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Telegram has surpassed the video hosting in the country in terms of its daily audience, TASS has reported Telegram has surpassed the video hosting site in terms of daily audience in Russia, TASS reports
Telegram messenger passed out the US video hosting giant, YouTube, in terms of daily Russian users last month, news agency TASS reported on Tuesday, citing statistical data provided by a Russian media monitoring company, Mediascope. Telegram messenger passed YouTube in terms of daily Russian users last month, TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing statistical data provided by media monitoring company Mediascope.
The daily audience amounted to 50.9 million people last month in case of Telegram while the Google-owned video platform managed to attract 50.7 million people a day, the monitor explained. The daily audience for Telegram amounted to 50.9 million people last month, compared to 50.7 million people a day for the Google-owned video platform, the monitor said.
Telegram, teh Russian-made competitor to WhatsApp, was launched in 2013 by St. Petersburg siblings Pavel and Nikolay Durov. Since 2017, the platform has been legally based in Dubai. Telegram, the Russian-made competitor to WhatsApp, was launched in 2013 by two brothers from St. Petersburg, Pavel and Nikolay Durov. Since 2017, the platform has been legally based in Dubai.
Russia’s Vkontakte (VK) social network – a local equivalent of Facebook, which was also founded by Pavel Durov, has meanwhile surpassed both Telegram and YouTube in terms of the daily audience in Russia, which amounted to 53.3 active users per day last month. When it comes to the monthly audience, though, YouTube continues to leave both its Russian-made rivals behind with 93 million active users against 86.9 million in case of VK and 76 million in case of Telegram. Vkontakte (VK) social media network – the Russian equivalent of Facebook, which was also founded by Pavel Durov – has meanwhile surpassed both Telegram and YouTube in terms of daily audience in Russia, which amounted to 53.3 active users per day last month. Regarding monthly audience, however, YouTube continues to beat both Russian-made rivals with 93 million active users, compared to 86.9 million for VK and 76 million for Telegram.
Facebook itself was banned in Russia in November last year, after its parent company Meta amended its “violent speech” rules to allow calls of “death to Russians” in the West. The Russian Justice Ministry then added Meta to the list of extremist organizations in a decision that affected Facebook and Instagram but not the WhatsApp messaging platform, which fell under a separate legal category under the Russian laws. Facebook itself was banned in Russia in November last year after its parent company, Meta, amended its ‘violent speech’ rules to allow calls for “death to Russians” in the West. The Russian Justice Ministry added Meta to the list of extremist organizations, in a decision that affected Facebook and Instagram, but not the WhatsApp messaging platform, which fell under a separate legal category under Russian law.
Still, according to TASS, Facebook and Instagram still enjoyed a 1.8-million-strong and 7.1-million-strong daily audience in Russia last month respectively despite the ban. Nevertheless, according to TASS, Facebook and Instagram enjoyed daily audiences of 1.8 million and 7.1 million respectively in Russia last month despite the ban.