British company SimilarWeb, offering analytical services to various multinational corporations, has released rating of the most popular sites in Runet.
This top 10 is based on data from its own SimilarWeb platform. It processes large amounts of information to accumulate, measure, evaluate and provide information on patterns of behavior and statistics on the involvement of users of sites and mobile applications.
10. Maps.yandex.ru
Online mapping service owned by Yandex.ru. Here you can find detailed maps of the cities of the world, get information about traffic jams on the streets of various cities of Russia, get directions to your destination and see panoramas of streets of megalopolises.
9. Facebook.com
A popular free social network that allows users to create profiles, upload photos and videos, send messages to friends, relatives and colleagues. The site, which is available in 37 different languages, offers many useful features, for example: groups (allows people with common interests to find and communicate with each other) and events (allows you to publish events and invite guests).
8. Avito.ru
A site where you can buy and sell almost anything. Furniture, cars, household items, animals, large and small household appliances, real estate, etc. It is not surprising that he was among the ten most popular Internet resources in Russia.
7. Google.com
Originally known as BackRub, Google is a search engine that was launched in 1996 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Larry and Sergey decided to change the name of their "brainchild" and found inspiration in the term "googol" (the number that is depicted like this is 10100).
In September 1997, the Google.com domain appeared, and the company of the same name was registered on September 4, 1998.
6. Google.ru
Russian site of a search engine.
5. Youtube.com
The permanent supplier of cats, louboutins, as well as news, music, scientific and entertainment programs, cartoons, etc. And the TV is not needed!
4. Mail.ru
The portal is owned by Mail.Ru Group, an Internet company that appeared in 1998 as an email service and went further, becoming a major corporate player in the Russian-language segment of the Internet.
3. Ok.ru
The gathering place of former and current classmates, as well as one of the most popular social networks in Runet, owned by Mail.Ru Group. More than 50 million people visit the site per day. In February 2016, Odnoklassniki and VTB 24 Bank introduced a money transfer system between network users whose profiles are linked to payment cards of MasterCard, Maestro, Visa payment systems. And let a small commission be charged for the transfer (30 rubles from an amount of less than 500 rubles and 60 rubles from an amount of 501 to 8 thousand rubles), but how many social networks can boast of such a “trick”?
2. Yandex.ru
The largest competitor to the number 7 rating. This search engine will find answers to the most unusual and ingenious questions that Russian users may have, even if an error crept into the search query. The Yandex portal presents 50 services, including News, Weather, Blog Search and Yandex.Market.
1. Vk.com
The most popular Runet site. This social network, available in several languages, is especially popular among Russian-speaking users. Like other social networks, Vk allows users to exchange public or private messages, create private or public groups and events, share images, songs and videos, play browser games.