VK.com

VK.com， VKontakte, officially known as VKontakte, is one of the most popular social networking platforms in Russia and even the entire Russian speaking region. It was founded by Pavel Durov in 2006 and quickly grew into a major social network in Russia and its neighboring countries in a short period of time. The name VK means "in contact" in Russian, and its design concept and functions are similar to Facebook. However, according to Alexa's data statistics, VK ranks 14th in global traffic rankings, and is even ranked first in Russia. At present, VK has over 400 million users and has a wide influence in Russia and the CIS countries.