Telegram Scraper – Channel Posts, Views & Reactions

Telegram Scraper extracts posts from any public Telegram channel – full text, date, views, reactions, photos, videos, files, links, hashtags, mentions, forwards and replies – plus channel info such as subscribers, description and verified badge. It reads Telegram's public web preview (t.me/s/<channel>), so you need no Telegram account, no phone number and no API key. Scrape one channel or hundreds, go back through the whole history, filter by date range or keywords and export to JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets.

What data can you extract?

Field	Example	Description
channel	durov	Channel username
post_id / id	552 / durov/552	Message ID and stable unique ID
url	https://t.me/durov/552	Direct link to the post
date	2026-10-11T14:52:40+00:00	Publish time (ISO 8601, UTC)
text	Designers × AI …	Full post text with line breaks and emoji
views	912000	View count
reactions_total / reactions	25330 / [{"emoji":"👍","count":74900}]	Total and per-emoji reactions (incl. paid ⭐ stars)
media_type	photo, video, album, file, audio, poll	Type of attached media
photos, videos, video_thumbnails, documents	URLs / objects	Media URLs, video thumbnails & durations, file titles
links, hashtags, mentions	["https://telegram.org/blog"], ["news"], ["durov"]	Everything extracted from the text
link_preview_*	title, description, site, image	Rich link preview of the post
is_forwarded, forwarded_from_name, forwarded_from_url	true, Telegram	Forward source
is_reply, reply_to_post_id	true, 78557	Reply-to message
is_edited	true	Post was edited
author_signature	Pavel Durov	Admin signature (if the channel signs posts)
channel_title, channel_subscribers	Pavel Durov, 10400000	Channel context on every post

Channel info row (type = "channel"): title, description, subscribers, photos / videos / files / links counts, verified, scam / fake flags, avatar URL. Public groups return title, member count, online count and description.

How to use

1. Add one or more channels – durov, @telegram, https://t.me/durov or https://t.me/s/durov all work.
2. Set Max posts per channel (0 = full history) and optional filters: date range (since / until, e.g. "7 days" or "2026-01-01"), keyword filter or Telegram search query.
3. Click Start and download the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML – or fetch them via API.

{
  "channels": ["durov", "https://t.me/telegram", "@breakingmash"],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 200,
  "since": "30 days",
  "keywords": ["ai", "crypto"],
  "includeChannelInfo": true
}

Modes

• Channel history – newest posts first, paging backwards 20 posts per request until your limit or date is reached.
• Date range – since / until with absolute or relative dates; scraping stops as soon as older posts appear.
• Keyword filter – whole-word, case-insensitive, any/all match; matched words in matched_keywords.
• Search across channels – searchQuery runs Telegram's own in-channel search on every channel in your list.
• Media only – skip text-only posts.

Output example

Real post from a test run:

{
  "type": "post",
  "id": "durov/552",
  "channel": "durov",
  "post_id": 552,
  "url": "https://t.me/durov/552",
  "date": "2026-10-11T14:52:40+00:00",
  "text": "✨ Designers × AI\n\n🆕 The mockup era is over. Today’s AI tools give every designer a superpower: you can now craft your ideas, not just draw them. \n\nThe gap between “what if…?” and “look, it works!” has never been smaller,",
  "views": 913000,
  "reactions_total": 25350,
  "reactions": [
    {
      "emoji": "⭐",
      "count": 5410,
      "paid": true
    },
    {
      "emoji": "custom:5936157098181135162",
      "count": 11300,
      "paid": false
    },
    {
      "emoji": "custom:5399847211989246390",
      "count": 4940,
      "paid": false
    }
  ],
  "media_type": "video",
  "media_count": 1,
  "photos": [],
  "videos": [
    {
      "url": null,
      "thumbnail": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/OiJcyAExOKYdCDKh5YmkrTUa3_9poHu…",
      "duration": "1:15",
      "post_url": "https://t.me/durov/552"
    }
  ],
  "video_thumbnails": [
    "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/OiJcyAExOKYdCDKh5YmkrTUa3_9poHu…"
  ],
  "documents": [],
  "poll": null,
  "links": [],
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [
    "designers"
  ],
  "link_preview_url": null,
  "link_preview_title": null,
  "link_preview_description": null,
  "link_preview_site_name": null,
  "link_preview_image": null,
  "is_forwarded": true,
  "forwarded_from_name": null,
  "forwarded_from_url": null,
  "is_reply": false,
  "reply_to_post_id": null,
  "reply_to_url": null,
  "is_edited": false,
  "is_service_message": false,
  "author_signature": "Pavel Durov",
  "sender_name": "Pavel Durov",
  "sender_url": "https://t.me/durov",
  "channel_title": "Pavel Durov",
  "channel_subscribers": 10400000,
  "channel_url": "https://t.me/durov",
  "matched_keywords": [],
  "search_query": null,
  "input": "durov",
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-15T19:58:14+00:00"
}

