Krasnoyarsk residents spend more than half an hour on communication with the AI-Companions / News of the Society of Krasnoyarsk and the Krasnoyarsk Territory / Newslab.ru

Interest in AI-Companions in Russia is growing rapidly. In 2025, the number of users of such services doubled, and the average traffic volume increased four times. Especially actively, residents of the country communicate with virtual bots, which help to cope with stress and anxiety their audience has grown almost five times.

AI-companions or chat bots based on artificial intelligence are a new generation of digital interlocutors. They not only answer questions on the script prepared by the developers, but support the dialogue, remember the context of past conversations and adapt to the communication style. Moreover, the user can create them taking into account his preferences: character, behavior, communication style, and sometimes even appearance or voice. The more interaction, the more accurately the companion adapts to the mood and style of communication.

Some chat bots with artificial intelligence are initially profiled on psychological support. For example, Wysa, WoEbot and Earkick are digital interlocutors who use proven techniques like cognitive-behavioral therapy. Users spend an average of 19 minutes a month with them. In six months, the number of their users increased by almost five times, and traffic increased 3.6 times.

At the same time, Character.ai, Talkie and Replika became the most popular bots for everyday communication. On average, users spend about 36 minutes per month in these services. For six months, their audience has doubled, and traffic in five. In the Krasnoyarsk Territory of the AI-Companions, subscribers aged 36–45 (36 %) most often use, follow groups 46–55 (21 %) and 26–35 years (19 %). But psychological support services are more often chosen by those who are from 26 to 45 years old (67 %), however, the main amount of traffic falls on the audience 46+ (64 %).

Women are more actively involved in communication with digital interlocutors of 51 %, and they account for 38 % of the total online data, which users conduct with AI bots .yota also found out in which cities the most often used and companions. In the first place – Krasnoyarsk (34 minutes a month), followed by Khabarovsk, Makhachkala, Barnaul and Novokuznetsk. In these cities, the average time of communication with chatbots is 33 minutes.

The press service of Megaphone confirms the increased interest in the AI-Settlement. In 2025, the inhabitants of Siberia spent three times more traffic on communication with bots than in the same period last year. The most actively residents of the Krasnoyarsk and Altai Territory, as well as the Kemerovo region. The five leaders included Novosibirsk and residents of the Irkutsk region. The least interested in communicating with digital interlocutors were subscribers of the Republic of Tuva and Altai. The most popular bots for everyday communication among the owners of the green SIM cards were Character.ai, Talkie and Poe.com.