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Maxim Babenko

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@maksimbabenko
Photojournalist based in Germany Contributor @nytimes @time Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded
  • Travel
  • Following 574
  • Followers 9.9K
  • Engagement 3.84%
  • Avg comments 4

About Maxim Babenko

Maxim Babenko (@maksimbabenko) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Travel. The account has 9,943 followers and 270 published posts. Recent posts average 352 likes and 4 comments, an engagement rate of 3.84%.

Maxim Babenko belongs to the nano tier, the band usually drawn between 1,000 and 10,000 followers. Maxim Babenko follows 574 accounts, so the audience is roughly 17 times the size of the list followed. Maxim Babenko carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Maxim Babenko under Photographer, with Travel as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Maxim Babenko runs to 14 words across 3 lines. The bio mentions @nytimes and @time. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Maxim Babenko dates from October 2025.

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270 Posts

All 10 recent posts Flinque holds for Maxim Babenko are single images. 270 published posts give Maxim Babenko a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 37 followers for each post published. Maxim Babenko also keeps 3 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 62 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include russia, photojournalism, people, world and covid. The captions tag #russia, #photojournalism, #nytassignment, #siberia and #nytimes.

January, 2025. In response to the right-wing rally in Aachen, thousands of people took to the streets in a counter-demonstration to block the route of the far-right activists

From the outtakes of this year’s stories
After some time away, I’m back on IG — still deep in two long-term stories: one about far-right movements, the other still unfolding.
Both turned out more challenging and more meaningful than I imagined.

I’ll be sharing a few outtakes from this year’s work — small moments between the main stories.
This photo shows Alice Weidel, leader of the AfD party, photographed for TIME.

It’s my birthday today — feels like the right moment to return.
Thanks to everyone who’s still here. Stay tuned
While Covid brought travel to a halt in much of the world, the Nenets of Yamal kept moving. For I traveled around Yamal in order to see how these people live today at the edge of the earth #russia #photojournalism #nytassignment #siberia
While Covid brought travel to a halt in much of the world, the Nenets of Yamal kept moving. For I traveled around Yamal in order to see how these people live today at the edge of the earth #russia #photojournalism #nytassignment #siberia
While Covid brought travel to a halt in much of the world, the Nenets of Yamal kept moving. For I traveled around Yamal in order to see how these people live today at the edge of the earth #russia #photojournalism #nytassignment #siberia
While Covid brought travel to a halt in much of the world, the Nenets of Yamal kept moving. For I traveled around Yamal in order to see how these people live today at the edge of the earth #russia #photojournalism #nytassignment #siberia
While Covid brought travel to a halt in much of the world, the Nenets of Yamal kept moving. For I traveled around Yamal in order to see how these people live today at the edge of the earth #russia #photojournalism #nytassignment #siberia
In the last several decades, the landscape in Kalmykia has undergone severe desertification, threatening the livelihoods of the farmers who populate its steppe. In many places, an encroaching sea of sand is overtaking farmers’ camps, swallowing their animals’ food supplies. Full story link in profile #russia #nytimes #photojournalism #fujifilmru
It’s the end of 2020, and the world is still gripped by the ongoing pandemic. Everywhere, it seems, people are struggling to maintain social distance. But there are communities in some parts of the world — here, for example, in the Russian republic of Kalmykia, on the northwestern shores of the Caspian Sea, south of the Volga — where distance is an inescapable reality. Full story link in profile #russia #nytimes #photojournalism
Outtake from a story I worked last month. In the village of Miskinja, we transfer to an old Soviet all-terrain vehicle that will take us to the place where the ascent begins. Around midnight, after a couple of hours of shaking, we arrive at the place. First, we have to climb about 30 minutes on a steep slope to the base camp, a group of pilgrims hurries up, but after a few minutes, some of them stop: one of the women became sick and everyone urgently began to look for pills. She sits on a large rock and shakes her head: "I was told that if I climb up, all my illnesses will pass, I tried everything, but my legs don't want to go"

Dagestan is one of the most affected regions in Russia during the COVID19 pandemic. During the anxious expectation of a possible second wave, today, at first glance, it seems that normal life is returning to the region #photojournalism #reportagespotlight #dagestan #russia #covid_19

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Maxim Babenko's engagement

Maxim Babenko's engagement rate on Instagram is 3.84%, between 3% and 6%, or 3 to 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 26 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 88 to 1, with 352 likes and 4 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

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3.84%

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352
Avg comments
4
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1 : 26

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Who is Maxim Babenko?

Maxim Babenko (@maksimbabenko) is a Photographer creator on Instagram, also filed under Travel. Maxim Babenko carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Maxim Babenko runs to 14 words across 3 lines.

How many followers does Maxim Babenko have?

Maxim Babenko has 9,943 followers on Instagram (9.9K). Maxim Babenko follows 574 accounts, so the audience is roughly 17 times the size of the list followed. 270 published posts give Maxim Babenko a moderate archive on Instagram.

What is Maxim Babenko's engagement rate?

Maxim Babenko's engagement rate on Instagram is 3.84%, between 3% and 6%, or 3 to 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 26 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 88 to 1, with 352 likes and 4 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

What does Maxim Babenko post about on Instagram?

Flinque files Maxim Babenko under Photographer, with Travel as a secondary category. All 10 recent posts Flinque holds for Maxim Babenko are single images. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Maxim Babenko repeatedly use the words russia, photojournalism, people, world and covid. Maxim Babenko's captions carry hashtags such as #russia, #photojournalism and #nytassignment. Maxim Babenko writes those captions mainly in English. Maxim Babenko keeps 3 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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