# Telegram Channel Intelligence Scraper (`reverend_bluebell/telegram-channel-intelligence-scraper`) Actor

Scrapes public Telegram channels without API limits. Extracts channel name, subscriber count, description, post frequency, top posts with views and reactions. No Telegram API key required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/reverend\_bluebell/telegram-channel-intelligence-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Mozi Mohidien](https://apify.com/reverend_bluebell) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 50.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 channel intelligence results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Telegram Channel Intelligence Scraper

Extract channel intelligence from any public Telegram channel — no API key, no Telegram account, no rate limits. Uses the public `t.me/s/` web preview.

### What it does

Give it a Telegram channel URL. It returns:

- **Channel metadata** — name, description, subscriber count
- **Recent posts** — text, date, view count, reactions, media type
- **Analytics** — posts per day, average views, top posts by engagement
- **Top 5 posts** — highest-view posts for content analysis

### Use cases

- Market research on niche Telegram communities
- Competitor analysis for content marketers
- Influencer vetting — real engagement vs inflated subscribers
- Trend detection — what's getting views in a niche right now

### Inputs

| Field | Type | Required | Default |
|-------|------|----------|---------|
| `channelUrl` | string | Yes | — |
| `maxPosts` | integer | No | 50 |
| `proxyConfig` | object | No | — |

**`channelUrl`** accepts any of these formats:

- `https://t.me/durov`
- `t.me/durov`
- `@durov`
- `durov`

### Example input

```json
{
  "channelUrl": "https://t.me/durov",
  "maxPosts": 20
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "channelHandle": "durov",
  "channelUrl": "https://t.me/durov",
  "channelName": "Pavel Durov",
  "description": "Telegram founder. Views on tech, society, and the future.",
  "subscribers": "27.4M",
  "subscriberType": "subscribers",
  "analytics": {
    "postsExtracted": 20,
    "postsPerDay": 0.4,
    "avgViews": 4200000,
    "maxViews": 12000000,
    "newestPost": "2026-07-27T14:00:00.000Z",
    "oldestPost": "2026-06-15T09:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "topPosts": [
    {
      "text": "Telegram hit 1 billion users.",
      "datetime": "2026-07-01T12:00:00Z",
      "views": "12M",
      "postUrl": "https://t.me/durov/234",
      "reactions": [{ "emoji": "❤️", "count": "45K" }],
      "hasPhoto": false,
      "hasVideo": false
    }
  ],
  "posts": [ ... ]
}
```

### Pricing

Pay-per-result on Apify. You are charged per successful channel scrape.

### Notes

- Only works on **public** Telegram channels (private channels need auth)
- `t.me/s/<channel>` loads up to ~100 posts per page; for 200+ posts scroll-loading is used
- Some channels may block bots — use `proxyConfig` with Apify Residential Proxy if blocked
- Views, reactions, and post counts reflect what's visible in the public web preview

# Actor input Schema

## `channelUrl` (type: `string`):

Full URL of the public Telegram channel. Examples: https://t.me/durov, https://t.me/telegram

## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of recent posts to extract. Default 50, max 200.

## `proxyConfig` (type: `object`):

Optional Apify proxy config. Useful if Telegram blocks your IP.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channelUrl": "https://t.me/durov",
  "maxPosts": 50
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "channelUrl": "https://t.me/durov"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("reverend_bluebell/telegram-channel-intelligence-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "channelUrl": "https://t.me/durov" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("reverend_bluebell/telegram-channel-intelligence-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channelUrl": "https://t.me/durov"
}' |
apify call reverend_bluebell/telegram-channel-intelligence-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=reverend_bluebell/telegram-channel-intelligence-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/7g0pGjb6nuPFLhTUj/builds/YLNuGvnz5PXmkwTHD/openapi.json