Telegram Public Channel Messages Scraper (No Login)

What does Telegram Public Channel Messages Scraper do?

It reads the public web preview of Telegram channels (t.me/s/<channel>) and returns each message as a clean record: text, date, views, reactions, photos, videos, files, links, hashtags, link preview, forwarded source, and the channel's title and subscriber count. No Telegram account, API key or phone number is needed. Filter by keyword, date window and media so a run returns only what you need. Pricing is per result.

Data source

Public Telegram channel preview pages (https://t.me/s/<channel>), read live on every run and paged backwards from the newest message.

Why use it?

• Monitor news, crypto, brand or competitor channels and push new messages to Slack, Google Sheets or a webhook.
• Measure reach: views, reactions and subscriber counts per message and per channel.
• Build research datasets of public posts, links and media for a topic or a set of channels.
• Replace manual scrolling, copy and paste, or running your own Telegram API client and session.

How to use it

1. Open the Actor and enter one or more channels (usernames or links).
2. Click Start. Download results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.
3. Add a Schedule and an Integration (Slack, Google Sheets, webhook) to get new records automatically.

Input

Field	Description
channels	Public channel usernames or links, for example durov or https://t.me/durov.
keywords	Optional. Keep only messages whose text, link preview or hashtags contain at least one keyword (case insensitive).
maxMessagesPerChannel	Newest first. Each channel stops after this many matching messages. Default 20.
daysBack	Optional. Stop paging a channel once messages are older than this many days.
onlyWithMedia	Skip messages without photos, videos or files.
maxResults	Hard stop for the run. You are billed per result, so this caps the cost.
proxyConfiguration	Apify proxy is recommended for larger runs.

Example input:

{
    "channels": ["durov", "telegram", "bloomberg"],
    "keywords": [],
    "maxMessagesPerChannel": 20,
    "maxResults": 60
}

Output

Every record has the same shape (text and links trimmed here):

{
    "id": "durov/546",
    "messageId": 546,
    "channel": "durov",
    "url": "https://t.me/durov/546",
    "date": "2026-08-31T16:30:15.000Z",
    "text": "Gram Wallet in Telegram is ready and is now accessible to a select group of users. ...",
    "html": "...",
    "views": 3260000,
    "reactions": [
        { "emoji": "star", "count": 35600 },
        { "emoji": "custom:5399847211989246390", "count": 26900 }
    ],
    "reactionsTotal": 78370,
    "mediaTypes": ["video"],
    "media": [{ "type": "video", "url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/...mp4", "thumbnailUrl": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/...jpg", "durationText": "0:20" }],
    "links": [],
    "hashtags": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "linkPreview": null,
    "forwardedFrom": null,
    "replyToMessageId": null,
    "author": "Pavel Durov",
    "isEdited": false,
    "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
    "channelSubscribers": 10500000,
    "channelVerified": true,
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-05T08:25:53.125Z"
}

Field	Meaning
id	Stable key (channel/messageId), safe for deduplication between runs
date	Message time in ISO 8601, UTC
text / html	Plain text and the original HTML of the message
views	View count as shown by Telegram (large numbers are rounded by Telegram, for example 3.26M)
reactions / reactionsTotal	Reaction counts. Custom emoji appear as custom:<id>, paid stars as star
mediaTypes / media	Photo, video, document, voice, sticker or poll items with preview URLs, plus link when a link preview is attached
linkPreview	Site name, title, description and image of an attached link
forwardedFrom / replyToMessageId	Original source and replied message when present
channelTitle, channelSubscribers, channelVerified	Channel details at the time of the run

Pricing

Pay per event: a small fee when a run starts, then a fixed price per result returned. You only pay for records that pass your filters. Set maxResults to cap any run.

Limitations

• Only public channels with web preview enabled. Private channels, groups, and channels that disabled the preview (many large news outlets) return no messages and the run logs a warning.
• Telegram rounds large view and reaction counts, and hides some content from the web preview (for example sensitive media).
• Video and file links point to Telegram's CDN and may expire. Download them soon after the run if you need the files.
• Keyword searches scan up to about 500 recent messages per channel.

FAQ

Is this legal? The Actor reads pages that Telegram publishes for any visitor without a login and stores only what those pages show. You are responsible for how you use the data.

A channel returns nothing. Open https://t.me/s/<channel> in a browser. If it redirects or shows no posts, the channel has no public preview and cannot be scraped without an account.

Something is missing or broken? Open an issue in the Issues tab; response time is usually under a day.