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Tech & Digital Literacy Russia

Zcaxap

Full Creator Stats Live · Updated 2026-07-26

Zcaxap is the YouTube channel of Sasha Kharchevnikov, a Russia-based content creator who describes his work as covering digital literacy and IT trends.

NicheTech & Digital Literacy TierMacro Engagement2.8%

Total Followers -0.0%

1.5M

Across YouTube, Instagram

Primary Platform

YouTube

1.5M followers · 99% of audience

Engagement

2.8%

vs. 1.5% category median

Sponsorship Tier

Macro

Est. $403–$1.1K / IG post

Quick facts
  • Experiment-driven IT storytelling anchors the channel — multi-week AI projects and scam-investigation series dominate the top-performing video titles.
  • Engagement running nearly double the category median signals an audience that actively reacts to tech-controversy and personal-finance provocation formats.
  • Sponsor mix of consumer tech and crypto — Xiaomi, DNS, and OKX — reflects a digitally sophisticated, male-skewing core viewership.
  • Weekly-or-slower upload cadence on YouTube prioritizes production depth over volume, consistent with the channel's investigative, multi-episode content arcs.
  • Russian-language content with CIS-wide reach draws viewers across Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus into one unified Russophone tech community.

Performance Across Platforms

Updated 2026-07-26
PlatformFollowers30d GrowthEngagementPosts / wkLast upload
YouTube 1,490,000 +0 2.8% 3 2 days ago
Instagram 16,138 -58 10.7% 1 months ago

Growth Trend

Last 365 days
WindowYouTubeInstagramCombined
Last 7 days +0 +0.0% +0 +0.0% +0 +0.0% +0
Last 30 days +0 +0.0% -58 -0.4% +0 +0.0% -58
Last 90 days +0 +0.0% +160 +1.0% +0 +0.0% +160
Last 365 days +0 +0.0% +160 +1.0% +0 +0.0% +160

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Recent Brand Partnerships

Last 12 months · sponsored content only
BrandTypePlatformDatePerformance vs. baseline
Sponsored content YouTube Jun 2026
Sponsored content YouTube Feb 2026
Sponsored content YouTube Oct 2025
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Background

About Zcaxap

Zcaxap is the YouTube channel of Sasha Kharchevnikov, a Russia-based content creator who describes his work as covering digital literacy and IT trends. His video output follows a distinctive format: first-person experiments and investigations delivered with high-stakes framing, as seen in titles about infiltrating scam call centers, running month-long AI girlfriend projects, and offering contrarian takes on Russian real estate. This blend of tech-adjacent curiosity and personal-finance skepticism sits somewhere between investigative vlogging and edutainment, and it has built a subscriber base of around 1.5 million on YouTube — a strong foothold for a Russian-language creator operating primarily within the CIS market. His engagement rate runs well above the category median, suggesting an audience that actively responds to his content rather than passively scrolling past it.

His audience skews heavily male and spans a notably wide age band, with a significant portion aged 35 and older — an unusual profile for tech YouTube, and one that implies his personal-finance and consumer-advisory angles resonate beyond a younger, natively digital demographic. His sponsor roster reinforces this positioning: DNS, Russia's dominant consumer electronics retail chain, and Xiaomi point to mainstream tech credibility, while OKX signals comfort with crypto-adjacent audiences, and Playerok connects him to gaming commerce. Together these partnerships frame Kharchevnikov as a trusted voice for digitally curious, practically minded Russian-speaking men making decisions about technology and money. With an Instagram presence still relatively undeveloped, his growth trajectory appears firmly YouTube-first, and the combination of evergreen IT-trend content with topical experiments gives him durable brand-fit across both hardware and fintech categories.

Brand fit

Why brands partner

Zcaxap reaches an audience concentrated in Russia primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories. As a tech creator they map naturally to brands targeting that space. Demonstrated partners include Xiaomi and DNS. Engagement on YouTube runs around 2.8%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Zcaxap's real name?

Zcaxap's real name is Sasha Kharchevnikov (Саша Харчевников). He uses the handle @zcaxap across YouTube and Instagram, which is why many viewers search for him by his surname rather than his channel name.

What was Zcaxap's AI girlfriend experiment on YouTube?

Zcaxap documented a 34-day experiment in which he created an AI girlfriend from scratch, then followed it up with a video about the same AI persona becoming a "millionaire" within a month. The two-part series became one of his most-talked-about content arcs and draws heavily on his digital literacy and IT trends angle.

Did Zcaxap really infiltrate a scam center?

Yes, Zcaxap produced an investigative-style video in which he claims to have gone undercover inside a scam center to expose how these operations function. This kind of hands-on expose fits his broader focus on digital awareness and protecting viewers from online fraud.

Why does Zcaxap say you should never buy an apartment?

Zcaxap published a video titled "НИКОГДА НЕ ПОКУПАЙ КВАРТИРУ!" (Never Buy an Apartment!), framing it as his personal story with Russian real estate. It reflects his habit of applying digital-era financial skepticism to everyday life decisions, not just tech topics.

What is Zcaxap's anti-mining stance about?

Zcaxap regularly uses the hashtag #антимайнинг (anti-mining), signaling a critical position on cryptocurrency mining as part of his IT-trends commentary. Interestingly, he has also partnered with crypto exchange OKX as a sponsor, which adds some nuance to where he draws the line in that debate.

What brands have sponsored Zcaxap's YouTube channel?

Zcaxap has worked with Xiaomi, DNS (one of Russia's largest electronics retail chains), OKX (a global crypto exchange), Playerok (a gaming marketplace), and Сотка. The mix of hardware brands, gaming platforms, and a crypto exchange maps closely to the tech-savvy, predominantly male audience his channel attracts.

Does Zcaxap make videos in English as well as Russian?

Zcaxap's channel is primarily Russian-language and his viewership is concentrated in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. He has published at least one English-titled video — "How to make money online in 2026?" — suggesting occasional attempts to reach a broader international audience.

What exactly does Zcaxap cover under "digital literacy"?

Zcaxap describes his channel as covering цифровая грамотность (digital literacy) and IT trends, which in practice means topics like AI experiments, identifying online scams, crypto culture criticism, and internet entrepreneurship — all presented in a format accessible to everyday Russian-speaking viewers.

Did Zcaxap make a video about making money online in 2026?

Yes, one of his recent uploads is titled "How to make money online in 2026?" — published in English, which is unusual for his catalogue. It connects to his Instagram identity as someone who "creates and develops media projects on the internet" and his recurring interest in online income topics.

Where is Zcaxap from and who watches his channel?

Zcaxap is based in Russia, and the large majority of his YouTube audience comes from Russia, with significant viewer bases also in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. His viewers skew heavily male and span a notably wide age range, from young adults through to people well over 45.

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