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What is a broadcast list?

Last reviewed July 22, 20261 min readReviewed by BroadNet engineering

Quick answer

A broadcast list is a saved group of recipients you can message together — the audience for a bulk send or campaign. Unlike a group chat, recipients receive the message individually and do not see each other. A well-managed broadcast list is consented, segmented, and kept clean with validation and opt-out suppression, so each send reaches real, willing recipients.

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The long answer

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How it differs from a group

In a broadcast, each recipient gets a private, individual message — they do not see the other recipients or each other's replies, unlike a group chat. It is the audience container for one-to-many sends. See /answers/what-is-bulk-messaging.

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Keep it consented and clean

Every number on the list should have opted in; validate numbers, suppress opt-outs, and segment for relevance. A stale or unconsented list wrecks deliverability. See /answers/sms-opt-in-best-practices and /products/hlr-lookup.

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Segment rather than blast

Broadcasting the same message to one giant list underperforms sending targeted messages to smaller, relevant segments. See /answers/sms-marketing-best-practices and /answers/what-is-a-sms-blast.

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