Max's developer said they managed to get 140 million people into the country's messenger within a year and a half after the platform was launched, the audience of the government-promoted Max Messenger was nominally almost equal to the population of Russia, including babies and the elderly. According to the financial statements of the developer of the service, 140 million users have registered with Max. This figure also includes users from other countries, whose number as of the beginning of October exceeded 11.5 million. According to VK, which is headed by Vladimir Kirinko, the son of Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Kirinko, citizens of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan register the most on Messenger abroad. In total, Max has become available in 40 countries, the company says. The monthly audience of the state messenger as of October 2026, according to VK, exceeded 109 million users (in August they reported 108 million), the daily audience - 90 million (it was 87 million), and the total number of channels compared to the last quarter increased by 3.5 million - from 11.5 to 15 million. Their audience, according to VK, reached 570 million subscribers. For comparison: Telegram's monthly audience, which was de facto blocked in Russia, as of September, according to Digital Budget analysts, grew to 114 million unique users (+26% from year to year). In the past, several experts called Max a spy app that passes data to the Russian security forces.

Max's developer said they managed to get 140 million people into the country's messenger within a year and a half after the platform was launched, the audience of the government-promoted Max Messenger was nominally almost equal to the population of Russia, including babies and the elderly. According to the financial statements of the developer of the service, 140 million users have registered with Max. This figure also includes users from other countries, whose number as of the beginning of October exceeded 11.5 million. According to VK, which is headed by Vladimir Kirinko, the son of Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Kirinko, citizens of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan register the most on Messenger abroad. In total, Max has become available in 40 countries, the company says. The monthly audience of the state messenger as of October 2026, according to VK, exceeded 109 million users (in August they reported 108 million), the daily audience - 90 million (it was 87 million), and the total number of channels compared to the last quarter increased by 3.5 million - from 11.5 to 15 million. Their audience, according to VK, reached 570 million subscribers. For comparison: Telegram's monthly audience, which was de facto blocked in Russia, as of September, according to Digital Budget analysts, grew to 114 million unique users (+26% from year to year). In the past, several experts called Max a spy app that passes data to the Russian security forces.