TelegramBot

What is TelegramBot?

About

TelegramBot is Telegram's web crawler that fetches webpage content to generate Instant View pages and link previews for users, enabling rich content display directly within the messaging app. You can see how often TelegramBot visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics.

Type

Fetcher
Fetches web content on behalf of an app

Expected Behavior

Fetchers retrieve metadata from web pages to generate link previews in social media platforms, messaging apps, and content aggregators. They're triggered on-demand when users share or post links, fetching information like titles, descriptions, and thumbnail images. Traffic is unpredictable and correlates with how often your content is shared. Viral content may trigger thousands of fetcher requests in a short period. Fetchers typically access only the shared URL rather than crawling your site.

Detail

Operated By Telegram
Last Updated 4 hours ago

Insights

Top Website Robots.txts

1%
1% of top websites are blocking TelegramBot
Learn How →

Country of Origin

United Kingdom
TelegramBot normally visits from the United Kingdom

Global Traffic

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The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Fetchers

Top Visited Website Categories

Internet and Telecom
Finance
Hobbies and Leisure
Science
Computers and Electronics
How Do I Get These Insights for My Website?
Use the WordPress plugin, Node.js package, or API to get started in seconds.
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Robots.txt

Should I Block TelegramBot?

Probably not. If you block a fetcher, it won't be able to fetch the metadata it needs to display a link preview. Fewer people will click on the link to your website without this.

How Do I Block TelegramBot?

You can block TelegramBot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics to check whether it's actually following them.

How Do I Block All Fetchers?
Serve a continuously updating robots.txt that blocks new fetchers automatically.
Set Up Automatic Robots.txt →
User Agent String TelegramBot (like TwitterBot) 
# In your robots.txt ...

User-agent: TelegramBot # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/telegrambot
Disallow: /

⚠️ Manual Robots.txt Editing Is Not Scalable

New agents are created every day. We recommend setting up Dark Visitors Automatic Robots.txt if you want to block all agents of this type.

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