top | item 46983514 WhatsApp says Russia tried to fully block service to push state app 8 points| jumpocelot | 18 days ago |reuters.com 4 comments order hn newest ramuel|18 days ago Is WhatsApp really that common in Russia? I would assume most people just use VK and Telegram. mgrviper|18 days ago It is very common, on par with Telegram. Telegram is also banned as well, everyone is herded to "MAX" messenger, developed by VK ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_(app) ) load replies (1) jumpocelot|18 days ago I believe it's quite popular, actually. Data gathered from a leak [1] shows that Russia had the 5th largest share of total WhatsApp users as of 2021.[1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.20252
ramuel|18 days ago Is WhatsApp really that common in Russia? I would assume most people just use VK and Telegram. mgrviper|18 days ago It is very common, on par with Telegram. Telegram is also banned as well, everyone is herded to "MAX" messenger, developed by VK ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_(app) ) load replies (1) jumpocelot|18 days ago I believe it's quite popular, actually. Data gathered from a leak [1] shows that Russia had the 5th largest share of total WhatsApp users as of 2021.[1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.20252
mgrviper|18 days ago It is very common, on par with Telegram. Telegram is also banned as well, everyone is herded to "MAX" messenger, developed by VK ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_(app) ) load replies (1)
jumpocelot|18 days ago I believe it's quite popular, actually. Data gathered from a leak [1] shows that Russia had the 5th largest share of total WhatsApp users as of 2021.[1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.20252
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[1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.20252