--- title: "Gordon and Komarov Retain Leadership: How YouTube Blogger Ratings Changed Over the Year" description: "Analysts published a new ranking of Ukrainian YouTube bloggers covering the war. Dmytro Gordon and Dmytro Komarov remain leaders, while Denys Kazansky entered the millionaire tier for the first time." date: 2026-10-23T18:04:41.150Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/gordon-and-komarov-retain-leadership-youtube-bloggers tags: [youtube-bloggers, ukraine-war, media-ranking, dmytro-gordon, dmytro-komarov, analytics] author: "Alexander Buran" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Gordon and Komarov Retain Leadership: How YouTube Blogger Ratings Changed Over the Year ![Popular Ukrainian media personalities and bloggers Dmytro Gordon, Dmytro Komarov and others against the background of charts](https://xab.info/media/2026/10/23/gordon-i-komarov-ukreplyayut-liderstvo-reytingi-youtube-blogerov/gordon-i-komarov-ukreplyayut-liderstvo-reytingi-youtube-blogerov-1.webp) ## Key Points - Dmytro Gordon holds first place with an audience of 4.55 million subscribers on his main channel. - Dmytro Komarov occupies the second position with 4.28 million subscribers. - Vitaliy Portnikov showed the highest growth rate among millionaires at 9.4%. - Journalist Denys Kazansky joined the list of million-subscriber channels for the first time. The Ukrainian segment of YouTube demonstrates steady interest in analytical and socio-political projects covering the events of the war. According to a fresh study by analysts from the Slovo i Dilo publication, prominent bloggers and journalists retain leading positions in the popularity ranking, while the list of top creators has welcomed new millionaire names. ### Dynamics of Ranking Leaders: Gordon and Komarov For the third consecutive year, Dmytro Gordon's channel "V gostyah u Gordona" holds the first place in terms of subscribers. Over the past year, its audience grew by 2.3% to reach 4.55 million subscribers, with total views exceeding 3.4 billion. The journalist's second eponymous channel also showed growth of 2.9%, gathering 3.65 million subscribers and 2.4 billion views. Dmytro Komarov holds the second spot with his educational and documentary content "Mir niznanku". His audience increased by 1.7% to 4.28 million subscribers, while views crossed the 1.4 billion mark. Notably, in 2023, Komarov surpassed Gordon in subscribers, but current figures have solidified their status as the platform's primary leaders. ### Interviewers and Military Analysts: Zolkin, Sternenko, and Portnikov Volodymyr Zolkin, specializing in interviews with Russian prisoners of war, rounds out the top three. His channel has 2.31 million subscribers, which is 0.4% lower than last year, though overall engagement increased: views grew from 1.4 billion to 1.5 billion. Serhiy Sternenko occupies the fourth position with a 4.8% audience growth to 2.19 million subscribers and 1.5 billion views. Among millionaire creators, Vitaliy Portnikov demonstrated the highest growth rate. His audience expanded by 9.4%, exceeding 1.06 million users. Additionally, journalist and political commentator Denys Kazansky, who regularly analyzes the situation at the front, entered the millionaire channels list for the first time. Roman Tsymbaliuk grew his audience by 7.2% over the year (to about 1.49 million subscribers), overtaking MP Oleksiy Honcharenko, whose audience remained stable at 1.43 million subscribers. Ramina Eshakzai gathered 1.5 million subscribers with a 1.4% growth, and Yanina Sokolova strengthened her position with 1.41 million subscribers and 529 million views. Oleksiy Durnev maintains 1.38 million subscribers, Yuriy Butusov has 1.3 million users with 0.8% growth, and Taras Berezovets concludes the millionaire pool with 1.05 million subscribers. The presented analytical data indicate the preservation of high public demand in Ukraine for expert analytics, documentary evidence, and author commentary regarding the war and international politics. Most channels continue to expand both their subscriber base and view counts, confirming the transformation of information consumption habits toward deep content. These indicators reflect the overall popularity dynamics of authors and the relevance of the socio-political agenda on the video platform in current realities. ## Fact-Check & Sources - [Гордон и Комаров удерживают лидерство: как изменились рейтинги YouTube-блогеров за год](https://styler.rbc.ua/ukr/trends/gordon-i-komarov-utrimuyut-liderstvo-k-zminilisya-1792778449.html) - The primary source published on Styler (RBC-Ukraine) contains comprehensive data from the Slovo i Dilo analytical study. ## FAQ ### Who holds first place among Ukrainian YouTube bloggers by number of subscribers? Dmytro Gordon's channel "V gostyah u Gordona" has held first place for three consecutive years with 4.55 million subscribers. ### Who showed the highest audience growth among millionaire creators? Vitaliy Portnikov demonstrated the highest growth rate, with his audience increasing by 9.4% to 1.06 million users. ### Who entered the millionaire channel ranking for the first time? Journalist and political commentator Denys Kazansky joined the list of channels with over a million subscribers for the first time.