Alternatives and competitors
Sites like VK
The 20 closest social networking alternatives to VK, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 7 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to VK? The closest matches are VK Video, vkplay.ru and Pikabu. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 14 ms
01 · Entity
About VK
Summary by Claude
VK is a Russian social network where users keep profiles, send private and public messages, join groups, public pages and events, share photos, music and video, and play browser games.
- Who it’s for
- Russian-speaking internet users
- Business model
- Advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to VK’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to VK
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to VK, thumbs down if it isn’t.
- 01
Russian service for watching videos
Very close cos 0.937 - 02 Very close cos 0.932
- 03
Горячее – самые интересные и обсуждаемые посты | Пикабу
Пикабу – это уютное информационно-развлекательное сообщество, где любой желающий может опубликовать пост. Истории из жизни, свежие шутки и мемы, познавательные статьи, забавные фото и видео, интересные комментарии. Если другим пользователям понравится ваша история, ее увидят сотни тысяч людей.
- Google Search Console
- Google Workspace
- Meta Business Suite
- Yandex Webmaster
- Atlassian
- Bing Webmaster Tools
Very close cos 0.916 - 04
OK social network. Communication with friends on OK. Your meeting place with classmates
OK is a social network where you can find your old friends. Communication, online games, send gifts and cards to friends. Come to OK, and share your emotions with friends, colleagues and classmates.
Very close cos 0.911 - 05 fotostrana.ru Top 10K
Фотострана — знакомства, чат, игры | 22M+ пользователей
Фотострана — №1 соцсеть знакомств! 22M+ пользователей, 25M+ фото, бесплатный чат, игры, конкурсы. Любовь и флирт рядом!
Very close cos 0.908 - 06
MAX — быстрое и легкое приложение для общения и решения повседневных задач
MAX позволяет отправлять любые виды сообщений и звонить даже на слабых устройствах и при низкой скорости интернета.
Very close cos 0.904 - 07 Very close cos 0.903
- 08
vc.ru — бизнес, технологии, идеи, модели роста, стартапы
Крупнейшая в рунете площадка для предпринимателей нового поколения. Новости ИТ-рынка, вакансии рунета, реклама, PR, интерфейсы, мобильные приложения.
Very close cos 0.904 - 09 Very close cos 0.899
- 10
American online social media and social networking service
Very close cos 0.895 - 11
LinkedIn: Log In or Sign Up
1 billion members | Manage your professional identity. Build and engage with your professional network. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities.
Close cos 0.891 - 12
RUTUBE - смотрите видео онлайн, бесплатно.
RUTUBE — ведущий российский видеопортал, предлагающий к просмотру тв онлайн, кинофильмы, сериалы, мультфильмы и пользовательское видео. Смотри. Создавай. Загружай.
Close cos 0.892 - 13
Чемпионат
sports website
Close cos 0.891 - 14
Lenta.ru - Новости России и мира сегодня
Новости, статьи, фотографии, видео. Семь дней в неделю, 24 часа в сутки.
Close cos 0.891 - 15 Close cos 0.887
- 16
ResearchGate - Temporarily Unavailable
commercial scientific social network
Close cos 0.888 - 17
Featured Content on Myspace
Featured Content on Myspace
Close cos 0.886 - 18 Close cos 0.889
- 19
LiveInternet @ Статистика и дневники, почта и поиск
LiveInternet - крупный сервис дневников и сообществ, авторитетный сервис статистики для сайтов
Close cos 0.889 - 20
TikTok - Make Your Day
video-focused social media platform
Close cos 0.887
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to vk.ru’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones VK uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What VK is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Analytics
- Comscore page source: .scorecardresearch.com
- Languages & backends
- PHP header x-powered-by: KPHP/7.4.127812
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace TXT v=spf1 ip4:93.186.224.0/20 ip4:87.240.128.0/18 ip4:95.142.192.0/21 mx…
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=8-JYAhPi0NDgHvVA0dw9LQHJ_Vrjwv0U45G4r…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=8P-25RIremiet637l6gNrtEMbDM5390-Gu_9BG2v7ac
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=qpsvpgrhcj495s1tpuqqko2h0dml53
- Yandex Webmaster TXT yandex-verification: 8af2f673242c3f27
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what VK adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Yandex Webmaster 11/20
- GlobalSign 7/20
- Meta Business Suite 6/20
- Yandex Metrica · not on vk.ru 6/20
- Google Workspace 5/20
- Atlassian · not on vk.ru 4/20
- Apple Business · not on vk.ru 4/20
- nginx · not on vk.ru 4/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on vk.ru 3/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on vk.ru 3/20
- Bing Webmaster Tools · not on vk.ru 2/20
- Yandex Mail · not on vk.ru 2/20
- Java · not on vk.ru 2/20
- jQuery · not on vk.ru 2/20
- Adobe · not on vk.ru 2/20