To bid farewell to an action-packed year, Russia’s most popular social network, VKontakte, has posted a list of 2014’s most discussed topics. RusBase brings you a rundown of the top 10:
Sochi 2014 – 56,200,000
Top of the list and way ahead of the competition comes the Winter Olympics in Sochi, and the Russian team’s victory. Thanks to a deal between the IOC and VKontakte, users could find results and news about the games on the site, and share their thoughts on all aspects of the games.
Ukraine Crisis – 36,370,000
The events in Maidan Square, the toppling of Victor Yanukovych, and the subsequent conflict in eastern Ukraine didn’t escape VKontake users, who discussed it in their millions.
Currency Crash – 11,200,000
The fluctuating value of the rouble resulting from western economic sanctions was one of the most talked about aspects of the past year.
World Cup in Brazil – 11,030,000
The second most important sporting event of the year, according to Russia’s social networkers, was the Word Cup in Brazil, which saw Germany defeat Argentina in the final to won the trophy.
Crimea – 10,402,000
The referendum about Crimea’s future status, and its subsequent incorporation into the Russian Federation was the subject of over 10 million public posts in 2014.
VKontakte – 9,191,000
Here at RusBase we’ve seen what a busy year 2014 was for VKontakte,, which might explain why the company itself got so many mentions.
GTA 5 – 1,490,000
A gaming masterpiece from the games developers at Rockstar, even though GTA 5 was released in 2013, Vkontakte users just can’t stop talking about it.
‘Fizruk’ TV Series – 1,136,000
Russian comedy series “Fizruk” (PE teacher) came out in April 2014, and was a huge hit. A third season is planned for 2015, and will no doubt receive similar attention across Russia’s social media.
iPhone 6 – 841,000
Love them or hate them, Apple products always grab our attention, and the iPhone 6 proved no exception.
Game of Thrones – 754,000
The cult TV serial continues to grow in popularity, amassing armies of followers across the world, and especially in Russia.
The five most talked about people of the year will come as no surprise, all of them being connected with political events in Russia, Ukraine and across the globe. Russian President topped the list with 12,498,000 mentions, followed by Viktor Yanukovych, Petro Poroshenko, Barak Obama and Yulia Tymoshenko.
In the light of all these goings on, it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture, but it would seem that life’s great questions are never far from the minds of Russia’s social media users. Tolstoy wrote the 560,000 words that made up his most famous novel almost 150 years ago, but it turns out that even the great writer could not match up to Vkontakte users who mentioned War and Peace 16,270,000 and 51,784,000 times respectively.
Source: VK.com
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Robin Munby
I'm a final year modern languages student at the University of Sheffield in the UK. I have spent the last year studying at Petrozavodsk State University in Russia and the University of Havana in Cuba. robinmunby@yahoo.co.uk |
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