The most popular Telegram bots, ranked by the channels that use them

The Telegram bot that most channels point readers to is @randomgodbot (giveaway draws): 1,218 channels linked, mentioned or posted through it in their last 100 posts. We read 24,465,971 posts from 256,822 public channels, collected October 26, 2026 to November 1, 2026. 29% of the 178,199 active channels named at least one bot, and we found 95,427 different bots in all. Of the 20 most used bots we can name, 6 are games and tap-to-earn, 4 are Telegram's own bots, 3 are giveaways.

Which Telegram bots do channels use most?

The table counts channels, not users: a channel counts once however often it names the bot. Posts shows how many of the last 100 posts of those channels carried the bot. Adult, gambling, scam-looking and unclear bots are counted in the totals but left out of every list.

What kinds of bots do channels promote?

Giveaways (2,778 channels, 6 bots), games and tap-to-earn (2,485 channels, 39 bots), Telegram's own bots (2,434 channels, 10 bots) are the three biggest groups among the bots we categorized. A channel is counted once per category, so a channel using bots from two categories appears in both rows. Only the most used bots were categorized by hand.

Which inline bots do channels post with?

An inline bot works from the message field: the owner types its name, picks a result and the post goes out with a "via" label. @like adds reaction buttons under a post, @vote and @masterpoll_bot build polls, @quizbot builds quizzes, @gif and @pic search for animations and pictures. @like leads in our data with 660 channels.

Which giveaway bots do channels use?

2,778 channels, 1.1% of the 256,822 channels in the sample, linked a giveaway bot in their last 100 posts. A start parameter in the link is how a bot ties a draw to the channel that runs it; the last column counts the channels whose links carry one.

Which wallets, gift markets and mini apps do channels link?

10,428 channels linked a bot mini app, a link that opens an app inside Telegram, and 33,579 channels used a referral start link, the kind that credits whoever shared it. The most linked wallet, gift-market and game bots are below.

Which of Telegram's own bots do channels use?

Telegram's own bots are used by 2,434 channels in the sample. They are mostly tools for the people who run channels: creating bots, checking spam limits, building polls and quizzes.

Which bots do channels name in their descriptions?

30,215 channels name a bot in their description. A description is where a channel keeps the bot it wants every reader to find, so the list differs from the post list. 141 of these mentions are anonymous-question and feedback bots.

What this does not measure

The figures are mentions and links in public channel posts, not the number of people who use a bot. Bots used inside groups and private chats are invisible. A bot counts only if a channel named it in its last 100 posts. Adult, gambling and unclear bots are counted in the totals but not named.

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