Against the backdrop of the blocking of Facebook and Instagram, the Russian social networks ЯRUS and TenChat sharply lose popularity in Russia

Little-known domestic social networks ЯRUS and TenChat have been on the list of the most downloaded applications in recent times. At the same time, the popularity of VPN services is growing even faster, according to experts.

According to data.ai, on March 7, the Russian apps ЯRUS and TenChat were in the top 10 most downloaded social networks on the iOS platform in Russia. On March 10, TenChat was already in second place in the social media category, overtaking VKontakte and WhatsApp, and YaRUS was in fifth place. The first place is occupied by Telegram. TenChat and ЯRUS ranked 14th and 32nd respectively in the overall app rankings.

On the Android platform, ЯRUS entered the top ten most downloaded social networks on March 3, and a week later it ranked second in this rating and 12th among all applications. TenChat was in 13th place among social networks.

Against the backdrop of the blocking of Facebook and Instagram, the Russian social networks ЯRUS and TenChat sharply lose popularity in Russia

We are developing services that replace YouTube, Tik-Tok, Twitter and Instagram in one application. We collect news from several thousand sources, we have developed our own system for selecting information by interests. Now more than two million users are registered on the platform, since February 25, the peak number of downloads per day has exceeded 120 thousand. The age of users is from 25 to 45 years, but the audience is expanding every day.

Developer ЯRUS

According to a TenChat representative, their application was initially positioned as an alternative to the social network of professional contacts LinkedIn blocked in Russia. TenChat now has over 300,000 registered users and is expected to grow to “several million active users” by the end of spring.

As we have already reported, VKontakte is rapidly gaining popularity amid the Facebook ban.

Source: ixbt

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