Telegram Channel Scraper — Posts, Views, Reactions, Media & Channel Info

Export posts from any public Telegram channel: full text, views, reactions (incl. paid stars), photos, videos, link previews, outbound links, hashtags, forwards, replies, author signatures and edit flags — plus the channel title, subscriber count, description and avatar on every row.

No Telegram account, no phone number, no API ID/hash and no browser. The actor reads Telegram's public web preview (t.me/s/<channel>), so no Telegram account is used and none can be banned.

How to run it in 3 steps

1. Add your input. In Telegram channels paste public channel usernames or t.me links — e.g. durov or https://t.me/bloomberg. The form is already filled with a working example, so you can skip this step for a first try.
2. Press Start. The prefilled run returns 40 posts in about 3 s and costs about $0.080. Set Max results (cost cap) to cap the cost of bigger runs; you only pay for posts actually delivered.
3. Get the data. Open the Output tab and export JSON, CSV or Excel — or run it from the API, Make, Zapier, n8n or an AI agent (see below).

Features

• No login: paste channel names or links; no session strings or API credentials.
• Full history or just what's new: take the newest N posts, the whole archive (0), or everything since a date.
• Search inside channels with Telegram's own keyword search.
• Engagement data: views and every reaction with its count; reactionsTotal for quick sorting.
• Media & links: photo URLs, video thumbnails/URLs, link previews and all outbound links (great for tracking what a channel promotes).
• Fast: ~20 posts per request; hundreds of posts per second across channels.
• Pay per post with a hard cost cap.

Use cases

• Media & crypto monitoring: track news, signal and project channels daily (dateFrom).
• Market research & OSINT: archive public channels for analysis or LLM pipelines.
• Influencer / channel vetting: subscribers vs. real views and reactions.
• Competitor tracking: what links, offers and products channels promote.
• Content curation: collect top posts by views or reactions.

Input

{
  "channels": ["durov", "@bloomberg", "https://t.me/tginfo"],
  "maxPostsPerChannel": 200,
  "searchQuery": "",
  "dateFrom": "2026-10-01",
  "includeChannelInfo": true
}

Option	Default	Notes
channels	—	Usernames or links of public channels.
maxPostsPerChannel	100	0 = full history. Newest first.
searchQuery	—	Telegram in-channel keyword search.
dateFrom	—	Stop at posts older than this date.
includeChannelInfo	true	Channel title, subscribers, description, avatar on each row.
maxResults	0	Cost cap for the whole run.
maxConcurrency	10	Channels in parallel.

Output

Real output (default input)

First 2 of 40 records from a run with the prefilled input (2.7 s on a test machine; long values shortened here):

[
  {
    "channel": "durov",
    "postId": 552,
    "url": "https://t.me/durov/552",
    "date": "2026-10-11T14:52:40+00:00",
    "text": "✨ Designers × AI\n\n🆕 The mockup era is over. Today’s AI tools give every designer a superpower: you can now craft your ideas, not just draw t…",
    "views": 885000,
    "reactions": [
      {
        "emoji": "⭐",
        "count": 5390
      },
      {
        "emoji": "5936157098181135162",
        "count": 11100
      },
      {
        "emoji": "5399847211989246390",
        "count": 4830
      }
    ],
    "reactionsTotal": 24940,
    "hashtags": [],
    "links": [
      "https://t.me/designers"
    ],
    "photos": [],
    "videos": [
      {
        "thumbnail": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/eFjP3GIB6wa2kR_lnaHB7AArrvWLaHK1V1vSlTRnClFDmdBdeZZTauQlfMYsutoFB5twP3oxnZQmy2wCi0Tws82Q_07aHvEC5vDeEKP5n1hMjCV…",
        "url": null,
        "duration": "1:15"
      }
    ],
    "hasMedia": true,
    "document": null,
    "poll": null,
    "linkPreview": null,
    "forwardedFrom": {
      "name": "",
      "url": null
    },
    "replyToPostId": null,
    "author": "Pavel Durov",
    "isEdited": false,
    "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
    "channelSubscribers": 10400000,
    "channelDescription": "Founder of Telegram.",
    "channelAvatar": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/MULwMfcgvO-kscu6vwzjmymEfId90Vg-TX_AV241kAdVKwLp7-4zdMABG_9a-imMxSx1bBlx692ssN3l3tIvt_UC_bqhn55sTEm513gIXiouYLZ…",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-15T12:03:45.352Z"
  },
  {
    "channel": "durov",
    "postId": 551,
    "url": "https://t.me/durov/551",
    "date": "2026-10-10T14:22:43+00:00",
    "text": "💸 If your wallet doesn’t look like this, don’t even bother sending me money for my  birthday! 🎂",
    "views": 1200000,
    "reactions": [
      {
        "emoji": "⭐",
        "count": 60000
      },
      {
        "emoji": "5936157098181135162",
        "count": 34200
      },
      {
        "emoji": "5373223594484587136",
        "count": 11700
      }
    ],
    "reactionsTotal": 114900,
    "hashtags": [],
    "links": [],
    "photos": [],
    "videos": [
      {
        "thumbnail": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/Yx6U1hOrnxEX3rMaCd9ej0MmDevumTuoZ9CqlwPg9ynZDQASWNe_UUDVrXVLmIPYDNg-mxVbRPtJe3UK7XUxsLE3cAgeL62jW8IxkHCiOD-nc_s…",
        "url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/f4b10a0c75.mp4?token=ZPJHm8gWZrbG7NpDXeNGm1sm_K2yutAfyUrga0vuAaqvRA3hZhy_IoWFakP0sTXq9J8K1zDMe8PTEcecLlQSQKNtR3…",
        "duration": null
      }
    ],
    "hasMedia": true,
    "document": null,
    "poll": null,
    "linkPreview": null,
    "forwardedFrom": null,
    "replyToPostId": null,
    "author": "Pavel Durov",
    "isEdited": false,
    "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
    "channelSubscribers": 10400000,
    "channelDescription": "Founder of Telegram.",
    "channelAvatar": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/MULwMfcgvO-kscu6vwzjmymEfId90Vg-TX_AV241kAdVKwLp7-4zdMABG_9a-imMxSx1bBlx692ssN3l3tIvt_UC_bqhn55sTEm513gIXiouYLZ…",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-10-15T12:03:45.352Z"
  }
]

