "2026-09-01",
  "onlyNewMessages": false
}

Output

{
  "messageId": 548,
  "url": "https://t.me/durov/548",
  "channel": "durov",
  "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
  "channelSubscribers": 10500000,
  "date": "2026-09-11T16:04:02+00:00",
  "text": "🤝 Telegram has become the sponsor of Codeforces — the largest competitive programming platform…",
  "views": 1970000,
  "reactions": [
    { "emoji": "⭐", "isPaid": true, "count": 21100 },
    { "emoji": null, "customEmojiId": "5265077361648368841", "count": 31200 }
  ],
  "totalReactions": 69930,
  "author": "Pavel Durov",
  "photos": [],
  "videos": [],
  "linkPreview": {
    "url": "https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/156620",
    "siteName": "Codeforces",
    "title": "Telegram Returns as Title Sponsor of Codeforces!"
  },
  "links": ["https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/156620"],
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "forwardedFrom": null,
  "replyToUrl": null,
  "edited": false
}

Channel info mode returns: channelTitle, channelUsername, channelVerified, channelDescription, subscribers, photosCount, videosCount, linksCount, channelAvatarUrl, lastMessageDate, channelUrl.

Pricing

Pay per message (or per channel in channel info mode) – see the Pricing tab. Set Maximum cost per run to cap spending.

Tips & limits

• Works for public channels with web preview enabled. Private channels, invite links (t.me/+...) and groups are not supported – they need a logged-in account.
• Monitoring: schedule the scraper (e.g. hourly) with Only new messages on. The first run returns the latest messages; later runs only new ones.
• Custom (premium) emoji reactions have emoji: null and a customEmojiId.
• Media URLs come from Telegram's CDN and may expire after some time – download files soon after the run.

FAQ

Do I need a Telegram account or API key? No.

Something missing or broken? Open an issue in the Issues tab – I usually reply within a day.

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