Crosser Bot: audience and overlaps

A channel admin sees subscriber counts and reach, but who those people are, and how many are dead accounts, is usually a mystery. Crosser Bot sets out to show the audience of a channel or chat from the inside and compare it with other communities. 📊

The bot does three things: it analyses an audience, calculates overlaps between channels and chats, and helps clear out deleted accounts and people who have not opened Telegram for a long time.

Three jobs in one bot

• Audience analysis. A breakdown of channel subscribers or chat members.
• Overlaps. How many people read two communities at once.
• Cleanup. Finding deleted and long-inactive accounts.

If you only need one of these, ignore the others. Each function works on its own, so take only what you need and come back to the analysis as the audience changes.

Why overlaps matter

Say you want to buy an ad in another channel. Advertising to people who already follow you is wasted money. The overlap shows how many readers you share and how many new ones you would get.

The same logic applies to cross-promotion. Two channels with a big overlap will bring each other almost no fresh people, while two with a small one gain the most reach. 🔗

Getting started

1. Start the bot with /start. It shows the available functions.
2. Pick a task. Analysis, overlaps or cleanup.
3. Name the communities. For overlaps the bot needs both channels or chats.
4. Grant the needed rights. To work with a channel the bot asks for admin rights.
5. Wait for the result. The calculation can take a few minutes.

Admin rights: what to check first

Any bot with admin rights gets some control over the channel. Before granting access, look at which permissions it asks for and leave only the necessary ones.

Do not add the bot to channels you do not manage, and do not hand out access again to the people running it. Once the analysis is done you can take the rights back. 🔐

For communities where you are not an admin, what you can see depends on how open they are. Do not expect data that Telegram itself does not expose.

Cleaning an audience without panic

Deleted accounts and long-inactive members drag down channel numbers. Ads on that reach perform worse, and your stats look weaker than reality.

Clean carefully, though: remove only accounts you are sure about, and check how many there are first. Mass-removing real people damages your relationship with readers. If in doubt, leave things as they are.

Who will use it

Channel admins who want to understand their audience, and people choosing where to advertise or swap shout-outs. It also suits owners of large chats that need tidying.

If your channel has a couple of hundred readers, overlaps will tell you little. The real value starts when you run several communities. 🎯