Best Telegram bots
26 real bots, grouped by what they are for. Each one has its @username, what it does, and whether it is free. Public profiles were checked in October 2026. There is no star rating and no user-count ranking.
Create a bot or stickers
Telegram’s own accounts for making a bot and for making or finding stickers.
BotFather @BotFather
Creates a new bot and manages the bots you already own. Send /newbot and it asks for a name and a username. The account is verified.
Price: Free
Stickers @stickers
Creates a sticker pack and shows usage stats for stickers you made. The account is verified.
Price: Free
Sticker @sticker
Finds stickers that match an emoji and sends them in the chat. Telegram’s inline-bot docs list @sticker.
Price: Free
Find GIFs, videos, and images
These are Telegram’s search bots. Type the @username in a chat to send a result. They do not save a video file from another website. A random “downloader” bot is a common fake, so prefer these usernames.
GIF @gif
Searches GIFs. The public name is GIF Search, and Telegram’s docs list @gif for GIF search.
Price: Free
Video @vid
Searches YouTube videos you can send in a chat. The public name is Video Search for YouTube. Opening t.me/youtube currently lands on this same bot.
Price: Free
Pic @pic
Searches images through Yandex. The public name is Yandex Image Search, and Telegram’s docs list @pic.
Price: Free
Bing @bing
Searches images through Bing. The public name is Bing Image Search, and Telegram’s docs list @bing.
Price: Free
Look something up
Official inline bots for a quick fact in any chat. Type the @username, then your query.
Wikipedia @wiki
Searches Wikipedia. The public name is Wikipedia Search, and Telegram’s docs list @wiki.
Price: Free
IMDb @imdb
Searches IMDb. The profile says you can type @imdb in any chat, and you do not have to add the bot to the group.
Price: Free
Translation
Both of these have a public bot profile. Neither profile lists a price.
Yandex Translate @YTranslateBot
Translates messages you send to it. The profile says it can translate to other languages.
Price: No price listed on the public profile
Babelgram @BabelgramBot
Translates messages in a group, or inline inside a conversation you already have open.
Price: No price listed on the public profile
Reminders, mail, and connections
Bots for a reminder, an inbox, GitHub, or a link to another service.
Skeddy @SkeddyBot
Turns a normal sentence into a reminder or a task inside Telegram. The Skeddy site says there is no paid tier.
Price: Free
Gmail @GMailBot
Shows new email in Telegram and lets you reply from the chat. The account is verified.
Price: No price listed on the public profile
GitHub @GitHubBot
Notifies you about events in your public GitHub repositories, and you can post comments from Telegram. Telegram’s bot docs name this username.
Price: No price listed on the public profile
IFTTT @IFTTT
Connects a Telegram group or channel to other services. The account is verified. IFTTT’s Telegram page describes a free plan and paid Pro plans.
Price: Free plan, with paid Pro plans
Group moderation
Add a moderation bot only to a group you admin, and only after the @username matches the one below. Give it admin rights it actually needs.
Rose @MissRose_bot
A group moderation bot. Its docs cover warnings, bans, locks, captchas, and welcome messages. The Rose FAQ says the public bot stays free, and custom copies are paid.
Price: Free. Custom copies are paid
Group Help @GroupHelpBot
A group management bot. The profile says to add it to your group as an admin.
Price: No price listed on the public profile
Combot @combot
Moderation, analytics, and anti-spam for groups and channels. Combot’s site says core tools are free, and Pro and Business plans raise the limits.
Price: Free core tools. Pro and Business are paid
Shieldy @shieldy_bot
Fights spam in Telegram groups. That is the whole public description.
Price: No price listed on the public profile
RSS and news
Feed readers that post new items into a Telegram chat, group, or channel.
The Feed Reader Bot @TheFeedReaderBot
Watches RSS feeds plus X and YouTube accounts, then sends new posts to Telegram. The site offers paid Premium and Elite plans that refresh feeds faster.
Price: Free to start. Premium and Elite are paid
El Monitorro @el_monitorro_bot
Reads RSS, Atom, and JSON feeds. Send /subscribe and the feed URL. The project site lists the commands and a donate link, not a subscription.
Price: Free
AI assistants
These two accounts show Telegram’s verified badge. The page lists them because the public profile matches the company name.
Perplexity @askplexbot
Perplexity’s verified bot. The public description is “Ask Anything!”
Price: No price listed on the public profile
Grok @grokai
xAI’s verified Grok bot. The profile says it is available to Telegram Premium subscribers.
Price: Included with Telegram Premium
Polls
Telegram can create a poll from the attachment menu in the chat you have open, so a simple poll does not need a bot. Use @vote when you want a bot to make a poll you can share.
Vote @vote
Creates polls and shares them. The public name is VoteBot.
Price: No price listed on the public profile
File conversion
Send a file only if you are comfortable with that bot’s operator having it. Neither profile below lists a price.
File Converter @newfileconverterbot
Converts images, audio, and video from one format to another. That is what the public profile says.
Price: No price listed on the public profile
PDF Bot @pdfbot
The profile says it handles tasks related to PDF files. It does not list the individual commands there.
Price: No price listed on the public profile
How to find and start a bot safely
- In Telegram, use the search box and type the @username. Or open the t.me link from this page in a browser first and read the profile.
- Compare the @username character by character. Extra letters, swapped letters, and a missing “bot” suffix are how copycats get clicks. Some real Telegram bots do not end in “bot”, including @gif, @wiki, and @stickers.
- A bot profile has a Start button. Telegram does not let a bot message you first. You have to open it, tap Start, or add it to a group.
- Bots are created with @BotFather. That does not make every bot safe. It means a stranger who messages you and asks you to “confirm” a bot is not Telegram support.
- Never share a login code, a two-step cloud password, or the token @BotFather shows when you create a bot. A normal bot does not need those to chat.
- In a group, promote a bot to admin only after the username matches, and only with the permissions that job needs.
Telegram’s own notes on this are in the bot introduction for developers. The search bots are listed on the inline bots page.
Telegram listings on Uno
Uno Directory already has these Telegram-related listings. They are separate pages from this guide.
FAQ
Built a Telegram bot?
List it on Uno Directory so people can find it with the other tools. A free listing needs a backlink badge. A paid listing goes live without one.
Submit a toolSources checked in October 2026: each t.me profile linked above; Telegram’s inline bot list; Skeddy; Rose FAQ; Combot; The Feed Reader Bot; El Monitorro; IFTTT’s Telegram page.