All about "Pikabu": what is it, reviews

Such a beautiful, sonorous and incomprehensible word. Peekaboo - what is it? In translation into Russian "peak" means a furtive glance. Probably, that's why in the end of the XIX - the beginning of the XX century, the so-called women's hairstyle was called - a short haircut with a long bang covering one eye. Her owner really looked at the world as it were sly.

Today, Pikabu is one of the most popular entertainment sites among young people. And its users are proudly called "pikabushniki." This portal differs from many other topics in that almost all the posts on it were created by the users of "Pikabu" themselves. What kind of site is this, and where did it come from?

Historical reference

A site with such an unusual name created in April 2009, a mysterious to a certain period of Maxim, before that about "Pikabu" no one had ever heard. At first the resource consisted of reposts of other social networks alone. There were simply no one to write original posts - there was no audience at the site. Probably, even Maxim himself then could not have imagined that in a year the site will have 5,000 users!

Today they know everything about Pikabu. What it is, have learned more than 1 600 000 people who are subscribers of this site. Comes on him and Russian-speaking youth. Every day more than 800,000 people visit the portal, where at least 200 funny pictures and interesting posts appear every day.

Pikabushniki: who are they and where from?

A third of active "pikabushniki" are Muscovites, about 10 percent live in St. Petersburg, up to 5 percent live in Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Chelyabinsk. More than 80 percent of them are men! And mostly men are young. More than half of the stronger sexes attending this resource are boys from 18 to 24 years old. The vast majority of regulars (over 74 percent!) Have higher or incomplete higher education. And the biggest part of "pikabushniki", judging by their social status, are students (37.4 percent), they are definitely a pro in Pikabu, that they know it firsthand.

What are they doing there?

In "Pikabu" posts can not be estimated only by "likes" (here they are called "pluses"), as it is done in other social networks, but also "minuses". That is, to assess what you see and read is an opportunity, not only on the positive side, but on the contrary.

Registered users of this youth portal have the opportunity to independently post news, write comments, vote for the content posted on the site. By the way, the opportunity to comment is the only way that members of the entertainment community can interact with each other, since there is no format for private communication in "messages" on its pages.

It is interesting that the posts marked "plus" are displayed on a separate page.

Clicking in the settings of your account for "strawberry", "pikabushniki" get the opportunity to see posts for adults. We will remind: the most part of visitors of the man. It should be noted: it is strictly forbidden to place pornography on "Pikabu".

Users of the portal can filter according to their preference and posts, and authors who did not like them. Many people like the ability to write notes about other users that are visible only to their author.

It is interesting that you can watch posts even without access to the Internet. The live community of "pikabushnikov" actively and in offline.

Why "pikabushnikam" rating?

Users of the site do not just post their posts on it, give assessments to others and write comments, but get a rating for it. At registration, it is zero. Evaluation of the comment affects him in the positive or negative side by a half point, and the assessment of the post is one. And these are not just numbers, much depends on them.

So, if the rating:

• -200 - the account is automatically locked;
• -25 - the opportunity to leave comments is lost;
• +10 - added the right to add a picture;
• +150 - user can post video;
• +1000 - you can already add a link and edit the post;
• +10000 - you can combine tags.

Thus, "Pikabu" is able to identify dull and uninteresting users on the site and eliminate them. And interesting - on the contrary, to encourage.

On the pages of some of the most active "pikabushnikov" statuettes on golden stands stand out. These prizes are given for the most commented post, for the best text post, the best video of the week, and so on.

There are prizes and individual. They are issued for special merit by name and are unique - each is available only for one "pikabushnika." Examples of these are "The Artist", "Kinoman", "The Clairvoyant", "The Strawberry Expert", etc.

Hot. The best. Fresh

At the very top of the page of the site "Pikabu", under its logo, there are three tabs, each of which sorts the content in its own way:

• Hot.
• The best.
• Fresh.

Going to the tab on the "Peekabu" "Fresh", the user gets to the newest posts, many of which have never been evaluated. It is those "pikabushniki" that sit in the "fresh", determine which posts will fall into the "hot" - because the fate of the post can solve just some 10 cons.

"Pikabu" - "Hot" - this posts posted on the site recently and estimated mainly pluses. Next comes the next step.

"Pikabu" - "Best" - the top of the evaluation. Only those posts that scored the highest rating in the last 24 hours fall into this category.

300 thousand profit per month, high rating in runet and a sea of pleasure

So the site "Pikabu" lives its own independent life, and it is very rich. And who is the mysterious Maxim, the creator of the social network that has become so popular among young people? This is the 27-year-old Maxim Khryashchev. By his own admission, the guy spends about a million rubles a month to support the resource he created. But he also earns 1 million 300 thousand. Under the leadership of Maxim over the site employs 12 employees, their salaries are up to one hundred thousand rubles a month.

From the portal users - only positive feedback. "Hanging" on "Pikabu", they receive useful information, realize their creative abilities and simply enjoy life.

The rating of the youth website as of February 2017 was included in the top twenty sites by attendance according to Alexa. So, it is still popular and is going to develop further.