Mash: The dating service 'Diving' earns 1.4 billion rubles annually
Mash: The dating service 'Diving' earns 1.4 billion rubles annually.
Consensus
- The dating service 'Daiwinchik' earns around 1.4 billion rubles per year.
- The Telegram bot has approximately 13.7 million monthly users.
- The associated Telegram channel has nearly 5.5 million subscribers.
- Revenue comes from advertising in the bot, premium subscriptions, and advertising in the Telegram channel.
- There is no company name, INN, or address listed within the service.
- Only one potential lead exists: individual entrepreneur Pavel Shcherbatov linked to the 'Leonardo Daiwinchik' brand via Rospatent.
- Authorities have initiated a request to block the Telegram bot.
Points of divergence
- Ukrainian intelligence services used the 'Daiwinchik' bot for recruiting minors into terrorist activities, according to investigators. — vm
- The money generated by 'Daiwinchik' flows into a gray zone through Telegram stars (influencers). — tg_mash
Coverage (2 sources)
- Dating service 'Diving' earns $140 million annually — Вечерняя Москва
- "Дайвинчик" зарабатывает 1,4 млрд рублей в год, но кто за ним стоит — неизвестно. Деньги уходят в серую зону через звёзд… — Mash