In modern world social networks become an important source of information about popularity of Forex brokers for marketing experts, PR-managers, private investors, and investment funds. VKontakte and Odnoklassniki are the most popular social resources in the Russian Federation (see the article “Most Popular Social Networks among Russians: Odnoklassniki and VKontakte); they differ from other services by the annual rise in the number of accounts, owing to which these networks have become an independent instrument of market analysis, which shows hidden trends of development, namely, what world known trademarks and brands gain or lose popularity.
What Forex brokers are most popular among traders in social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki? This issue has been studied by the Analytics Team of the “Market Leader”.
Forex Brokers – Leaders of Popularity in Odnoklassniki and VKontakte Groups
The most popular social networks of Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Belarus, and other countries have already become one of the strongest marketing instruments, for:
- VKontakte social network allows telling about oneself and one’s interests of 38 million users;
- Odnoklassniki social network has over 205 million of registered accounts:
The total number of participants in same-name groups in social networks VKontakte and Odnoklassniki show that the brokers’ popularity is the following:
- the first place is occupied by Forex Trend broker company with the total number of participants in social networks amounting to 48 217;
- the second place belongs to Forex4ou company with 41 161 participants;
- the third place is owned by TeleTrade participants, whose total number of participants in odnoklassniki.ru and vk.com is 34 496.
The total sum of all participants in groups of social networks amounts to 275 240 users.
Forex Trend – Leader of Popularity in VKontakte Social Network
Every day social network VKontakte is visited by 38 million users, who may exchange news, messages, music, or pictures. Such feature of the network makes it one of the largest media-storages in the Internet.
So which Forex broker has most fans in VKontakte social network?

The first place among broker companies popular in social networks belongs to ForexTrend, which provides innovative services in various directions of trading, as well as a variety of bonus programs and unique offers.
Advantages of ForexTrend services are the following:
- all PAMM accounts are managed by professional traders that have considerable work experience at the market;
- the unique product of PAMM account indexes enables stable earning even for beginners;
- minimal risk. In comparison to other investment instruments, products of ForexTrend are characterized by low potential risks;
- high and stable profit for managers, investors, and their partners;
- traders do not have to be aware of peculiarities of investing and Forex market, they should only purchase a PAMM account index and get the earned percentage.
The second most popular broker company according to groups in VKontakte social network has become Forex4you. One of its main rules is being open to clients. Its representative offices are located in all CIS countries, it enables trade of over 50 financial instruments. Except for standard accounts, where deals are affected with participation of a dealer, the corporation suggests its clients a special NDDЕ-technology, where deals are affected without a dealer.
The third place among most popular Forex brokers in VKontakte social network belongs to TeleTrade, which has been working at the market since 1994 and has over 150 offices in 20 countries worldwide, thus providing a wide range of services to its clients. TeleTrade is a guarantee of safety of investors’ means in international banks, some of which have been its partners since the company’s foundation.
Little popularity in VKontakte social network is given to such Forex brokers:
- OANDA
- GFT
- HY Capital Markets
- Kalita-Finance
- Univell Broker
Leaders of Popularity in Odnoklassniki Social Network
Every day Odnoklassniki social network is visited by about 30 million users, who can not only exchange messages, but also change interface of pages to their pleasure. Online-radio is also available at the web-site, so one can download or listen to favourite songs.
Which Forex broker is most popular in Odnoklassniki social network?

Judging from the table, the following conclusions can be made about popularity of Forex brokers in Odnoklassniki social network:
- the first place is occupied by Alpari broker company, the only company in Russia and CIS countries that regularly sets records by the increase in opened real accounts and trading turnover. It is widely known abroad, having the reputation of a progressive, reliable company, which provides high-quality service and safety of clients’ means.
- the second position belongs to FXOpen company, founded in 2003; its main direction is improvement of innovative trading decisions. It is extremely popular in Islamic world.
- the third most popular company is MillTrade, the main purpose of which is providing investors with an opportunity to earn at financial market at most convenient terms and highest quality service. Benefits of the broker include the following: variety of trading instruments, instant fulfillment of orders, contests with money prizes, unique bonus programs, profitable suggestions for VIP-clients.
Unknown to users of Odnoklassniki social network have proved to be the following brokers:
- FBS
- Larson&Holz IT Ltd
- GKFX
- TusarFx
- MIG BANK
- FIBO Group
- ActivTrades
- Nefteprombank
- Dukascopy Bank SA
- Saxo Bank
- OANDA
- GFT
- Kalita-Finance
- Univell Broker
Some Forex brokers, such as OANDA, GFT, Kalita-Finance, Univell Broker, and others underestimate the significance of social networks, which may have negative impact on the inflow of new traders. Resources Odnoklassniki and VKontakte are the best instrument to gain recognition of Forex traders.
Tatiana Dementieva

Tatiana Dementieva