Telegram Scraper API: Channel Posts, Views & Media

Scrape any public Telegram channel without an account, phone number or API key. Get every post with its text, date, views, reactions, links, photos and videos, plus the channel's subscriber count.

Fast and cheap: no browser, no login. Thousands of posts per minute.

Why this one?

• No Telegram account needed. No phone number, no API ID, no risk of getting your account banned.
• Full history. Goes back post by post as far as you need, newest first.
• Engagement data: views and reactions (by emoji, including paid Stars) on every post.
• Media and links: photo and video URLs, links in the text, forwarded-from channel.
• Filters: posts since a date and keyword matching, so you only pay for what you need.
• Pay per post, no start fees.

Use cases

• Crypto and trading signals: track announcements and calls from many channels in one dataset.
• Brand and media monitoring: follow news, competitors and communities that live on Telegram.
• Research and OSINT: archive public channels for analysis, fact-checking or journalism.
• Marketing: compare channels by subscribers, views and reactions before buying ads or partnering.
• AI and NLP: clean post text, ready for sentiment analysis, summaries or RAG.

Input

Field	What it does
Channels	Public channel links (https://t.me/durov), @usernames or names.
Max posts per channel	Newest first. Set a large number for the full history.
Posted since	Only posts on or after this date.
Keywords	Only posts containing any of these words.
Add channel info	Channel title and subscribers on every post, plus a channel record.

{
  "channels": ["https://t.me/durov", "@telegram"],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 500,
  "postedSince": "2026-01-01",
  "keywords": ["update", "launch"]
}

Output

{
  "channel": "durov",
  "messageId": 531,
  "url": "https://t.me/durov/531",
  "date": "2026-07-16T20:45:25Z",
  "text": "Telegram now has a Rich Text Editor. It supports tables, headings, inline media...",
  "views": 5840000,
  "reactionsTotal": 95110,
  "reactions": [{ "emoji": "stars", "count": 6300 }, { "emoji": "custom emoji", "count": 54600 }],
  "author": "Pavel Durov",
  "forwardedFrom": null,
  "photos": [],
  "videos": ["https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/....mp4"],
  "hasMedia": true,
  "links": [],
  "edited": false,
  "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
  "subscribers": 10300000,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-24T10:00:00Z"
}

Views and reactions are rounded the way Telegram shows them (for example 5.84M). Each channel's description, avatar and photo, video and link counters are saved in the run's key-value store as CHANNEL-<name>.

Good to know

• Only public channels with a web preview can be read. Private channels, groups and user chats need membership, so they're skipped (and not charged).
• Photo and video links come from Telegram's CDN and expire after a while: download the files you need soon after the run.

Integrations

Schedule it every hour or day and send new posts to Google Sheets, Slack, Discord, Zapier, Make, n8n or your own API.

How to use it

1. Click Try for free (or Start) at the top of this page.
2. Fill in the input, or keep the example to see it working in seconds.
3. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
4. Download the results as Excel, CSV, JSON or HTML, or get them through the Apify API.

How much does it cost?

$0.0007 per post ($0.70 per 1,000). No start fee, no monthly fee, and you only pay for the results saved to your dataset.

Example	Cost
Last 200 posts of 5 channels	about $0.70
Full history of a big channel	about $14.00

Apify's free plan includes monthly credit, so you can try it for free.

FAQ

Do I need a Telegram account or API key?

No. No account, phone number or API ID, so there is no risk for your own account.

Can I scrape private channels or groups?

No. Only public channels with a web preview (t.me/s/name) can be read.

Can I get only recent posts or posts with a keyword?

Yes. Use "Posted since" and "Keywords", and you only pay for the posts you keep.

Can I monitor channels every hour?

Yes. Schedule it in Apify and send new posts to Slack, Discord, Google Sheets or your API.

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