VK is described as '(originally VKontakte) is a largest social network service from Europe. Available in many languages and highly popular particularly among Russian-speaking users around the world, especially in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Belarus, and Israel' and is a very popular Social Network in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to VK for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad and Self-Hosted apps. The best VK alternative is Mastodon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like VK are diaspora*, Bluesky, Facebook and Friendica.