Focus's "Top 50 Bloggers in Ukraine 2024" ranking: only one week left until voting closes!

The current list features 229 influencers selected based on various criteria, including media mentions, follower counts, support for Ukraine and its Defense Forces, and their level of controversy.

The bloggers in the ranking are categorized as follows:

• politics;
• business;
• science and technology;
• lifestyle;
• leisure and entertainment;
• health and sports;
• culture;
• celebrities;
• military;
• humor.

The top 50 will include those influencers who receive the most votes from readers.

Top Ten Influencers in the Blogger Ranking

Stasya Makeeva - a blogger from Kharkiv with a total audience of 6.5 million followers. She is raising two children — a daughter and a son. The young woman supports the Ukrainian army.

Oleg Mashukovsky - initially ventured into the beauty sphere, appeared in various projects and music videos, and even released a solo song. At the beginning of 2024, the blogger came out and revealed his same-sex relationship. Mashukovsky proposed to his boyfriend Dan on the summit of Hoverla.

Candy Superstar — a 25-year-old girl who predominantly shares positivity on her blog. She claims to have almost no haters and does not respond to negative comments. In March 2022, Candy filmed humorous videos about burying supporters of Vladimir Putin. In 2024, she set a national record with her video garnering 351 million views.

Baba Dasha (Daria Pazyuk) — a 35-year-old blogger, businesswoman, wife, and mother of three sons. In July, she won the "Business Mom Blogger" category at the 2024 Blogger Awards. Daria switched to Ukrainian after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation and supports the military, although she only assists units whose fighters she knows personally.

Stanislav Buniyatov ("Osman") - a soldier of the 24th Separate Assault Brigade "Aidar," author of the Telegram channel "Says Sniper," where he discusses the operational situation on various fronts and raises over a million hryvnias for Ukrainian defenders in just a few hours.

Diana Kozachok (Dianoria) - an influencer from Ivano-Frankivsk who gained fame through her blog about pregnancy and motherhood. After the birth of her son, she shares her experiences not only on Instagram but also on the YouTube channel "Mom's Movement," which she runs alongside bloggers Yana Varvaruk and Maria Kulik.

Alexander Voloshin — a blogger and singer. He started his career advertising consumer goods and now teaches how to develop a business from scratch. Since the onset of the full-scale war, he has been helping Ukrainian defenders, volunteering, organizing fundraisers, and conducting charitable events. In July 2024, Voloshin became embroiled in a scandal after calling for negotiations with Russia following a Russian missile strike on the children's hospital "Okhmatdyt" in Kyiv. In August, he left Ukraine.

Vladimir Zolkin - a journalist, public activist, and blogger. Together with journalist Dmitry Karpenko, he created the YouTube project "Interviews with Russian Captives," where conversations with occupiers are published. In 2024, a new series of recordings emerged — discussions with collaborators who cooperated with the Russian Armed Forces or Russian special services.

Maxim Zhorin ("Mose") — a major in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, former commander of the legendary "Azov" regiment, and currently the deputy commander of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade. In his Telegram blog, the military shares, as he puts it, the real state of affairs at the front. He speaks candidly about issues in Ukraine, Western aid, mobilization, "advisors" in the Armed Forces, recruitment, and combat preparation. He does not hide his views on draft dodgers and exposes Russian propaganda.

Dmitry Karpenko ("Apostle") — a journalist and blogger who, along with Vladimir Zolkin, founded a YouTube project where he communicates with Russian prisoners of war and their relatives. Karpenko often invites members of the RDK or Ukrainian soldiers who have themselves been in Russian captivity to discussions with Russian captives. It is known that Karpenko's cousin spent 9 months in Russian captivity.

To view the complete list of candidates for the top 50 bloggers in Ukraine, you can check the link.