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As of January 1, 2026, 119 citizens were registered in Tajikistan as maintaining social media accounts, according to the country's Tax Committee.
According to the agency, in 2025, the total number of citizens engaged in blogging and internet broadcasting amounted to 119 people, which is 18 more than in 2024.
Bloggers' total income for 2025 reached 12.8 million somoni. Their taxes paid amounted to 2.4 million somoni, 97,300 somoni less than the year before.
The Tax Committee also reported that individual entrepreneurs engaged in blogging earned a total of 7.4 million somoni in 2025. This is 1.9 million somoni more than in 2024. The tax payments for this category of citizens amounted to 676,000 somoni.
According to the agency, a number of individuals who have opened their own blogs on instant messaging apps, as well as on YouTube and Instagram, are failing to fulfill their tax obligations in a timely manner and incompletely.
Furthermore, the number of employees in blogging organizations has declined. In 2025, such companies employed 22 people, a decrease of 5 compared to 2024.
