# LinkedIn Groups: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/linkedin-groups

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Community platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/community-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 78 | 67% | 3 |

## And against it

- "Dangerous for long-term asset building." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Community)
- "leave access, distribution, rules, and data ownership largely under the provider's control" (Perplexity Sonar, Community)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named LinkedIn Groups, from 11 of the 14 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- higherlogic.com: 7
- circle.so: 5
- gane.ai/index: 5
- g2.com: 4
- guideflow.com: 4
- linkedin.com: 4 (its own site)
- reddit.com: 4
- affonso.io: 3
- bettermode.com: 3
- capterra.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://higherlogic.com/blog/online-community-platform-types: 5
- https://affonso.io/blog/best-community-platforms: 3
- https://guideflow.com/blog/customer-community-software: 3
- https://guideflow.com/blog/user-community-platform: 3
- https://saas-expert.com/articles/best-customer-community-software-saas-companies: 3
- https://smallbusiness.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-12/Improving%20small%20business%20experiences%20with%20digital%20platforms.pdf: 3
- https://bettermode.com/blog/all-in-one-community-platform: 2
- https://capterra.com/community-software: 2

## The company

LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com; Sunnyvale, United States; founded 2002. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.