Pikabu

Pikabu (Пикабу) is a social networking service from Russia with an emphasis on user-generated content, where users can submit links, images, gifs, and videos which will then be voted by the community. It was founded on August 1, 2009 by Maxim Khryashchev to create a website similar to Reddit.

As of February 2023, Pikabu was the 22nd most visited website in Russia and the 283rd most visited website in world, according to Similarweb.

History
The name of the website comes from the children's game Peekaboo. The site was created based on a modified free Digg like software.

Since September 2022, the site has been owned by the company of Alexey Nechayev, founder of the New People political party.

Site overview
The site works on the principle of user-generated content. Users can post and comment on content that can be text, as well as images, gifs, and videos. Comments on Pikabu are infinitely branching.

Users can also cast positive and negative votes on a post or a comment, and depending on its score it can appear higher or lower on the site.

Registration on the site is required to post and comment, viewing the site (except for NSFW content) is available for everyone.