Telegram Channel Scraper

Extract posts and channel metadata from any public Telegram channel, including view counts, reactions, media and forwards, with no login or API key

25+ fields per record

Any public channel coverage

JSON / CSV / Excel output formats

Updated 2026-07-26

What you get

Give the scraper one or more public channel usernames or t.me links and it returns each recent post as a structured record, plus one metadata record per channel. Everything is read from the channel's public web preview, so no login, phone number or API key is needed.

• type: whether the record is a post or a channel metadata row
• channel: the channel username
• channelTitle: the channel display name
• id: the numeric post id within the channel
• url: direct link to the post
• text: the full post text or caption with line breaks preserved
• author: the post signature or author name when the channel shows one
• datetime: the publish date and time in ISO format
• views: the view count as a number
• viewsLabel: the view count as shown on Telegram, for example 1.44M
• mediaType: photo, video, document or poll when the post has media
• mediaUrl: direct link to the main media file
• mediaThumbnail: preview image for the media
• mediaUrls: every media link when the post is an album
• videoDuration: length of a video post
• documentTitle: the file or audio title for document posts
• forwardedFrom: the original source name when the post is a forward
• forwardedFromUrl: link to the original forwarded message
• replyToUrl: link to the message this post replies to
• isForwarded: whether the post is a forward
• linkPreview: title, description, site name and thumbnail of a linked page
• links: every external link found in the post
• hashtags: hashtags used in the post
• reactions: each reaction with its emoji, count and paid flag
• totalReactions: the sum of all reaction counts
• description: the channel bio (channel records)
• subscribers: the subscriber count as a number (channel records)
• photosCount / videosCount / linksCount: channel media totals (channel records)
• isVerified: whether the channel is verified (channel records)
• thumbnail: media or channel image
• observedAt: when this record was collected by the scraper

Who is it for

Use case	Who benefits
Track posting activity and engagement of competitor or partner channels	Marketing and social teams
Monitor news and breaking updates from public channels at scale	Analysts and newsrooms
Archive a channel's posts, media and reactions for research	Researchers and academics
Feed Telegram content into dashboards, alerts or an LLM	Data and automation engineers
Measure reach with real view and reaction counts per post	Growth and OSINT analysts

Frequently Asked Questions

Can it scrape any Telegram channel?
It works with any public channel that has a web preview, which is the default for public channels. It cannot access private or invite-only channels, and it cannot read channels that have turned off their public preview, because those have no public page to read from.

How many posts can I get per channel?
Set the Max Posts Per Channel field to any number. The scraper pages backward through the channel history from the newest post until it reaches your limit or the start of the channel. Free Apify accounts are capped at a small number of posts per run.

Can I filter posts by keyword?
Yes. Add a search query and the scraper only returns posts that match that text within each channel you provide. Leave it empty to collect the most recent posts.

Does it include view counts and reactions?
Yes. Every post carries its view count and, when the channel shows them, the full list of reactions with each emoji and its count, including paid star reactions. It also captures forwards, replies, media and link previews.

What happens if a channel does not exist or is private?
The scraper records an error row for that channel and continues with the rest, so one bad input never stops the run. Valid channels still return their full data.

Example use cases

Ready-to-run example tasks, each preconfigured for a common scenario. Open one and press run, or use it as a template.

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This actor is an independent tool and has no affiliation with Telegram. It only accesses data that is publicly available on the platform. Use it in accordance with Telegram's terms of service.