VK
social networking service from Russia
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Summary
VK is a social networking service[1]. VK draws 25,518 Wikipedia views per month (social networking service category, ranking #13 of 83).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Pavel Durov[3]
- Creator: Pavel Durov[4]
- Country: Russia[5]
- Instance of: website[6], music streaming service[7], online community[8]
- Founder: Pavel Durov[9], Yitzchak Mirilashvili[10], Lev Leviev[11]
- Maintained by: Igor Sychev[12]
- Owned by: VK[13]
- Headquarters location: Saint Petersburg[14]
- Developer: Pavel Durov[15]
- Location: Saint Petersburg[16]
- Programmed in: KPHP[17]
- Child organization or unit: Рекламные инструменты «ВКонтакте»[18]
- Commons category: Vkontakte[19]
- Language of work or name: Russian[20], English[21]
- Country of origin: Russia[22]
- Inception: October 10, 2006[23]
- Official website: https://vk.com[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Vkontakte[25]
- Product or material produced: social networking service[26]
- Visitors per year: 100,000,000[27]
- Described by source: Lentapedia[28]
- Topic has template: Template:VK user[29]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/vk[30]
- Alexa rank: 15[31], 14[32]
- Main Wikidata property: P3185[33], P9694[34]
Why It Matters
VK has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] VK is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]