Channel info row:

{
  "type": "channel",
  "id": "channel:durov",
  "channel": "durov",
  "url": "https://t.me/durov",
  "title": "Pavel Durov",
  "description": "Founder of Telegram.",
  "subscribers": 10400000,
  "photos_count": 102,
  "videos_count": 47,
  "files_count": null,
  "links_count": 200,
  "verified": true,
  "scam": false,
  "fake": false,
  "avatar_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/MULwMfcgvO-kscu6vwzjmymEfId90Vg…",
  "online_count": null,
  "entity_type": "channel",
  "preview_available": true,
  "input": "durov",
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-15T19:58:14+00:00"
}

A run summary (posts per channel, errors, requests) is stored in the key-value store record RUN_SUMMARY.

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.80 per 1,000 results ($0.0008 per post or channel row) plus a tiny start fee. Scraping 1,000 posts costs about $0.80, 10,000 posts about $8. No monthly rental, no proxy needed for normal use. The scraper is HTTP-only and very fast (≈ 20 posts per request), so runs finish in seconds.

Use cases

• Media monitoring & news tracking – follow news, crypto and politics channels and pipe new posts into dashboards or alerts.
• Lead generation – find active channels in your niche, extract links, @mentions and contact handles from posts and descriptions.
• Market & competitor research – benchmark views, reactions and posting frequency of competitor channels.
• Influencer & ad sales – compare subscribers, average views and engagement before buying ads.
• OSINT & research – archive public channel history with dates, forwards and edits for analysis.
• AI / NLP datasets – build clean text corpora with hashtags and metadata for sentiment or topic models.

Integrations

Use the scraper from the Apify API, the Apify Python/JS clients, Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks or schedule it to run hourly/daily.

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("ninhothedev/telegram-scraper").call(run_input={
    "channels": ["durov", "telegram"],
    "maxPostsPerChannel": 100,
    "since": "7 days",
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["url"], item.get("views"), item.get("text", "")[:80])

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('ninhothedev/telegram-scraper').call({ channels: ['durov'], maxPostsPerChannel: 50 });
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Telegram? The scraper only reads public channels that anyone can view in a browser at t.me/s/… without logging in. It does not access private chats or groups. Make sure your use of personal data complies with GDPR and applicable laws.

Do I need a Telegram account or API key? No. No login, no phone number, no api_id/api_hash.

Can I scrape groups or private channels? Private channels and invite links (t.me/+…) are not supported. Public groups (and channels with the web preview disabled) return their profile info (title, members, online, description) – Telegram does not publish their messages on the web.

Are comment counts and forward counts available? Telegram's public web preview does not show comment or forward counts, so they are not included. Views, reactions, forward source and reply-to are included.

How far back can I go? The entire public history – set Max posts per channel to 0. Use Start before post ID to resume big scrapes.

Do I need a proxy? Normally not. For very large scrapes (thousands of pages) enable Apify Proxy to avoid rate limits; the scraper retries with backoff and rotates sessions automatically.

Media URLs expire? Telegram CDN links (cdn*.telesco.pe) are signed and can expire after some time – download media soon after the run if you need it.

Support – open an issue on the actor's Issues tab; feature requests are welcome.

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