Use Cases (Ethical): Personal archiving, or for small, explicit group feedback sessions where members are fully aware and consent to their messages being exported for analysis.
Category 2: Third-Party Analytics and Management Bots
These tools offer more advanced analytics and management capabilities, often built on Telegram's Bot API (which governs what data can be accessed ethically and legally by bots).
Combot:
Purpose: A popular, comprehensive group management and analytics bot.
What it extracts/provides:
Detailed Activity Logs: Heatmaps of user activity, message frequency, and types.
User Leaderboards: Ranks members by message count, reactions, etc., identifying active users and potential influencers.
Engagement Metrics: Tracks messages per active user, overall activity levels.
Sentiment Analysis (Basic): Attempts to gauge the sentiment of messages within the group.
Retention Data: How long members stay active.
Custom Commands: Can track usage of specific bot commands.
Extraction Method: Accessed via Combot's web dashboard after taiwan telegram mobile phone number list connecting the bot to your Telegram group. Data can often be exported in various formats (CSV, JSON).
Ethical Footprint: Generally ethical as it operates within the Bot API's permissions and primarily on data generated within the group itself which the bot is part of. It's often used by group admins to manage their own communities.
TeleMe:
What it extracts/provides: Similar to Combot, offering insights into group popularity, member activity, engagement tracking, and anti-spam features. It also provides detailed reports on group activity.
Extraction Method: Via its web dashboard after connecting the bot.