Focus's "Top 50 Bloggers in Ukraine 2024" ranking: voting results revealed (photo).
Bloggers in the ranking were categorized as follows:
- politics;
- business;
- science and technology;
- lifestyle;
- leisure and entertainment;
- health and sports;
- culture;
- celebrities;
- military;
- humor
"Top 50 Bloggers of Ukraine" is published by the editorial team after the final tally and thorough verification for the use of bot farms or the purchase of votes on exchanges.
Focus Ranking "Top 50 Bloggers of Ukraine-2024"
1. Maxim Zhorin / "Military" - a major in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, former commander of the legendary "Azov" regiment. He is a professional soldier and currently serves as the deputy commander of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, which has distinguished itself in the most challenging areas: liberating Kherson region, towns in Donetsk region, and engaging in heavy battles near Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
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2. Stasya Makeeva / "Lifestyle" — a blogger who creates TikTok videos with her three-year-old daughter, Mishel. The girl is the star of most of the videos published by the family.
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3. Stanislav Bunyatov ("Osman") / "Military" — a 23-year-old soldier, author of the Telegram channel "Sniper Talks," and commander of a unit in the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade "Aidar" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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4. Oleg Mashukovsky / "Celebrities" — started his career as a beauty industry master, later transitioning into blogging and participating in various projects.
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5. Candy Superstar / "Lifestyle" — a 25-year-old Ukrainian blogger with a million followers. She blogs about her life, aiming to spread positivity and create unique content.
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6. Baba Dasha (Daria Pazyuk) / "Lifestyle" - a 35-year-old blogger, businesswoman, wife, and mother of three sons from Novomoskovsk in Dnipropetrovsk region.
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7. Diana Kozachok (Dianoria) / "Lifestyle" — during her pregnancy, she blogged about pregnancy and motherhood, and now shares moments of raising her child not only on Instagram but also on the YouTube channel "Mom's Movement," which she co-hosts with bloggers Yana Varvaruk and Maria Kulik.
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8. Vladimir Zolkin / "Military" — a Ukrainian journalist, public activist, blogger, and author of the YouTube channel Volodymyr Zolkin. The channel was launched in January 2019 and features 1,534 videos, which have been viewed 1,223,108,766 times.
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9. Alexander Voloshin / "Lifestyle" — has been blogging for many years. He started with advertising in the goods business and then evolved into a solo performer of his own songs, a coach teaching how to develop one's own business on social media from scratch, and an interviewer with his own YouTube channel.
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10. Dmitry Karpenko ("Apostle") / "Military" — gained fame as a colleague of another journalist and blogger — Vladimir Zolkin. Together, they founded a project to communicate with Russian prisoners of war and their families in 2022, collaborating with the "Find Your Own" project.
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11. Robert Brovdi ("Madyar") — a serviceman, founder, and commander of the "Madyar Birds" unit. Before the full-scale invasion, he was a businessman engaged in grain trading and is a co-founder of the art fund "BrovdiArt".
12. Anastasia Skalnitskaya — a florist and blogger, previously known as Talpa. Anastasia is from Mykolaiv and gained popularity after participating with comedian Mark Kutsovalov in the show "Couple for a Million." She positions herself not only as a bouquet and floral arrangement specialist but also as an expert on monetization on Instagram.
13. Alexander Yarmak — better known as a rap performer and artist, but since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, he has voluntarily taken up the defense of his homeland. Now, in addition to his singing career, he is actively developing in the military direction.
14. Yulia Verbinets (Verba)" — a 21-year-old Ukrainian blogger and influencer, began her blogging journey at the age of 11. She first registered on Instagram in 2017 when she was 14. Yulia Verba has numerous achievements, including winning the "Best Lifestyle Blogger" award from Blogger Zone in 2019, and in 2020 she made it to the top 30 most popular influencers according to Forbes.
15. Andrey Kovalenko — a lieutenant in the Defense Forces, head of the Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (CPD NSDC). In the agency, he details examples of Russian propaganda and how not to become a victim of it.
16. David Kasatkin (Chemist) - a soldier of the "Azov" regiment from Mariupol. He has been in Russian captivity. Now he trains "Azov" members as an officer-instructor in combat training. He posts personal photos and videos from the front on social media, writing posts about the war in Ukraine.
17. Vitaly Dribnitsa — one of the most well-known historical video bloggers in Ukraine. Vitaly lives in Bila Tserkva, has a historical education, and taught at the Bila Tserkva Humanitarian-Pedagogical College. He is also a co-author of Ukrainian history textbooks for secondary schools.
18. Victoria Bakalova — a 26-year-old blogger from Cherkasy. She has participated in various entertainment shows on television, including "The Bachelor," "Shopping Goddess," "League of Laughter," etc., and collaborated with the casting department of the "New Channel." Victoria opened her own affiliate-focused digital agency "I BRAND," and is a co-host of the YouTube show Okay Eva Bar.
19. Igor Lachenko — a Ukrainian blogger who created the Telegram channel "Lachen writes" with news, which has over 1.5 million subscribers. Another project of Lachenko is the Telegram channel "Bro sent a meme," which publishes humorous content. He is actively involved in volunteering.
20. Mikhail Lebiga - a 26-year-old streamer and blogger from Khmelnytskyi region. He has been actively streaming on Twitch since the fall of 2022, currently with 371 thousand subscribers. Lebiga gained popularity by recording conversational streams: watching and commenting on TV programs and online videos, particularly Ukrainian shows, interviews, and televised debates.
21. Evgeny Moroz — a volunteer and historian born in Poltava region. He has a degree in history. He gained fame due to his educational activities on YouTube, mainly communicating with Russians and trying to convey information about Ukrainian historical events that were suppressed by Soviet power and are still silenced by Russian authorities.
22. Officer+ (Alex) - 24-year-old Alexander, an officer and author of the Telegram channel "Officer ✙". In it, the soldier publishes relevant information he receives from his comrades from various fronts. The blog not only highlights events from the frontline but also serves as a useful resource for combat units.
23. Alexey Arestovich — a Ukrainian political figure, blogger, columnist. He holds a degree as a military translator. He was an actor in the Kyiv theater-studio "Black Square" and also worked in the Main Intelligence