"VKontakte" - the only European in the top ten "sotsialok" world - RIA VladTime.ru

social network “VKontakte” became the only European representative, who was in the top ten largest social networks in the world. Analysts point out that to date the project has about 228 million accounts.

First place in the world ranking social networking got 10-year-old Facebook-y, which has about 1.4 billion accounts. Behind him is the famous video hosting YouTube, which today has about a billion users.

As for the Russian representative, “VKontakte”, this social network took eighth place in the ranking, and we should say that life is the only Europeans in the top ten.

It should be noted that near the “VC” are networks such as Google+ and Twitter, but the same Instagram remained outside the top ten, but partly due to the fact that the project is quite young.

However, many experts believe that the actual “VKontakte” should occupy a more prominent position, as it overtook several Chinese social networks that developed very Small scale and only within their country.

Yuri Golubov. RIA VladTaym.