Over the past year, in the Russian segment of the Internet it has been concluded a number of major transactions. Experts point out that new companies with an estimate of $5-10 million appeared in the market of IT-technologies. The leader among the most expensive Runet companies is Yandex. The company is actively developing a variety of services, such as "Yandex.Music". The app appeared to be in the top five most profitable Russian services. Last year, about 96% of Yandex revenue was brought by advertising. The company develops and implements new technologies such as neural networks.

The second place in the ranking went to Mail.ru Group. The company makes extensive use of advertising, including in social networks. In 2016, a 4% increase was recorded in the volume of custom payments inside the Mail.ru network and advertising revenue rose by 28.6%. An impressive revenue of $4.5 billion was brought by a variety of multiplayer games.

Avito takes the third place among the most expensive companies in the Russian Internet. Online ads service shows strong growth. The main income comes from promotion ads, payments from partner stores, various services, as well as advertising. In December 2016, the service Avito became the only Russian project in the ranking of the fastest growing companies in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

The fourth place in our ranking is occupied by the Wildberries company, one of the leading online stores in the Russian market. Daily, users of the service make 100,000 orders. The catalog of the online retailer includes about 10 million products from 7,000 brands.

The fifth place in the ranking of the most expensive companies of Runet is taken by Ozon Group. The company's website features over 4.1 million products in 23 categories. Over the past year, the average conversion of the Ozon Group sites has increased from 2.6% to 3.3%.

In the sixth place of this list is the Lamoda company. In 2016, the online retailer continued developing b2b-direction, as well as concentrating on mobile sales. It should be noted that over 60% of purchases were made through a mobile application Lamoda. the company's catalog includes more than 2 million products from thousands of brands of men's, women's, children's and sports clothing, accessories and shoes.

The seventh place among the most expensive Russian Internet companies is occupied by the online hypermarket "Yulmart". It specializes in the sale of electronics and household appliances. Its range has expanded due to DIY, road and children's products, clothing, sports nutrition, and it includes more than 12 million names. Over the past year, "Yulmart" has increased its profit by 15% and the active customer base expanded by 6%.