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★ PromtPress Public Report · Issue # 001

Channel audit Forbes Russia

Forbes Russia
@forbesrussia Forbes — business, economy, finance, careers and lifestyle. https://vk.com/forbes Registered in Roskomnadzor list:…
11.06.2026
Subscribers
235 238
-589 per month
ERR (% see posts)
6.0%
per day 5.7%
Reach/post
13.5K
ad reach 13.5K/24h
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Section 01 · Channel snapshot

Key channel metrics

Each card is a separate channel health indicator. Subtitle shows the period it covers.

Subscribers
235 238
Subscriber reach
5.75%
avg % subs see post
Views/post
13.5K
median 12.7K · 22 days
Posts/day
37.9
~266 per week
7d trend
no data for period
Reactions/post
73.0
total 62,163 reactions, 38,479 reposts, 0 comments
Post length
522 chars
median 424 · 22 days
Posts analyzed
851
22 days
Ad reach
13.5K
24h avg
Churn / month
-589
last month
Citations
2 219
citation index · 7,586 channels mentioned all time
Channel age
9 years 7 months
created 01.11.2016
Section 02 · Content analysis

What works best

Top posts by engagement and outsiders — to see what to repeat and what to drop from rotation.

Section 03 · Subscriber dynamics

How the channel grew over the year

Subscriber growth chart for the year. Key months show exact subscriber count. Shows months of growth and decline.

241.3K239.6K238K236.4K234.7K240.2KJun 25240KJul 25240KAug 25240KSep 25240.2KOct 25240.2KNov 25239.6KDec 25237.5KJan 26236.9KFeb 26236.3KMar 26235.9KApr 26235.9KMay 26235.5KJun 26
Period start
240 166
Now
235 240
Net growth
-4 926
Section 04 · Mentions

Who mentions the channel and how

Citation index 2 219 — channel popularity rating based on mentions. Considers both count & weight: a post from a 100k subs channel weighs more than from 1k subs. All-time channel mentions: 7 586 different channels. Below — countries, formats, source channels, and topics.

Countries mentioning
Russia 95.5%
Ukraine 0.8%
Belarus 0.5%
Kazakhstan 0.1%
Uzbekistan 0.1%
Format mentioned in
Mentioned in a separate post 41.8%
In bundles with 2-5 channels 20.9%
In bundles with 6-10 channels 8.4%
In bundles with 11+ channels 28.9%
In suspicious channels (bots) 4.0%
Size of channels mentioning
Micro-channels (up to 1K) 61.4%
1K–10K subs 19.9%
10K–30K subs 8.7%
30K–100K subs 4.9%
over 100K subs 5.0%
Topics mentioned in
News & Media 23.2%
Politics 22.8%
Economy 12.4%
Blogs 11.2%
Other 9.6%
Section 05 · Ad potential

How long a post generates reach

Avg reach of ad post by time since publication. Helps estimate how long a placement should «live».

10.7K
in 12 hours
13.5K
in 24 hours
+26% vs prev
13.8K
in 48 hours
+2% vs prev
17.2K
in 72 hours
+25% vs prev
Section 06 · Competitors

Who you compete with

11 nearest channels by topic and audience. Your channel is highlighted — see its rank among niche peers.

Channel Subscribers
The Economist 1.2M
TETopor. Economy. 1.2M
BBRuthless Bankster 1M
ALAlfa-Bank 1M
RERussian economy 849.3K
ALAlfa-Investments 736.6K
MUMultiplier 734.3K
SBSber 717K
OGOlga Gogaladze 590.2K
BChMore than economy 541.2K
FRForbes RussiaYou 235.2K
Section 07 · Mention dynamics

How often the channel is mentioned

Monthly we track posts in other channels that mention your channel. Over the last 6 months such mentions were 2 153, they brought 1 908 new subs. This is a different metric from the citation index above — here it's individual mention posts per period, there it's cumulative rating.

Period Mentions Channels Brought subscribers
December 2025 399 92
2
November 2025 396 123
111
October 2025 312 74
483
September 2025 316 99
617
August 2025 287 88
362
July 2025 443 159
333
Total mentions
2 153
Months of data
6
Attracted subscribers
1 908
Section 08 · Niche comparison

Where the channel stands in its league

Took top-100 channels in category «Economy» (Russia) and compared your channel. Gray band — range for 80% of niche channels (p10 to p90). Black vertical — median. Red dot — your channel.

#36/ 100
Position in niche
Channel in top half of ranking
Subscribers better than 55% of niche
182.6K
57.1K 235 238 — your channel 696.6K
Avg reach / post 40% below median
22.7K
2.5K 13 525 — your channel 87.8K
Citation index better than 74% of niche
807
0 2 219 — your channel 4K
Section 09 · Strategy

What to do right now

5 priority actions sorted by expected impact. Check off and revisit next month.

01

Main post of the week — on Thursday

Audience is most active on this day at 21:00 MSK.

Effect
Best time for an important post
02

Increase share of video posts

Video in Telegram retains audience longer and is favored by the algorithm. We recommend increasing share to 15-25%.

Effect
Video retains audience better
03

Systematic traffic buying

Three formats for your media: Inhouse (premium channels), Native (native integrations), Premium (target audience). PromtPress finds sources for your niche.

Effect
+1000-3000 subs
04

Test polls & interactive formats

Posts with polls/reactions typically boost ER by 5-15%. One weekly poll on a hot topic — easy growth lever.

Effect
+5-15% ER
05

Cross-promo with neighboring channels

Exchange posts quarterly with channels in the same segment. No need daily — 2-3 collabs give relevant growth.

Effect
Growth from relevant audience

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