Meta Platforms, the messenger WhatsApp had the largest audience in Russia, with nearly 84 million monthly users in January 2022. Instagram was used by 67 million Russians in that month. A lower user count was recorded for Facebook, to which consumers preferred domestic social networks like VK (Vkontakte) and Ok.ru (Odnoklassniki). Russia was the third-largest market of WhatsApp by number of users in 2020, following only India and Brazil. Furthermore, it was the most popular messenger app in the country, with nearly twice as many monthly users as those of Telegram.
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Kommersant. (March 11, 2022). Average monthly number of users of Meta in Russia in January 2022, by platform (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294187/russia-meta-users-by-platform/
Kommersant. "Average monthly number of users of Meta in Russia in January 2022, by platform (in millions)." Chart. March 11, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294187/russia-meta-users-by-platform/
Kommersant. (2022). Average monthly number of users of Meta in Russia in January 2022, by platform (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294187/russia-meta-users-by-platform/
Kommersant. "Average Monthly Number of Users of Meta in Russia in January 2022, by Platform (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1294187/russia-meta-users-by-platform/
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