Vkontakte.ru founder Pavel Durov, 27, presented key indicators of his social network yesterday at Digital Life Design (DLD), a global conference on innovation, digital, science and culture held annually in Munich (see video How To Know If Ex Wants You Back )
The site – which has just been renamed VK.com – stands as the largest social network in most Russian speaking countries, Durov said. With 31 billion page views per month, according to ComScore, Vkontakte.ru is also the 4th most viewed website in Europe, behind Facebook (163 billion), Google (89 billion) and Mail.ru Group (35 billion).
But Vkontakte.ru is ahead of all its competitors in terms of user engagement, Durov said, quoting ComScore figures. VKontakte users spend no less than 430 minutes each month on the site, compared to 348 minutes for Facebook, making the Russian site “the most efficient tool to waste time,” Durov joked.
During his speech, Durov also announced a $1 million donation to Wikipedia.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales welcomed the generous donation. “I wish I could give away $1 million when I was 27,” he joked.
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