It is the second most visited website in the country. VK social platform is sort of like Russia’s Facebook.

Pavel started VK in 2006 and has been chief executive for 7 years before resigning in the midst of an intricate chain of events. Pavel Durov, the current CEO of Telegram, is also the founder of the Russian social network VKontakte or VK. The two brothers founded Telegram back in 2013 while they were still residing in Russia. Telegram is owned by its founders: Pavel Durov and Nikolai Durov. The massive bulk of new users came from Asia (38%), Europe (27%), Latin America (21%), and around 8% signing up from the Middle East and North Africa. In mid-January 2021, Telegram won 25 million users in a timespan of only 72 hours. In the wake of a major WhatsApp controversy around privacy policies, Telegram has been exponentially growing its notoriety. Founded by brothers Pavel and Nikolai Durov, it is one of the most used messaging platforms out there, with over 500 million users worldwide.

Telegram messaging app