SimilarWeb, a British company that offers 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 platform SimilarWeb. It processes large amounts of information to accumulate, measure, evaluate and provide information about behaviors and statistics of user engagement of websites and mobile applications.
10. Maps.yandex.ru
An online mapping service owned by Yandex.ru. Here you can find detailed maps of cities in the world, get information about traffic jams on the streets of various cities in Russia, get directions to your destination and see panoramas of the streets of megacities.
9. Facebook.com
A popular free social network that allows users to create profiles, upload photos and videos, and send messages to friends, family and colleagues. The site, which is available in 37 different languages, offers many useful features, such as groups (allows people with common interests to find and communicate with each other) and events (allows you to post 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 entered the top ten most popular Internet resources in Russia.
7. Google.com
Originally known as BackRub, Google is a search engine pioneered 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 depicted like this - 10100).
In September 1997, the Google.com domain appeared, and the company with the same name was registered on September 4, 1998.
6. Google.ru
Russian site of the search engine.
5. Youtube.com
Permanent supplier of cats, louboutins, as well as news, music, scientific and entertainment programs, cartoons, etc. And no TV is needed!
4. Mail.ru
The portal is owned by Mail.Ru Group, an internet company that emerged in 1998 as an e-mail service and has gone on to become a major corporate player in the Russian-speaking segment of the Internet.
3. Ok.ru
A gathering place for former and current classmates, as well as one of the most popular social networks on the 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, to whose profiles cards of MasterCard, Maestro, Visa payment systems are linked. And even if a small commission is charged for the transfer (30 rubles from an amount less than 500 rubles and 60 rubles from an amount from 501 to 8 thousand rubles), how many social networks can boast of such a "trick"?
2. Yandex.ru
Largest competitor to number 7 rating. This search engine will find answers to the most unusual and dodgy questions that Russian users may have, even if an error has crept into the search query. The Yandex portal contains 50 services, including News, Weather, Blog Search and Yandex.Market.
1. Vk.com
The most popular website on the Runet. This social network, available in several languages, is especially popular with Russian-speaking users.Like other social networks, Vk allows users to exchange public or private messages, create private or public groups and events, exchange images, songs and videos, and play browser games.