Telegram Post Scraper

What does Telegram Post Scraper do?

Telegram Post Scraper enables you to extract comprehensive engagement data from any public Telegram channel post.

It's the only Telegram scraper on Apify that returns reposts (forwards) data.

Telegram Post Scraper can extract:

• View counts
• Reactions (total across all emoji types)
• Comments
• Reposts (forwards) — exclusive metric not available in other scrapers
• Author / channel name
• Publication date
• Post text preview

Just paste one or multiple Telegram post URLs and get structured JSON output in seconds. No manual setup, no Telegram account required from the user.

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Why scrape Telegram?

Telegram is one of the fastest-growing messaging and content platforms with over 900 million monthly active users. Public channels serve as a powerful content distribution tool, making Telegram data highly valuable for:

• Measuring post performance and audience engagement
• Benchmarking influencer and channel reach
• Tracking how content spreads through reposts and forwards
• Analyzing competitor channels and content strategy
• Building datasets for marketing research and trend analysis
• Monitoring brand mentions and campaign performance

If you would like more inspiration on how scraping Telegram could help your business or organization, check out our industry pages.

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How to scrape Telegram posts

It's easy to scrape Telegram posts with Telegram Post Scraper. Just follow these simple steps and you'll get your data in seconds.

1. Click Try for free
2. Paste one or multiple Telegram post links into the Post URLs input field (e.g. https://t.me/channelname/123)
3. Click Run to start the scraping
4. When the actor finishes, preview or download your structured JSON data from the Dataset tab

That's it — no API keys, no authentication, no configuration needed from your side.

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How much will it cost to scrape Telegram?

Apify gives you $5 in free usage credits every month with the Apify Free plan.

Each run typically costs $0.001 and completes in under 10 seconds, meaning you can scrape thousands of posts within the free tier.

If you need to scrape Telegram regularly and at scale, we recommend the following plans:

• The $49/month Starter plan is perfect for regular scraping tasks.
• The $499/month Scale plan is ideal for large-scale data extraction projects.

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Input parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
postUrls	array	List of Telegram post URLs to scrape

Supported URL format: https://t.me/channelname/postid

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Results

Telegram Post Scraper returns structured JSON data for each processed post.

Example output:

[
  {
    "url": "https://t.me/margaritamarceux/4039",
    "author": "Рита Марсо",
    "views": 5749,
    "likes": 46,
    "comments": 5,
    "reposts": 3,
    "date": "2026-05-11T09:03:24+00:00",
    "text_preview": "Моему сыну в следующем году заканчивать школу..."
  }
]

Field description

Field	Description
url	Original Telegram post URL provided as input
author	Channel or user display name
views	Total number of post views
likes	Total reactions count (sum of all emoji reactions)
comments	Number of comments on the post
reposts	Number of times the post was forwarded / reposted
date	Publication date in ISO 8601 format
text_preview	First 500 characters of the post text

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Tips for scraping Telegram

• Paste multiple post URLs to scrape them all in a single run.
• Each run is extremely fast — most complete in under 10 seconds.
• The scraper works with any public Telegram channel.
• Reposts data is exclusive to this scraper — no other tool on Apify provides it.
• Results can be exported as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab.
• Use the Apify API to integrate results into your own workflows.

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Is it legal to scrape Telegram?

Note that personal data is protected by GDPR in the European Union and by other regulations worldwide.

You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so.

If you are unsure whether your use case is legitimate, consult your legal advisors.

You may also want to read our blog post:

https://blog.apify.com/is-web-scraping-legal/