Telegram Scraping: Best Services and Bots

Searching for a target audience in open Telegram chats manually is a task for extremely patient people with an unlimited supply of time. Fortunately, you can automate this process using a parser that will collect contacts based on specific triggers while ignoring the rest.

In our article, we present a selection of proven services for scraping Telegram.

What is Telegram Parsing and How It Works

Telegram parsing is the automated collection of publicly available information from channels, chats, and comments. Specialized software extracts usernames, hidden IDs, message texts, and profile bios in a matter of seconds. You can get a complete list of group members, collect only the active audience (post authors, commentators, and those who leave reactions), or scan messages and media files by keywords.

The parser connects to the messenger via the open MTProto protocol and the Telegram API. The program authenticates using session accounts, sends a request to the server, and receives a structured array of data in return.

Another way to parse the necessary information is through the Bot API, but it is less effective. An official bot is limited in rights and can only see messages in those groups where it has been added as a participant or administrator.

Top 10 Services and Bots for Telegram Parsing

The market offers both free open-source scripts for advanced users and ready-made cloud platforms, desktop software, browser extensions, and fast Telegram bots. We have selected proven options, and the choice depends on your specific task and budget.

Telegram Parser by Keqy

Telegram Parser by Keqy is a free, open-source script for automating data collection, audience parsing, and promotion in Telegram. The tool is used to filter users and automate message mailouts.

Key features:

• UserIDs collection — exporting numeric user identifiers.
• Usernames collection — classic parsing of usernames into a usernames.txt file.
• Number-to-session converter — a built-in tool that takes a phone number and creates a .session file for quick authorization.
• Support for .session files — the ability to use ready-made session files for parsing and inviting simply by copying them to the root folder.
• Inviting by group name — a function for automatically adding collected users to the target group.
• Working via API/HASH — authorization and managing actions through official Telegram application tokens.
• Management via configuration file — saving and modifying parser operating settings in the options.txt file.

Telegram Group Parser by CRMChat

Telegram Group Parser by CRMChat is a free extension for quickly collecting contacts from open and closed Telegram chats via the web version of the messenger (web.telegram.org).

Key features:

• Collecting lists of members — extracting the full database of users from any public and private groups you belong to.
• Exporting profile data — collecting usernames, names, digital User IDs, and links to profile pictures.
• Exporting to tables — saving ready, cleaned lists to CSV files for loading into CRM systems.
• Scraping speed control — manual configuration of delays between clicks to mimic human behavior.
• Activity analysis — a feature for selective checking of message history to identify live and active chat participants.
• Integration with CRMChat — direct transfer of collected leads into the marketing campaign automation system. 

Telegram Parser 

Telegram Parser is a paid cloud service for collecting audiences and analyzing content in Telegram. You can launch tasks, configure filters, and download reports both through the website and directly inside the messenger via a Telegram Mini App.

Key features:

• Parsing chats — exporting all members, only active ones (online in the last 72 hours), or message authors.
• Deep data collection — exporting ID, phone number, bio, gender, GEO, message cost, and Premium status.
• Parsing channels — exporting a list of commentators, texts of all posts, and subscribers (if admin rights are available).
• Trigger search — collecting users who used specified keywords in their messages or profile description.
• Search for chats and channels — parsing by keywords from an internal database and global Telegram search.
• Built-in filter — cleaning ready lists by keyword in bio or by gender.
• Exporting results — exporting clean lists of @username to TXT or full tables with all parameters to XLSX. 

AutoParseAlertBot

AutoParseAlertBot is a Telegram bot in a mini app format, created for content monitoring and lead generation. It tracks mentions of trigger words in real-time, helping to find potential clients in thematic groups and channels.

Key features:

• AI search for groups — generation of relevant search queries using the Groq Llama 3 neural network for automated search of active Telegram communities on a given topic.
• Parsing the global database — access to its own updated database containing more than 93,000 Telegram groups.
• Monitoring channels and keywords — simultaneous tracking of publications in dozens of connected channels based on a list of active key phrases.
• Session management — connecting and controlling working Telegram accounts for parsing and data collection.
• Forwarding trigger messages — automatic forwarding of all found posts with keywords to your personal target channel or chatbot.
• Exporting filtered databases — exporting groups and channels to Excel tables with the option to filter by categories.
• Paid limits — built-in purchase of Telegram Stars to remove the 24-hour restriction on database extraction and export. 

In the bot, one free database export is available per day. Each subsequent download within 24 hours costs 5 Telegram Stars, which can be purchased in packages of 5, 15, 50, or 100 stars.

