Who owns VK Music?
VK Music is owned by VK (Russia, MOEX: VKCO).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: VK Annual Report 2024, VK IPJSC. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- VK International Public Joint-Stock Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Category
- Internet & digital › Streaming & media › Streaming audio
- Parent ticker
- MOEX: VKCO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About VK Music
VK Music is the music service in VK's Social platforms and media content segment. The annual report describes a library of music and audio content including podcasts, audiobooks and radio programmes, available in a standalone app and inside VKontakte, with annual, family and student subscription options. The 2025 results release reports 44.9 million average monthly users globally in the fourth quarter, 41.4 million of them in Russia.
Ownership timeline of VK Music
Where VK Music sits in VK
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by VK
VK controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in streaming audio, and who owns them
The 20 brands in streaming audio on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Storytel, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Audiobooks.com | Storytel | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Kugou Music | Tencent Music | 🇨🇳 China |
| Deezer | Deezer | 🇫🇷 France |
| LiveOne | LiveOne | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Spotify | Spotify | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Apple Music | Apple | 🇺🇸 United States |
| TIDAL | Block | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Melon | Kakao | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: VK
VK is a publicly listed company headquartered in Russia. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as MOEX: VKCO.
VK IPJSC is the Russian technology group that its annual report calls the biggest company in the Russian internet segment by user base. It was registered in Russia on 26 September 2023 after the re-domiciliation of VK Company Limited, and its ordinary shares trade on the Moscow Exchange under VKCO. Its registered address is in Kaliningrad. The 2024 annual report lists VK Messenger where the 2025 results release lists MAX, so VK Messenger is left out.
🇷🇺 VK Music and other Russian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 75 brands that began in Russia. 5 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; VK Music is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of VK Music?
The parent company of VK Music is VK, a publicly listed company headquartered in Russia.
Is VK Music Russian?
Yes. VK Music originated in Russia and its owner, VK, is also headquartered in Russia.
Is VK Music still owned by VK?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, VK Music is still owned by VK. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] VK Annual Report 2024 — VK IPJSC, Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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