New Release: Odnoklassniki (OK) Dataset

TLDR

Open Measures is collecting content produced by groups and users on the Odnoklassniki (OK) social networking service. We are continually adding new users and groups to track. The data is immediately available via Public API and app.

Background

Odnoklassniki (OK) is owned by the Russian technology company VK Company Limited. The company also owns a similar social networking site called VK, sometimes called the Russian Facebook. OK has more than 200 million registered users and is the second most popular social network in Russia, next to VK. We hope collecting data on OK will expand researchers’ insights into the online social information space in Russia. 

Dataset Summary

Caption: Open Measures post collection on OK in April 2023.

We first aggregated ~5,000 OK group URLs that appeared across Open Measures existing collections, then used our tools to collect posts, comments, and group member information from these groups. Thus far, we have collected ~20,000 group posts and ~170,000 users. The posts and comments collected from these users results in ~65,000 data points.

Our platform has various processes for collecting both live and historical data; therefore, our data timeframe spans from 2008 to the present. As always, Open Measures welcomes collection requests from our community — please get in touch!

Conclusion

Open Measures now collects select groups and profiles from the Odnoklassniki (OK) social network, with data available via our Public API and app. In the interest of public safety, our hope is that this new dataset will give researchers greater insights into Russia-based, online social activities, particularly as they might relate to disinformation campaigns or other malicious actions being organized online.