In March 2025, around **** of respondents in Russia used WhatsApp, which was the largest share compared to other messenger applications. The share of Russians who used Telegram reached ** percent, while the third-most popular messenger was VKontakte Messenger.
While other social media platforms by Meta Platforms are banned in Russia, WhatsApp can be used in the country. Users aged 25 to 44 years spent the most time on the messenger in the first seven months of 2024. The penetration rate of WhatsApp in Russia stood at around ** percent as of 2022, which was lower than in Brazil and Italy, but higher than in Sweden and Australia.
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