Negative rating on Telegram

Why the rating went negative

Two things lower the rating:

• A refund of bought Stars — each refunded Star takes away 10 points. 100 Stars refunded is minus 1,000 points. This is the main cause of a negative rating.
• Converting gifts to Stars — minus 85% of the gift's value.

If you had spent almost nothing before, even a small refund pushes the rating below zero.

What a negative rating affects

Everyone who opens your profile sees it: channel owners you suggest posts to, gift sellers, bots that take payments in Stars. Telegram's documentation for developers calls a negative level likely reason for concern, so a bot or seller may refuse a deal. The account itself works as usual.

How to fix a negative rating

There's no button to remove it — you get out of the minus only by spending Stars in Telegram:

1. Open your profile and tap the red badge. Telegram shows how many Stars you need to spend for the rating to become positive.
2. Spend Stars: gifts from Telegram's shop count in full (1 Star is 1 point); marketplace purchases, paid messages and posts at 20%.
3. Wait: points are added in about three weeks, and the date is shown in the rating window.

While you climb out, don't refund Stars or convert gifts to Stars — that pushes the rating further down.

What it costs

Since spent Stars lift the rating, spend them on gifts from the shop and buy the Stars themselves for less. In the Shiba Bank bot Stars cost about a third less than in Telegram on a phone (price comparison), paid with crypto, by card or SBP, and arrive on the account by @username.

Frequently asked questions

That the rating has more deductions than additions — usually after a Stars refund or converting gifts to Stars. Telegram shows a red badge and warns about unreliable payments.

Most often because of a refund of bought Stars: each refunded Star takes away 10 points. Converting gifts to Stars lowers it too — minus 85% of their value.

Spend Stars in Telegram: gifts from the shop give 100% of the Stars, the marketplace and paid messages 20%. Your profile shows how many you need, and points are added in about three weeks.

No, there's no button for that. The rating gets back above zero only from Stars spent in Telegram.

Trust: channels, sellers and bots see it and may refuse a deal. It doesn't stop you from using Telegram.