Zen
VK, Moscow, RussiaZen is a Russian blogging and media publishing platform originally created by 
Yandex and later acquired by VK.
It allows users to publish articles, videos, clips, and long-form posts, automatically curates content through personalized recommendation feeds, and includes monetization through advertising revenue sharing and subscriber donations.
According to our data, Zen ranks 32th among the social media platforms we track.
It has 0.1% of the social media market share and is detected on 0.08% of all websites.
WikipediaπΈ Pricing
Zen is available for free.
π Rankings and Market Share
- Social Media
- Rank: 32
- Market share: 0.1%
π Zen Awards
- β 8th most popular in Russia in the Social Media category.
β‘ Sites Using Zen
We have data on 2,819 websites that use the Zen social media platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Zen is 
rutube.ru.
| # | Website | π | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rutube.ru |
rutube | #108 | Russia | Russian |
| 2 | ixbt.com | #626 | Russia | Russian | |
| 3 | consultantplus | #1,637 | Russia | Russian | |
| 4 | ria | #1,715 | Russia | Russian | |
| 5 | mk.ru | #2,510 | Russia | Russian | |
| 6 | cbr | #3,300 | Russia | Russian | |
| 7 | news.ru | #3,338 | Russia | Russian | |
| 8 | hibiny | #3,844 | Russia | Russian | |
| 9 | news | #4,151 | Russia | Russian | |
| 10 | adme.media | #4,672 | Netherlands | Russian | |
| 11 | litmarket | #4,930 | Russia | Russian | |
| 12 | progoroduhta.ru | #4,960 | Russia | Russian | |
| 13 | usolie | #5,065 | Russia | Russian | |
| 14 | vedomosti | #5,487 | Russia | Russian | |
| 15 | litres | #5,639 | Russia | Russian | |
| 16 | nakedscience | #5,932 | Russia | Russian | |
| 17 | garant.ru | #6,117 | Russia | Russian | |
| 18 | interfax | #6,233 | Russia | Russian | |
| 19 | sport | #6,299 | Russia | Russian | |
| 20 | tass | #6,466 | Russia | Russian |
π Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Zen:
- are located in Russia
- have content in Russian
- use the .ru domain extension
- fall into the General News category.
Most of the sites using Zen are from Russia.
- Russia 96.2%
- Belarus 1.3%
- Kazakhstan 0.5%
- Germany 0.2%
- Netherlands 0.2%
- Canada 0.1%
- France 0.1%
- Lithuania 0.1%
- Ukraine 0.1%
- Other 1.2%
Most Zen users speak Russian.
- Russian 98.3%
- English 1.4%
- Bulgarian 0.07%
- Italian 0.04%
- Japanese 0.04%
- Turkish 0.04%
- Serbian 0.04%
- Uzbek 0.04%
- Abkhazian 0.04%
The Zen social media platform is especially popular on .ru and .com top-level domains.
- .ru 79%
- .com 6.7%
- .org 1.2%
- .by 1.2%
- .su 1.1%
- .net 1%
- .ΡΡ 0.9%
- .info 0.8%
- .pro 0.7%
- Other 7.4%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Zen include general news, business, and marketing and merchandising.
- General News 16.2%
- Business 12.9%
- Marketing/Merchandising 12%
- Education/Reference 7%
- Blogs/Wiki 6%
- Internet Services 4.7%
- Online Shopping 4.1%
- Health 3.9%
- Entertainment 3.9%
- Other 29.3%
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Facebook㪠Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Zen?
Zen is owned by VK, headquartered in Moscow, Russia.
Is Zen free?
Yes, it is a free social media platform.
Which country uses Zen the most?
The majority of Zen users are from Russia.
Who uses Zen?
According to our data, Zen is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as rutube.ru, ixbt.com, and
consultant.ru.
How does Zen stack up against the competition?
Zen is a moderately popular social media platform, ranking ahead of 55 other social media platforms we track.
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ποΈ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,604,716 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.