# Telegram: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 3 categories by 5 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/telegram

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Frontline employee apps](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/frontline-employee-apps/index.md) | 0% | 109 | 100% | 5 |
| [Internal talent marketplace](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/performance/internal-talent-marketplace/index.md) | 0% | 125 | 100% | 1 |
| [Job advertising and distribution](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/talent/job-advertising-and-distribution/index.md) | 0% | 94 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "The main apps to avoid or be cautious about for frontline work are consumer messaging apps like WhatsApp, iMessage, Facebook Messenger, SMS (Standard Texting), and Telegram." (Llama 4 Maverick, Frontline employee apps)
- "These channels lack basic employer verification, making them breeding grounds for employment scams." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Job advertising)
- "Job listings posted on Telegram groups ... carry an extremely high risk of fraud" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Internal talent marketpl)
- "Telegram – 100% negative share in the sample: 9 of 9 labels negative" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Frontline employee apps)

## 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 | 3 | 3 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Telegram, from 17 of the 18 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- gane.ai/index: 8
- leadchangegroup.com: 7
- learn.microsoft.com: 6
- mangoapps.com: 6
- microsoft.com: 6
- agilityportal.io: 5
- element.io: 5
- polymerhq.io: 5
- salesforce.com: 5
- joinblink.com: 4

### Pages cited

- https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/frontline-employee-apps/2026-09/enterprise: 5
- https://leadchangegroup.com/frontline-workforce-software/enterprise: 5
- https://microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/enterprise/frontline: 5
- https://polymerhq.io/blog/how-to-mitigate-the-security-risks-of-frontline-saas-apps: 5
- https://salesforce.com/slack/slack-frontline: 5
- https://agilityportal.io/blog/best-frontline-communication-tools: 4
- https://element.io/blog/frontline-workers-and-messenger-apps-how-to-solve-shadow-it: 4
- https://leadchangegroup.com/frontline-workforce-software/compare: 4

## In its own words

What Telegram's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: a new era of messaging (https://telegram.org/)

## What it publishes

Every page telegram.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 33 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 19 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-25
- case study: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-07-01
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-08-25 blog: Welcome messages buttons TG 13 https://telegram.org/blog/welcome-messages-buttons-TG-13
- Recent: 2026-07-14 blog: Communities editor invisible messages https://telegram.org/blog/communities-editor-invisible-messages
- Recent: 2026-06-11 blog: Watch apps and more https://telegram.org/blog/watch-apps-and-more
- Recent: 2026-05-07 blog: Ai bot revolution 11 new features https://telegram.org/blog/ai-bot-revolution-11-new-features
- Recent: 2026-03-31 blog: Ai editor mighty polls and more https://telegram.org/blog/ai-editor-mighty-polls-and-more
- Recent: 2026-03-01 blog: Member tags disable sharing and more https://telegram.org/blog/member-tags-disable-sharing-and-more

## Record

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