Telegram Channel Scraper

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Scrape public Telegram channels — posts, views, media, and engagement metrics. No API key or Telegram account required.

Features

• No API key needed — scrapes public web previews
• Posts with metadata — text, date, views, forwards, reactions
• Media extraction — photo and video URLs
• Channel analytics — subscriber count, posting frequency, engagement rate
• Pagination — scrape hundreds of posts per channel
• Multi-channel — scrape multiple channels in one run

Input

Example input

{
"channelUrls":["https://t.me/durov","@breakingmash","bbcrussian"],
"maxPostsPerChannel":50,
"includeMedia":true
}

Output

Each post is saved as a dataset item:

{
"channelName":"durov",
"channelTitle":"Pavel Durov",
"channelSubscribers":10600000,
"channelDescription":"...",
"postId":453,
"postDate":"2025-10-10T19:02:21+00:00",
"postText":"The new Telegram update is here...",
"postUrl":"https://t.me/durov/453",
"postViews":6830000,
"postForwards":null,
"reactions":[{"emoji":"❤️","count":15000}],
"mediaType":"video",
"mediaUrl":"https://...",
"forwardedFrom":null
}

Use Cases

• Marketing research — analyze competitor channels, content performance
• Content strategy — find best-performing post types and topics
• Audience analytics — engagement rates, peak posting times
• Media monitoring — track news channels, brand mentions
• Data journalism — collect and analyze public discourse

Pricing

Pay per result: $1.50 per 1,000 posts scraped.

Limitations

• Only works with public channels (channels with public web preview)
• Private channels and groups are not accessible
• Reactions may not be visible on all channels via web preview
• Rate limited to avoid being blocked by Telegram