OREANDA-NEWS  The monthly volume of traffic to Russian social networks and messengers due to the suspension of foreign services in Russia has almost doubled since the beginning of the year, and the number of users has increased by 20%. This was reported to TASS in the press service of the mobile operator Yota based on the analysis of traffic and the number of users from January 1 to November 30, 2022.

"Against the background of the suspension of the activities of some foreign social networks in Russia, the monthly volume of traffic to domestic services has increased almost 2 times since the beginning of the year, while the number of users has increased by 20%," the press service reported.

According to Yota experts, the number of TenChat users has grown almost 95 times over the year compared to January, and traffic volumes have increased 623 times. At YARUS, the number of users has increased 2.7 times, traffic volumes - 5.4 times. Yappy had an increase of 2.5 times and 14 times, respectively. The number of Rutube users increased by 1.7 times, traffic volumes increased by 6.3 times.

The number of users in the Telegram messenger in November 2022 was 53.32% more than in January of this year, and traffic volumes increased by 158.44%, the Yota press service noted. The second messenger in the selection, "TomTam", turned out to be the next in terms of growth indicators, adding 24.57% and 98.43%, respectively.