📢 Telegram Channel Scraper: Posts, Views, Media & Channel Info

Telegram channel scraper, no login, phone number or bot token: Telegram channel posts (full history), Telegram views and reactions, photo and video links, Telegram posts by link, and Telegram channel info with subscribers. Date filter for monitoring. $0.50 per 1,000 posts.

📋 Table of contents

• What does it do?
• Features
• Pricing
• Input
• Output
• Troubleshooting
• Who uses this Telegram Scraper?
• Use cases
• FAQ
• API, Python, JavaScript and MCP

What does it do?

Telegram Scraper collects posts from public Telegram channels and returns clean rows. Give it channel links, @usernames or post links and it returns the channel's posts, newest first, back through its whole history: text, publish time, views, reactions, forwarded-from info, link previews and photo and video links. It also returns channel info (title, description, subscribers, verified badge, photo and video counts) and single posts by link. Set a date and it only returns posts newer than that, which makes hourly or daily monitoring cheap. Your own Telegram account, phone number or bot is never used.

Features

🎬 What you can scrape on Telegram

Mode	What you give it	What you get
channel_posts	channel link / @username	Channel posts — full history, newest first
channel_info	channel link / @username	Channel info — subscribers, description, verified
post_detail	post link (t.me/name/123)	Post details — one post per link

✨ Smart features

• Full channel history, 100 posts per request
• Only posts newer than a date or "7 days": the run stops at the first older post
• t.me/name, t.me/s/name, @name and post links all work
• Views and total reactions on every post, each reaction in raw
• Photo, album and video links, link previews and forwarded-from info
• Many channels in one run
• Duplicates are removed automatically
• 🔓 No login, no cookies, no proxy setup
• 💸 Pay only for results: hint and error rows are free

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Pricing

You pay per result. No compute or proxy charges on top, and hint and error rows are free.

What you get	Price per 1,000
📢 Posts from a channel's history	$0.50
🔍 Single lookups: one post by link or one channel's info	$2.00

How much does it cost to scrape Telegram data?

Job	Cost
1,000 Telegram posts	$0.50
10,000 Telegram posts	$5
100,000 Telegram posts	$50
Info for 100 channels	$0.20

Set Max cost per run in the run options and the actor stops cleanly at that amount.

🆓 Free plan

On the free Apify plan each run returns up to 10 results, so you can check the data before you buy. All three modes work on the free plan. Any paid Apify plan removes the limit.

⚡ Speed

Each request returns up to 100 posts and takes a few seconds, so 1,000 posts take about 2 minutes and 10,000 posts about 15 minutes.

Input

Field	What it does
mode	Links, @usernames or IDs: channel_posts, channel_info, post_detail.
urls	One per line: channel links (t.me/name or t.me/s/name), @usernames or channel names, post links (t.me/name/123).
onlyPostsNewerThan	Channel posts mode: stop at the first post older than this, so you only pay for new posts. A date (2026-10-01) or a relative time (7 days, 2 weeks, 3 months). Leave empty for the full history.
maxItems	Stop after this many rows per link or keyword (comments include their replies).

🧪 Example inputs

Full history of a channel

{"mode": "channel_posts", "urls": ["https://t.me/durov"], "maxItems": 1000}

Only the last 7 days from several channels

{"mode": "channel_posts", "urls": ["@bloomberg", "@cointelegraph", "https://t.me/s/binance_announcements"], "onlyPostsNewerThan": "7 days", "maxItems": 500}

Channel info for a list of channels

{"mode": "channel_info", "urls": ["durov", "toncoin", "bloomberg"]}

One post by its link

{"mode": "post_detail", "urls": ["https://t.me/durov/551"]}

Output

Every row uses the same fields. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML.

📦 Example output

{
  "platform": "telegram",
  "item_type": "post",
  "item_id": "durov/540",
  "url": "https://t.me/durov/540",
  "title": "🇺🇿 The 2026 International Olympiad in Informatics starts today in Tashkent.",
  "description": "🇺🇿 The 2026 International Olympiad in Informatics starts today in Tashkent.\n\n🏆 The IOI is …",
  "author_id": "durov",
  "author_name": "Pavel Durov",
  "author_username": "durov",
  "cover_url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/enH1xuSMrtOh9Ad9CUEXuuadQt0Bgk4q-t-Zb-R1d…",
  "created_at": "2026-08-10T09:29:58+00:00",
  "play_count": 4630000,
  "like_count": 77410,
  "mode": "channel_posts",
  "source_input": "https://t.me/durov",
  "raw": {
    "…": "full original record"
  },
  "scraped_at": "2026-10-11T11:26:14.749236+00:00"
}