{
  "channel": "durov",
  "postId": 552,
  "url": "https://t.me/durov/552",
  "date": "2026-10-11T14:52:40+00:00",
  "text": "✨ Designers × AI\n\n🆕 The mockup era is over…",
  "views": 785000,
  "reactions": [{ "emoji": "⭐", "count": 5230 }, { "emoji": "👍", "count": 10300 }],
  "reactionsTotal": 23450,
  "hashtags": [],
  "links": ["https://t.me/designers"],
  "photos": [],
  "videos": [{ "thumbnail": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/…jpg", "url": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/…mp4", "duration": "0:42" }],
  "hasMedia": true,
  "document": null,
  "poll": null,
  "linkPreview": null,
  "forwardedFrom": null,
  "replyToPostId": null,
  "author": null,
  "isEdited": false,
  "channelTitle": "Pavel Durov",
  "channelSubscribers": 10400000,
  "channelDescription": "Founder of Telegram.",
  "channelAvatar": "https://cdn4.telesco.pe/file/…jpg",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-13T21:30:00.000Z"
}

Custom (premium) emoji reactions are returned by their Telegram emoji ID.

Use with AI agents (MCP), LangChain, RAG & the API

This actor is a ready-made tool for AI agents: an LLM can call it, wait for the run and read clean JSON back.

MCP server (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, any MCP client) — add Apify's hosted MCP server with this actor enabled as a tool:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apify": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=torix33/telegram-channel-scraper",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

LangChain / LangGraph (pip install langchain-apify, set APIFY_API_TOKEN):

from langchain_apify import ApifyActorsTool, ApifyWrapper
from langchain_core.documents import Document

# 1) give the actor to an agent as a tool
tool = ApifyActorsTool("torix33/telegram-channel-scraper")

# 2) or load results as Documents for a RAG index
loader = ApifyWrapper().call_actor(
    actor_id="torix33/telegram-channel-scraper",
    run_input={"channels": ["durov", "@bloomberg", "https://t.me/tginfo"], "maxPostsPerChannel": 200, "searchQuery": "", "dateFrom": "2026-10-01", "includeChannelInfo": True},
    dataset_mapping_function=lambda item: Document(page_content=item["text"], metadata={"url": item.get("url")}),
)
docs = loader.load()

REST API — one synchronous call, dataset items in the response:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/torix33~telegram-channel-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<APIFY_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"channels": ["durov", "@bloomberg", "https://t.me/tginfo"], "maxPostsPerChannel": 200, "searchQuery": "", "dateFrom": "2026-10-01", "includeChannelInfo": true}'

Also works with the Apify Python/JS clients, Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, webhooks and schedules. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or RSS.

RAG tip: Schedule daily runs with dateFrom and let an agent summarise the new text per channel — a daily Telegram monitoring digest.

Pricing

• $2.00 per 1,000 posts ($0.002 per post).
• The prefilled input returns 40 posts → $0.08.
• Example: 1,000 posts → $2.00; 10,000 → $20.00. Set Max results (cost cap) to limit any run.

Channels without a public preview cost nothing.

Limitations

• Works for public channels with web preview enabled. Private channels, groups, bots and user accounts are skipped with a clear message.
• Media URLs on Telegram's CDN are temporary; download files soon after scraping if you need them.

FAQ

Do I need a Telegram account or API ID? No. The actor reads the public web preview (t.me/s/<channel>); no login, phone number or session string.

Can it scrape private channels or groups? No. Only public channels with web preview enabled. Others are skipped with a message and not charged.

Can I search inside a channel? Yes. Set searchQuery to use Telegram's own in-channel search.