# Telegram Channel Scraper: Posts, Views, Reactions & Media (`tidyharvest/telegram-channel-posts-scraper`) Actor

Scrape any public Telegram channel: post text, dates, view counts, emoji reactions, forwards, photos, videos, links, hashtags and subscriber counts. No Telegram account or proxy needed. $0.80 per 1,000 posts, down to $0.42 on higher Apify plans, no start fee.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tidyharvest/telegram-channel-posts-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [TidyHarvest](https://apify.com/tidyharvest) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, News
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.42 / 1,000 post scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Telegram Channel Scraper: Posts, Views, Reactions & Media

Scrape any **public Telegram channel** and get clean structured data: post text, publish date, **view counts, emoji reactions**, forwards, replies, photos, videos, files, links and hashtags, plus the channel's subscriber count and description.

**No Telegram account, phone number, API key or proxy needed.** Fast, cheap, and your own account is never involved.

### What you can do with it

- **Monitor news, crypto, deals and alpha channels:** schedule runs with *Only posts newer than* to catch new posts only.
- **Social listening and brand tracking:** keyword-filter posts across hundreds of channels.
- **Measure channels:** compare subscribers, average views and reactions to vet influencers or ad placements.
- **Build datasets:** archive channel history for research, NLP or trend analysis.
- **Alerts and automation:** pipe results to Slack, Sheets, webhooks, Zapier or Make via Apify integrations.

### Input

```json
{
  "channels": ["durov", "https://t.me/bbcbreaking"],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 200,
  "postsNewerThan": "2026-09-01",
  "keywords": ["bitcoin", "ETF"],
  "minViews": 1000
}
```

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `channels` | Usernames, `@names` or `t.me` links. |
| `maxPostsPerChannel` | Newest first. `0` = channel profile only (subscribers, description). |
| `postsNewerThan` | Stop at this date (great for scheduled runs). |
| `afterMessageId` | Only posts with a higher ID than the last one you have: resume a monitor with no gaps or repeats. |
| `keywords`, `minViews`, `onlyWithMedia` | Filters applied before billing. |
| `includeChannelInfo` | One free profile row per channel. |
| `maxPosts` | Hard cap for the whole run. |

### Output

Posts (`type: "post"`):

```json
{
  "channel": "durov", "id": 552, "date": "2026-10-11T14:52:40+00:00",
  "text": "Designers × AI ...", "views": 444000, "reactionsTotal": 16490,
  "reactions": [{"emoji": "custom:5265077361648368841", "count": 4910}],
  "forwardedFrom": null, "mediaType": "photo", "videoDuration": null, "photos": ["https://..."], "links": ["https://..."],
  "hashtags": ["#AI"], "url": "https://t.me/durov/552"
}
```

Channel profile (`type: "channel"`): `title`, `description`, `subscribers`, `verified`, `photos`, `videos`, `links`, `avatarUrl`.

### Pricing

**$0.80 per 1,000 posts on the Free plan, down to $0.42 on higher plans, no start fee.** Channel profile rows are free. Keyword, view and media filters apply before billing, so you only pay for posts you keep.

| Apify plan tier | Free | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Diamond |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per 1,000 posts | $0.80 | $0.70 | $0.54 | $0.42 | $0.42 | $0.42 |

### Limitations

- `mediaType` is `video`, `photo`, `document`, `poll` or `text`; `videoDuration` is in seconds. Service notices ("channel created", pins) are not returned or charged.
- **Public channels only.** Private channels, groups and chats are not accessible. Some channels turn off public viewing (often for copyright), and those return a clear error.
- Reaction details: standard emoji show as the emoji, Premium custom emoji as `custom:<id>`, and paid reactions as `star`.
- Reads what Telegram shows publicly, so view and reaction counts are a snapshot at scrape time.

# Actor input Schema

## `channels` (type: `array`):

Channel usernames (`durov`, `@telegram`) or links (`https://t.me/durov`). Must be a public channel with a web preview (you can open `t.me/s/<name>` in a browser).

## `maxPostsPerChannel` (type: `integer`):

Newest posts first. Each page of the preview holds about 20 posts. 0 = channel profile only (subscribers, description), no posts.

## `postsNewerThan` (type: `string`):

ISO date or date-time, e.g. `2026-09-01`. Scraping stops once older posts are reached. Ideal for scheduled runs that only collect what is new.

## `afterMessageId` (type: `integer`):

Optional: return only posts with a higher ID than this (the last ID you already have), to resume monitoring without gaps or repeats. Applies to every channel in the run, so use it with one channel.

## `keywords` (type: `array`):

Keep only posts whose text contains one of these words (case-insensitive). You are billed only for posts that match.

## `minViews` (type: `integer`):

Keep only posts with at least this many views.

## `onlyWithMedia` (type: `boolean`):

Skip text-only posts.

## `includeChannelInfo` (type: `boolean`):

Adds one free `type: channel` item per channel with title, description, subscriber count and counters.

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

Hard cap for the whole run (also caps your cost).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "channels": [
    "durov",
    "telegram"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 100,
  "onlyWithMedia": false,
  "includeChannelInfo": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `posts` (type: `string`):

Channel profile rows and posts, one item each.

# 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 = {
    "channels": [
        "durov",
        "telegram"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tidyharvest/telegram-channel-posts-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 = { "channels": [
        "durov",
        "telegram",
    ] }

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "channels": [
    "durov",
    "telegram"
  ]
}' |
apify call tidyharvest/telegram-channel-posts-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tidyharvest/telegram-channel-posts-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/EQjU9Trj4ZyPP7H0V/builds/4HPQQhi56IdbYLydK/openapi.json