Top 100 CEOs · Russia
Pavel Durov
Telegram 
- Score
- 8,9170 today
- Rank
- 39/197 ↓26
- over 90 days
- −284−2.9%
Pavel Durov is the founder and CEO of Telegram, a major messaging platform, and former founder and CEO of VKontakte. His public communication focuses on advocating for digital privacy and free speech, promoting Telegram's features (including channels, rich formatting, bots, and crypto wallets), and critiquing competitors like WhatsApp and government regulations (notably from the EU, Russia, France, and India). He shares updates about Telegram's contests, product launches, and technological advancements, and offers political commentary on surveillance and censorship, often positioning himself as a dissident against state overreach.
Data as of Oct 25, 2026.
The raw numbers · last 90 days
- Median views
- 1.4M
- per post
- Median engagements
- 32.2K
- per post
- Posts
- 8
- over 90 days
- Followers
- 5.5M
- all scored platforms
What drives the score
Percentiles 0–100 against all tracked creators.
- Reach · 30%99
Average views per post over 90 days
- Engagement · 30%99
Average reactions per post
- Audience · 30%99
Total followers, relative to population
- Consistency · 10%57
Posting frequency (25 posts / 90 days = 100)
Platforms
5.5M total followers
| Platform | Followers | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Instagram@durov | 1.8M | 2,974t8 |
| YouTube@Pavel Durov | 25.2K | 1,219t10 |
| X@durov | 3.7M | 9,543t1 |
| Facebook@durov | 173K | not scored |
Head-to-head
