Telegram has become not only a messaging platform, but also the place where you find groups that may be similar to your tastes or that are used to obtain certain files. But do you know how to search for groups on Telegram?
Today we want tell you about them and how to find those groups on the platform. Do you want to know what you have to do? Find out everything you need to know about them and how to get the most out of them.
Groups and Telegram channels, are they the same?
Before giving you the steps to search for groups on Telegram, we should make it clear that a group and a channel are not the same. You may think so, but in reality they are not.
The groups are made up of people who practically know each other, such as friends, relatives, acquaintances... They are people who can interact and participate in these groups, whether they have created it or not.
However, In the channels, there is only one or several administrators who are the ones who moderate and share information.
In other words, in the channels, which can be public or private, anyone can enter but only the administrators and those allowed, could write messages or publish something. The rest are merely spectators.
We give you an example, imagine that there is a Telegram group with the members of an edition of a marketing course. All of them can participate without problem and write whenever they want.
Instead, imagine that it is the professor of that marketing course who creates a channel for all the students to enter and only he writes in the group, for example to say when class, if there is homework, if any class is suspended , etc.
How to search for groups in Telegram
Now that you are clear about the difference between groups and channels, we are going to focus directly on the former. and we are going to tell you how to find groups that may be interesting for you.
Of course, you have to take into account that, if the groups are private, unless you have access to the link that opens that group to join it, you will not be able to find it through a search engine, because it is "outside" of that Radar.
Find groups using Android
Here we leave you the steps you have to take to find Telegram groups if you have an Android phone or tablet. In this case, after opening the application, you must:
- Click on the magnifying glass icon. It's at the top of the screen.
- There write, either the name of the group if you know it, or a keyword and related to the type of group you are looking for.
- In the results you will have several groups and channels. They are not all that there are, because private ones are avoided, but at least you will have some.
Join groups with iPhone
In case you have an iPhone, the steps you should follow are the following:
- Open the Telegram application.
- In the bottom bar, click on “chats”.
- Now, in the top bar, you can read an area that says "Search messages or users."
- There you can write the name of the group or a word that is related. For example, if you want marketing groups you could put marketing and thus you will have the groups and channels that exist.
- You can click on the ones that most attract your attention and try to see if you can join them.
Join groups via a link
The third option that we propose is not always possible because It consists of a friend, relative or contact person being within that group and sending you the link so that you can also enter.
This usually happens in groups that are private and that only a few know of their existence. But it is not easy to achieve it, unless you have many contacts and you can ask them if they are in a Telegram group that may interest you.
Pages that find groups on Telegram
Finally, we can give you another option. And it is that if you do not find what you are looking for, you can opt to use the web to find directories of Telegram groups. For example, you have TLGRM and Telegram Channels where thousands of groups and channels are listed that you can join.
In fact, these websites they allow you to see by categories and even perform searches with filters to focus on the ones you might really like.
Keep in mind that not all of them are going to appear either, but at least you will find many that may interest you.
The risks of being in large groups on Telegram
Before finishing our article, we want to talk to you about a problem that can happen when you join groups similar to what you are looking for. And it is that, although you will have people to talk to and also with those you have things in common, you will also be opening your Telegram to be sent private.
Nothing has to happen, but sometimes those privates can be too dangerous because they try to deceive you, confuse you or even send you texts, images, etc. that are not correct (rising tone, trying to flirt, etc.). If something like that happens to you, the best thing you can do is talk to the group administrator and explain what happened to you so that they can make a decision regarding that user. And of course, in your case you should block it directly so you don't have any more problems with it.
Another situation you may experience is having so many groups that not being able to keep up. Especially now that groups are allowed to open subgroups to categorize the content they have (and with which you can go crazy). It is better to be in one or two groups alone, of good quality, than in many and not interact, because after all the objective of the groups is to chat with other people about the topic that may interest you.
Do you have any questions about how to search for groups on Telegram? Do you have any more tricks to find other groups?