# Telegram Channel Scraper: Posts, Views, Links & Media (`redfoxscout/telegram-channel-scraper`) Actor Scrape posts from public Telegram channels: text, date, views, photos, video flag, links and forwards, plus channel title and subscriber count. Newest first, search inside a channel, stop at a date. No login, no phone number, no API keys. - **URL**: https://apify.com/redfoxscout/telegram-channel-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Red Fox Scout](https://apify.com/redfoxscout) (community) - **Categories:** Social media, News - **Security:** Limited permissions - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $1.13 / 1,000 posts This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. 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 Scrape **posts from public Telegram channels**: **text, date, views, photos, video flag, links and forwards**, plus the **channel title, subscriber count and verified badge**. Posts come newest first; search inside a channel or stop at a date. **No login, no phone number and no API keys.** For researchers, journalists and media monitoring teams. **Price: $1.50 per 1,000 posts.** Duplicates and failed channels are free. Apify's free plan ($5 monthly credit) covers about 3,300 posts a month. [![Telegram Channel Scraper output: channel, date, text, views and links for the Telegram News channel](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TikTop-Data/apify-store-assets/main/images/telegram-channel-scraper-output.png)](https://apify.com/redfoxscout/telegram-channel-scraper) ### Questions it answers - What did these channels post this week, and how many views did each post get? - Which posts in a channel mention my brand, a coin or a keyword? - How fast is a channel growing, and which posts get the most reach? - Which links and articles does a channel share? ### Who uses this - 📰 **Media monitoring and news teams:** follow news and announcement channels in one feed. - 🪙 **Crypto and market researchers:** track project announcements and community channels. - 📊 **Marketers and analysts:** measure channel reach and post performance by views. - 🔎 **Researchers:** build datasets of public channel posts for analysis. ### Why this Telegram Channel Scraper - 🔓 **No Telegram account needed:** no phone number, no API ID, no session file. - 🔍 **Search inside a channel** with Telegram's own search, or stop at a date with `postedAfter`. - 📊 **Views as numbers** (1.69M becomes 1690000), ready to sort. - 📡 **Many channels per run**, newest posts first. - 💸 **$1.50 per 1,000 posts.** ### How to use the Telegram Channel Scraper 1. Click **Try for free** (a free Apify account is enough). 2. Enter public channel usernames or links, one per line (`durov`, `@telegram`, `https://t.me/nytimes`). 3. Optional: a search term, or a date to stop at. 4. Click **Start**, then download as JSON, CSV or Excel, or schedule it for a daily feed. ### Input | Field | Default | What it does | |---|---|---| | `channels` | – | Public channel usernames or t.me links, one per line. | | `searchTerm` | – | Only posts containing this word or phrase. | | `postedAfter` | – | Stop at posts older than this date. | | `maxItems` | 100 | Posts per channel (max 10,000). | Example (the input behind the table above): ```json { "channels": ["telegram"], "maxItems": 40 } ``` ### Output One row per post. A real row from that run (text shortened): ```json { "channel": "telegram", "channelTitle": "Telegram News", "channelSubscribers": 9390000, "channelVerified": true, "postId": 460, "postUrl": "https://t.me/telegram/460", "date": "2026-08-26T19:12:34+00:00", "text": "For all the info from today's update and a look back at 13 years of Telegram features — check out our blog:\nhttps://telegram.org/blog/welcome-messages-buttons-TG-13\n\nAugust Feature...", "views": 1690000, "photos": [], "hasVideo": false, "links": ["https://telegram.org/blog/welcome-messages-buttons-TG-13", "https://t.me/telegram/455", "..."], "forwardedFrom": null, "edited": false, "searchQuery": "telegram" } ``` ### Example tasks Ready-made inputs you can open, change and run: - [Get the latest posts from a Telegram channel](https://apify.com/redfoxscout/telegram-channel-scraper/examples/telegram-channel-latest-posts) ### How much does it cost? $1.50 per 1,000 posts. - 100 posts: about $0.15 - 10,000 posts: about $15 - Duplicates and channels that can't be read: free Apify's free plan gives $5 of credit every month, enough for about 3,300 posts. ### FAQ **Is this legal?** It reads posts that public channels publish on their public t.me web page, which anyone can open without an account. It does not read private groups, chats or member lists. **Why does a channel return nothing?** Only public channels with a t.me preview can be read. Some channels turn the preview off, and groups and private channels are not supported. **Can I get comments or reactions?** No. The public preview does not include comments. ### Related Actors - [RSS Feed Finder](https://apify.com/redfoxscout/rss-feed-finder): find and read the RSS feeds of any list of websites. - [Company Social Links Finder](https://apify.com/redfoxscout/company-social-links): a company's Telegram, LinkedIn and other profiles from its website. # Actor input Schema ## `channels` (type: `array`): Public channel usernames or links, one per line, e.g. durov, @telegram, https://t.me/nytimes. ## `searchTerm` (type: `string`): Only posts that contain this word or phrase (Telegram's own channel search). ## `postedAfter` (type: `string`): Stop at posts older than this date, e.g. 2026-09-01. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Stop each search after this many results. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): How many searches run at once. ## Actor input object example ```json { "channels": [ "telegram" ], "maxItems": 100, "maxConcurrency": 3 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "channels": [ "telegram" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("redfoxscout/telegram-channel-scraper").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "channels": ["telegram"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("redfoxscout/telegram-channel-scraper").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 '{ "channels": [ "telegram" ] }' | apify call redfoxscout/telegram-channel-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,redfoxscout/telegram-channel-scraper" } } } ``` 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 ` 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/7nVTJvJAJWF1hlbpF/builds/3425al8mcqz1wthat/openapi.json