Nexta
Sign in to saveNexta ( niekh-ta) is a Belarusian media outlet that is primarily distributed through Telegram and YouTube channels. The YouTube channel was founded by then 17-year-old student Stsiapan Putsila. The channel's headquarters are located in Warsaw, Poland, after its founder went into exile.
Key facts
- Publisher.name
- Nexta
- Publisher.image
- Nexta logo.png
- Publisher.alt
- White letter N in blue circle with red chat box extending upwards.
- Publisher.caption
- Nexta Logo
- Publisher.status
- Active
- Publisher.founded
- 2015
- Publisher.founder
- Stsiapan Putsila
- Publisher.country
- Belarus
- Publisher.headquarters
- Warsaw, Poland
- Publisher.distribution
- Online
- Publisher.keypeople
- Stsiapan Putsila, Roman Protasevich, Tadeusz Giczan
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- nexta.tv
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- inception
- 2015-10-04
- social media followers
- 1021106
- Commons category
- Nexta
- Alexa rank
- 3729389
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Name
- Team
- History
- Foundation
- Conflict with government-controlled TV channels
- Slonim's mayor court case
- Chudentsov case
- 2020–2021 protests in Belarus
- Extremism accusations, bans and repressions
- Protasevich arrest
- Designation as 'extremist group' and trial
- Reception
- Awards
- Misinformation
- Filmography
- References
- External links
Nexta ( niekh-ta) is a Belarusian media outlet that is primarily distributed through Telegram and YouTube channels. The YouTube channel was founded by then 17-year-old student Stsiapan Putsila. The channel's headquarters are located in Warsaw, Poland, after its founder went into exile.
It became the biggest Telegram channel in Belarus as the primary source of news covering events that followed the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. The Telegram channel mostly featured short videos and images submitted by users taken during the rallies, while longer original videos are shared on YouTube. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nexta became an operational resource reporting on the events of the war. Nexta operates one of the largest Telegram news channels in the Russian-speaking world, with almost one million subscribers. According to a statistic of the media project "Information Policy" from July 2024, NEXTA Live is the second-largest Belarusian YouTube channel by number of views.