We count every mention of the word "pochemu" (why) in comments under posts of a large russian Z-channel — over 98,000 comments tracked so far. Below: live stats, historical trends, and the most telling examples. Pochemutor is a project for monitoring and analyzing comments in Telegram channels (currently one large Z channel). We track the appearance of words like "pochemu", "nuclear" and others in comments, collect statistics and show the most interesting discussions. You can vote for comments you like - the most popular ones will appear in the "Most Popular Comments" section at the bottom of the page. Other tracked words: Nuclear, Oreshnik, Shady deal, Fuel, blyat, Mobilization, Wildberries — and country hostility stats: Countries What does "pochemu" mean? "Pochemu" (почему) is simply Russian for "why". It is the word this whole project is named after and the first one we ever tracked: 54,000+ instances since December 2024. Commenters use it both earnestly, when official messaging stops matching what they can see with their own eyes, and sarcastically, as a running dig at the war's official narrative. A steady hum, not a spike word Of every word tracked here, "pochemu" is the least reactive: on its single busiest day it was used only 3.7x more than on a typical day, versus 14.9x for nuclear talk. That reads less like an event-driven reaction and more like a constant, low-level background noise of confusion that never fully goes away. What it looks like in practice Below is the live count, the full history since December 2024 (bar or line chart, your choice), and real comments pulled automatically from the channel — timestamped and linked back to the originals.

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