Most popular types of online news sources in Russia 2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 16, 2024
Nearly a third of Russians used search engines to obtain news reports on the internet in January 2023. Further 23 percent of survey respondents named messengers as their main online news source.

Which sources do you usually use to read or watch news or information reports on the internet?

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Search engines (Zen, Mail.ru, Rambler, Google) or links from there 29%
Messengers (Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber) 23%
Social media/blogs/forums (Twitter, Facebook, VK, Odnoklassniki) or links from there 19%
News videos (YouTube, RuTube, etc.) 16%
Internet news sources, online mass media 15%
Other websites 2%
Difficult to say 1%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents29%29%23%23%19%19%16%16%15%15%2%2%1%1%Search engines (Zen, Mail.ru, Rambler, Google) or links from thereMessengers (Telegram, WhatsApp, Viber)Social media/blogs/forums (Twitter, Facebook, VK, Odnoklassniki) orlinks from thereNews videos (YouTube, RuTube, etc.)Internet news sources, online mass mediaOther websitesDifficult to say
0%10%20%30%2.5%5%7.5%12.5%15%17.5%22.5%25%27.5%32.5%

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Release date

February 2023

Region

Russia

Survey time period

January 27-29, 2023

Number of respondents

1,500 respondents*

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* The given question was asked among the respondents who had read news or information reports online over the past month, or 61 percent of the total pool of respondents.

Respondents could choose several answers.

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