# Telemost Similar Telegram Channels

> Telemost Similar Telegram Channels is a paid API for AI agents from api.telemost.io, paid per call via x402, $0.0165/call, status down (last checked 2026-09-15).

Find Telegram channels similar to a given one by topic and audience for competitor analysis and channel discovery

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.telemost.io/v1/data/similar
- Price: $0.0165/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: down
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/telemost-similar-telegram-channels-dc473ee9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_B4OMEFOhHUPuLhxaT_EXK

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability telemost-similar-telegram-channels-dc473ee9
```

Example prompt: Can you find Telegram channels that are similar to @coindesk — I want to discover competitors and other channels covering the same crypto news audience?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to discover Telegram channels that are topically or audience-wise similar to a known channel — ideal for competitive intelligence, niche exploration, or finding expansion targets. Prefer this over general Telegram search when you already have a seed channel and want semantically related alternatives rather than keyword-based results.

## Known failure modes

- Channel not found or does not exist on Telegram — returns empty or error response
- Channel username provided is invalid or malformed — returns validation error
- Channel has too little data for similarity analysis — returns empty results
- Rate limiting or payment failure — returns 402 or 429 error
- Private or restricted channel provided — may return no results

## How this service works

Telegram competitor analysis and channel discovery: find channels similar to a given one by topic and audience, discover competitors, alternatives or expansion targets.

## Output

A list of Telegram channels similar to the queried channel, including channels sharing similar topics, content themes, and audience demographics — useful for competitor mapping, alternative discovery, or expansion targeting.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "channel"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "channel": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/telemost-similar-telegram-channels-dc473ee9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.telemost.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.telemost.io/llms.txt)