How has the number of subscribers of YouTube bloggers who talk about the war changed

Dmitro Shevchuk
Dmitro Shevchuk Executive Editor
How has the number of subscribers of YouTube bloggers who talk about the war changed
graphics: YouTube bloggers' rating of Ukraine ("Slovo i dilo").
How the number of subscribers of the most popular YouTube bloggers covering war topics has changed over the year – in an infographic.

The most popular Ukrainian YouTube blogger and journalist creating content on wartime topics for the second year in a row is Dmytro Gordon, reports ThePublic.info citing «Slovo i Dilo».

 His video channel «Visiting Gordon» has increased its subscribers to 4.45 million (+5%) over the year, with views totaling 2 billion 984.8 million. Another channel, «Dmytro Gordon», has grown even more in audience over the year, now boasting 3.55 million subscribers (+9.9% annually) and 2 billion 144.1 million views.

The second most popular in Ukraine remains researcher and TV host Dmytro Komarov and his channel «World Inside Out». Currently, Komarov has 4.21 million subscribers (+3.7%), with views totaling 1 billion 339.8 million.

In third place is the channel of journalist and recent TV host Volodymyr Zolkin, where he, among other things, posts videos with Russian prisoners of war. Over the year, the channel has increased its subscribers by 4.5% — to 2.32 million. The content views have grown to 1 billion 414.3 million.

Public figure and volunteer Serhiy Sternenko's YouTube subscribers have increased over the year to 2.09 million (+4.5%). Channel views have grown to 1 billion 212.1 million.

Blogger and journalist Ramin Eskhakzai currently has 1.48 million subscribers (+1.4%), with her content views at 193.9 million.

Over the year, the audience of the YouTube channel of Member of Parliament from «European Solidarity» Oleksiy Honcharenko has noticeably increased — to 1.42 million subscribers (+8.4%). It is worth noting that before the resumption of parliamentary session broadcasts on the «Rada» channel, Honcharenko conducted his own streams from the chamber. Currently, he has 926.3 million views.

Journalist Roman Tsymbaliuk's YouTube channel has 1.39 million subscribers (+10.3%) and 990.6 million views.

TV host, producer, and actor Oleksiy Durnev currently has 1.39 million subscribers — the same as a year ago. The video channel has accumulated 493.3 million views. Currently, Oleksiy mainly posts ironic video reviews.

TV host Yana Sokolova's followers increased by 7.9% over the year — to 1.36 million. The number of views is 424.8 million.

The channel of journalist and military analyst Yuriy Butusov increased its subscribers by 10.3% over the year — to 1.29 million. Its content has garnered 459.1 million views. He is currently in the military. But this did not prevent his channel from achieving the highest percentage growth in subscribers.

This year, for the first time, political scientist and Ukrainian Armed Forces major Taras Berezovets enters the list of millionaire bloggers. His video channel grew from 980 thousand to 1.05 million subscribers over the year (+7.1%). The content has accumulated 382.7 million views.

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