Use of online media as main news source in Russia 2024, by age

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 29, 2024

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

CharacteristicShare of respondents
18-24 years 39%
25-39 years 34%
40-54 years 32%
55 years and older 19%
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Release date

April 2024

Region

Russia

Survey time period

March 2024

Number of respondents

1,633 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

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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