Telegram earning bots: what channels promote
10.1% of 86,682 active public Telegram channels posted referral links to bots or mini apps in their last 100 posts (October 2026), not counting giveaway, wallet and gift services. 4.9% of those channels were created after February 2025, against 2.7% of all channels.
Telegram earning bot: what channels promote
We counted links that send readers into a bot with a referral parameter, or open a mini app, and set aside giveaway tools, wallets, gift markets and subscription bots. What remains is mostly games, “tap to earn” apps, crypto tools and AI bots. Names are listed as they appear; a referral link is promotion, not a verdict on the bot.
| Bot | Channels | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| @rabieappbot | 218 | 913 |
| @rich7t_bot | 205 | 596 |
| @rich9g_bot | 205 | 597 |
| @spydefi_bot | 108 | 1,392 |
| @atf_airdrop_bot | 105 | 388 |
| @based_eth_bot | 82 | 381 |
| @loragrambot | 76 | 610 |
| @syntxaibot | 72 | 602 |
| @neurodesign_uprock_bot | 69 | 192 |
| @lootvaultdexbot | 63 | 187 |
| @questianonbot | 60 | 166 |
| @sosocnbot | 56 | 866 |
| @sokoly_hrbot | 52 | 71 |
| @hdscg_bot | 52 | 74 |
| @barkrf_suhodeev_bot | 51 | 188 |
| @other_digital_bot | 50 | 143 |
| @mk888bot | 49 | 1,005 |
| @soulvpn_bot | 45 | 52 |
| @playsleevabot | 43 | 86 |
| @magnumvpnbot | 41 | 291 |
| @miaoushi_airdrop_bot | 39 | 51 |
| @pvofpv_bot | 38 | 42 |
| @elyonchainofficialnewairdropbot | 38 | 60 |
| @hidenchat_bot | 38 | 82 |
| @nik_manesh_bot | 36 | 59 |
| Mini app | Channels | Posts |
|---|---|---|
| @insideads_bot | 109 | 746 |
| @gotochannelbot | 102 | 348 |
| @mavestreambot | 100 | 270 |
| @telegcombine_bot | 96 | 423 |
| @victorscompanybot | 77 | 281 |
| @m8com04_bot | 75 | 365 |
| @walt | 74 | 236 |
| @rollsgame_bot | 72 | 809 |
| @mrgminerbot | 60 | 218 |
| @major | 56 | 266 |
| @virus_play_bot | 51 | 287 |
| @telega_adv_bot | 49 | 67 |
| @ipredict | 47 | 122 |
| @goblinempirebot | 47 | 327 |
| @emberwing_emb_bot | 46 | 156 |
| @sixsevenclub_bot | 45 | 168 |
| @qticketsbuybot | 43 | 123 |
| @gardenguard_appbot | 42 | 365 |
| @pixelworld | 41 | 184 |
| @blum | 40 | 280 |
Telegram mining bot and tap to earn: who promotes them
| Topic | Channels | Bot referral links | Exchange links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crypto | 3,505 | 39.1% | 38% |
| AI | 396 | 26.8% | 5.6% |
| Design | 457 | 23% | 0% |
| Anime | 673 | 19.2% | 0% |
| Adult | 2,287 | 17.9% | 0.1% |
| Films and series | 1,412 | 17.8% | 0.1% |
| Games | 2,624 | 16.8% | 0.7% |
| Technology | 2,934 | 12.6% | 2.4% |
| Jobs and careers | 1,371 | 12.2% | 0.5% |
| Real estate | 401 | 11.7% | 0% |
The 8,742 promoting channels are Russian (3,822), English (1,178), Persian (1,107) for the most part. 9.9% of them also link crypto exchanges and 5% post Telegram affiliate links.
Is a Telegram earning bot legit? Signals to check
| Signal | Promoting channels | All channels |
|---|---|---|
| Created after February 2025 (by ID) | 4.9% | 2.7% |
| Deleted posts per 100 published (median) | 10.7 | 5.6 |
| No reactions on any post | 10% | 13.5% |
| Median views per subscriber | 13% | 15.8% |
| Also post betting links | 5.3% | 2.6% |
None of these signals proves a scam, but each is worth checking before you invest time or money. Check the promoting channel’s creation date, its real audience and who else sells through the same contact.
How to earn money from Telegram bot as a developer
Bots can sell digital goods for Stars, offer subscription plans in mini apps, run affiliate programs and, since October 2024, receive a share of Telegram’s ad revenue for bots and mini apps. Earned Stars follow the same 1,000-Star minimum and hold as channel Stars. See the Telegram affiliate program.
Paid “tasks” in Telegram are a separate scheme that ends with a deposit request; see Telegram job and task scams.
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Frequently asked questions
Are Telegram earning bots real?
Some pay small amounts, many pay only in points or tokens that may never be listed, and some are scams. A bot that asks for a deposit, a “withdrawal fee” or your login code to release earnings is a scam.
What is a Telegram mining bot?
A bot or mini app that claims to “mine” coins while you tap or stay active. In most cases nothing is mined: the app awards points and promises a token later. Rewards depend entirely on the project.
How do people earn money from Telegram bots?
Developers earn by selling digital goods for Stars, running affiliate programs and, since October 2024, from Telegram’s ad revenue sharing for bots and mini apps. Users earn mainly through referral bonuses that depend on inviting others.
How can I check a Telegram earning bot?
Look at the channel that promotes it: when it was created, whether it deletes posts, whether its views come with reactions, and who else runs channels with the same contact. Our tools check all four.
Find channels to compare
The tables above are a fixed snapshot. To look at live channels, continue in semantic channel search: try telegram earning bot, telegram mining bot or tap to earn telegram. Before paying for a placement, check a channel’s real audience with the channel audit and its sellers with the network checker.
Sources and method
We read the last 100 public posts of 107,721 Telegram channels with at least 1,000 subscribers, collected from the web version of each channel between October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026. 86,682 of them posted within 30 days of collection and form the base of every share on this page. The window covers 9,008,552 posts; for the median channel it spans 54 days. Channels with fewer than 20 posts are left out.
Star reactions are the paid reactions shown under each post: the counter is the number of Stars readers sent, and Telegram credits those Stars to the channel. Dollar values use the creator payout rate of $0.013 per Star; they are estimates of the Stars’ payout value, not of anyone’s bank balance. Links are classified by domain and by Telegram link type (bots, mini apps, invite links, gift and boost links). Ad markers are text labels such as erid, #ad or #реклама; unlabelled ads are not counted. Topic and language are neural-network labels from our channel index; channel creation periods come from the numeric channel ID and are intervals, not dates.
Telegram rules and prices were checked on October 28, 2026: Telegram client configuration reference (core.telegram.org/api/config): stars_usd_withdraw_rate_x1000 = 1300, stars_usd_sell_rate_x1000 = 1410 and the Star limits; Telegram Content Creator Rewards terms (telegram.org/tos/content-creator-rewards); Telegram Terms of Service for Bot Developers (telegram.org/tos/bot-developers), section 6.2. We measure what public posts show. Private channels, deleted posts, Telegram’s own ad revenue, paid media inside unopened posts and private deals are not visible to us. All numbers are baked into this page from one snapshot; nothing is fetched when you open it.