Telegram × Misinformation

2 datasets that are both from Telegram and tagged Misinformation.

2 datasets.

Schwurbelarchiv: German Telegram Conspiracy Dataset Analyzed

A Telegram (German-language conspiracy channels) dataset of 63,908,365 messages from 4,404 unique channels, collected by Hagen, Wiencierz, and Freudenthaler via Telegram API. Each record contains message UUID, channel name, author, reply structure, conspiracy label, language, media type (photo/video/voice), audio/video duration, forwarding metadata, duplicate flag. Schwurbelarchiv is a large-scale German Telegram corpus with 3.1% of messages labeled as conspiracy content, 23.8% reply edges enabling thread analysis, and rich media metadata across 4,404 channels. Suitable for conspiracy theory detection, German NLP, social network analysis, Telegram platform research, misinformation propagation, reply network analysis, media sharing patterns.

63.9M records60.8M nodes7.3M edges2025

SMIDGE Telegram Disinformation Dataset Analyzed

A Telegram (86 disinformation/conspiracy channels) dataset of 279,682 cleaned messages across 83 channels, collected by Federation of American Scientists via Telegram API. Each record contains message text (cleaned), channel name, timestamp, extracted URL, domain, and detected language per message. SMIDGE is a curated Telegram corpus spanning 2023-09-25 to 2024-09-24, focused on 83 channels selected for disinformation and conspiracy content, with 5,334 unique domains linked. Suitable for disinformation detection, conspiracy theory analysis, NLP text classification, content moderation, cross-platform information spread research.

279.7K records2026