The founder of the author’s channel on Telegram, Georgiy Lobushkin, Russia, on March 21 unveiled the statistics of the social network in Uzbekistan, noting that the Central Asian republic ranked second after Russia in the number of channels.

‘Few know, but Uzbekistan now ranks second (after Russia) in the number of Telegram channels and their audience.'

Georgiy Lobushkin stated that the total audience of Telegram channels in Uzbekistan comprises 740, 990,000 people.

He added that the Telegram market in the republic looks promising, as there are more than 123,000 Telegram channels and about 18,000 chat rooms registered in Uzbekistan.