According to a survey from March 2024, 39 percent of young media consumers between 18 and 24 years old in Russia used online media publications as their main news source. The share of online news readers in the country decreased with age. Approximately one fifth of Russians aged above 55 received news mainly from websites of newspapers and information portals at the time of the survey.
Share of Russians using online media as the main news source as of March 2024, by age group
Online media refers to websites of newspapers, information portals.
The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "Откуда Вы чаще всего узнаете о новостях в стране и мире?". The source subsequently calculated shares for each medium by age category of respondents.
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Levada Center. (April 18, 2024). Share of Russians using online media as the main news source as of March 2024, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077626/online-media-use-as-main-news-source-by-age-russia/
Levada Center. "Share of Russians using online media as the main news source as of March 2024, by age group." Chart. April 18, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077626/online-media-use-as-main-news-source-by-age-russia/
Levada Center. (2024). Share of Russians using online media as the main news source as of March 2024, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077626/online-media-use-as-main-news-source-by-age-russia/
Levada Center. "Share of Russians Using Online Media as The Main News Source as of March 2024, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077626/online-media-use-as-main-news-source-by-age-russia/
Levada Center, Share of Russians using online media as the main news source as of March 2024, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077626/online-media-use-as-main-news-source-by-age-russia/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of Russians using online media as the main news source as of March 2024, by age group [Graph], Levada Center, April 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1077626/online-media-use-as-main-news-source-by-age-russia/