📤 Main fields

Field	Description
platform, item_type, mode, source_input	Where the row came from and what it is (video, user, comment, hint, error…)
item_id, url	Native ID and a link back to the item
title, description, hashtags, created_at	Text and publish time (ISO 8601)
author_id, author_name, author_username	Creator or account
play_count, like_count, comment_count, share_count, collect_count	Engagement counts
raw	The full original record, every field the platform returned
error_message	Explanation on free hint / error rows

Troubleshooting

A channel returns nothing?

Only public channels work, and some owners turn off Telegram's public web preview. If t.me/s/name doesn't show posts in your browser, that channel can't be read without a login.

Can I get comments, members or private groups?

No. Those need a logged-in Telegram account, and this actor never uses one.

Why are views rounded (745K)?

That's how Telegram's public preview shows them. The exact number isn't public.

Getting no results?

Check that the link or username is public and typed correctly. Private accounts, deleted posts and hidden lists return a free hint row that says why. Keyword modes need the Keywords field, link modes need Links.

Getting fewer results than maxItems?

The platform ran out of items for that input (a small profile, a niche keyword), or the run reached its Max cost per run limit. The log says which one.

Some fields are empty?

Platforms don't return every field for every item. Everything the platform did return is kept in raw.

Video or image links stopped working?

Media URLs from these platforms expire after a few hours. Download files right after the run.

The run failed or shows an error row?

Retry once: the platforms sometimes refuse a request for a few minutes. If it keeps failing, open an issue with the run link and we'll fix it fast.

Who uses this Telegram Scraper?

📰 Journalists and OSINT researchers

Archive and search what public channels post.

💹 Crypto and finance traders

Monitor news and signal channels as posts come in.

📣 Marketers and brands

Track competitors' channels, how often they post and how many views they get.

🛡️ Trust and safety teams

Watch channels for scams, leaks and brand abuse.

📊 Researchers and analysts

Follow narratives across many channels over time.

🤖 AI and data teams

Collect channel posts as training or RAG data.

Use cases

Channel monitoring

Schedule a run every hour with Only posts newer than set to 1 day and get just the new posts.

Full archive

Pull a channel's complete history once, then keep it fresh with the date filter.

Ad buying

Compare subscribers and average views per post before you pay a channel for an ad.

FAQ

Can I scrape Telegram without an account?

Yes. No Telegram login, phone number, bot token or API ID.

Can I scrape a channel's full history?

Yes. Channel posts pages back through the whole history, newest first, 100 posts per request.

Can I get only new posts?

Yes. Set Only posts newer than to a date or a time like 7 days. The run stops at the first older post, so you only pay for new ones.

Does it get views and reactions?

Yes: views as Telegram shows them (rounded), the total reaction count in like_count, and every reaction with its count in raw.

Can I download Telegram photos and videos?

Each post has its image (cover_url) and video file link (video_url_nowm); every album photo is in raw. Links expire, so download right after the run.

Can I scrape Telegram groups or private channels?

No. Only public channels with Telegram's public web preview turned on.

Can I scrape Telegram comments or members?

No, those need a logged-in account.

How much does it cost to scrape 10,000 Telegram posts?

About $5, at $0.50 per 1,000 posts.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. On the free Apify plan each run returns up to 10 results.

Can I use it from Python, JavaScript or an AI agent?

Yes, through the Apify API, the client libraries, or MCP.

API, Python, JavaScript and MCP

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("openclawai/telegram-scraper").call(run_input={"mode": "channel_posts", "urls": ["https://t.me/durov"], "maxItems": 1000})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

JavaScript

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" });
const run = await client.actor("openclawai/telegram-scraper").call({"mode": "channel_posts", "urls": ["https://t.me/durov"], "maxItems": 1000});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients): https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=openclawai/telegram-scraper

Works with Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack, webhooks and scheduled runs.

🛡️ Legal

Collects public data only. You are responsible for complying with Telegram's terms and with privacy laws such as GDPR, CCPA and PIPL when you store personal data.

⭐ Support

Something not working? Check the hint / error rows, then open an issue with the run link. We reply fast.