TG Ninja 

TG Ninja is a paid cloud service for automating promotion, inviting, and parsing in Telegram.

Key features:

• Audience parsing — exporting chat participants, active users, channel commentators, as well as their ID, bio, GEO, and Premium status.
• Inviting and mailouts — automatically adding the target audience to your groups and bulk sending messages to the collected databases.
• AI Chat mode — neuro-commenting under competitors' posts and smart autoresponders to simulate live communication in direct messages.
• Built-in filters — cleaning ready lists by keywords in bio, last online date, or by gender.
• Exporting results — exporting clean lists of @username to TXT or full tables with all parameters to XLSX. 

Telegram Groups Scraper 

Telegram Groups Scraper is a paid cloud tool on the Apify platform for retrieving message history from public and private Telegram groups. You can launch tasks, configure parameters, and download reports through the Apify web interface or API.

Key features:

• Message collection — rapid exporting of message history from any specified groups.
• Bypassing restrictions — automatic retrying of requests during network failures and adherence to Telegram limits.
• Flexible filters — limiting the depth of data collection by timestamp and maximum number of messages.
• Private groups — scraping closed communities provided that a valid invitation link is supplied.
• Exporting results — saving collected data in JSON, CSV, Parquet, and other formats via the API or interface. 

One Dash Telegram 

One Dash Telegram is a desktop software for automation in Telegram, which includes a multitasking parsing module.

Key features of parsing:

• Target audience collection — automatic search and export of active users' contacts from open and private chats.
• Community search — advanced parsing and selection of thematic channels and groups by keywords for market analysis.
• Deep filtering — sorting the collected user database by multiple criteria to filter out bots and inactive accounts.
• Database verification — checking third-party contact lists and phone numbers to see if they are registered in the messenger.
• Multi-threaded mode — high speed of data collection due to the simultaneous operation of the program through multiple accounts. 

A-Parser 

A-Parser is a multifunctional software with a built-in parser module. Among its features is the automatic listing, collection, and monitoring of data from public Telegram channels and groups.

Key features:

• Message collection — exporting text with HTML tags or in clean format, dates in ISO format, post IDs, and direct links.
• Author parsing — extracting usernames, display names, clickable links to profiles, and profile picture URLs.
• Exporting media and links — collecting direct URLs of images and videos from albums, external links, and @username mentions.
• Analysis of reactions and views — counting the total number of reactions, collecting emoji types, and recording views for channels.
• Tracking forwards and replies — parsing the original source of forwards, message IDs, and the text that the user replied to.
• Flexible data filtering — built-in skipping of posts by time range or cutting off forwarded messages.
• Export to convenient formats — structuring and saving all information in JSON, SQL, or CSV tables. 

Available in the Pro plan and higher:

Telemetr 

Telemetr is a popular platform for deep analysis, monitoring, and parsing of the Russian-language segment of Telegram. The service scans the messenger around the clock, collecting colossal volumes of data about channels, their publications, advertising campaigns, and audiences.

Key benefits:

• Accurate detection of inflation — the service's algorithms instantly recognize bot networks and abnormal spikes in views.
• Huge database of creatives — the ability to parse and analyze competitors' advertising posts to copy successful combinations.
• Detailed search filters — channels can be collected and sorted by dozens of metrics — from engagement to unsubscribe dynamics.
• Tracking mentions — link parsing helps to clearly see who advertised whom and at what time inside the messenger.
• Convenient export of lists — ready selections of verified channels are easily exported to tables for further work. 

TGStat 

TGStat is a platform for end-to-end analytics, monitoring, and parsing of data on channels and chats in Telegram. The service indexes millions of communities worldwide in real-time, collecting information about their publications, citation search, reach, and audience.

Key benefits:

• Global directory and search — automatic parsing of channels and groups with division by country, thematic categories, and languages.
• Text search — the ability to parse publications and find mentions of any brands, keywords, or hashtags across the entire Telegram database.
• Inflation recognition — detailed analysis of views and subscriber growth dynamics to accurately filter out channels with bots.
• Analysis of ad combinations — parsing of links and reposts, allowing you to track the effectiveness of competitors' advertising campaigns.
• Official API — the tool provides a ready program interface for automated streaming data export and integration with other CRM systems. 

Conclusion 

The ultimate goal of Telegram parsing is to obtain not a bloated database of hundreds of thousands of lines, but a clean list of target users. Automation allows you to filter out bots, advertising accounts, and those who have not logged into the messenger for a long time in just a couple of clicks, saving your nerves, time, and advertising budget.