After Meta platforms Facebook and Instagram, as well as Twitter, were blocked in Russia in March 2022, the daily audience of VK and Telegram significantly increased compared to the period prior to the bans in February 2022. The number of daily users of Telegram grew by nearly 46 percent between February 24 and March 15, 2022.
Daily users of social media before and after bans of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in Russia on February 24 and March 15, 2022, by selected platform
(in millions)
The figures refer to the audience aged 12 years and above, on desktop and mobile devices.
Figures have been rounded.
The source provided the following timeline of the bans in 2022: Feb 25: the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) starts to slow down traffic on Facebook; Mar 1: Roskomnadzor restarted slowing down traffic on Twitter; Mar 4: Roskomnadzor announced blocking Facebook; Mar 11: Roskomnadzor announced Instagram blocking from Mar 14; Mar 14: Instagram blocking began.
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RBC.ru. (March 20, 2022). Daily users of social media before and after bans of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in Russia on February 24 and March 15, 2022, by selected platform (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297985/social-media-users-before-and-after-bans-russia/
RBC.ru. "Daily users of social media before and after bans of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in Russia on February 24 and March 15, 2022, by selected platform (in millions)." Chart. March 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297985/social-media-users-before-and-after-bans-russia/
RBC.ru. (2022). Daily users of social media before and after bans of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in Russia on February 24 and March 15, 2022, by selected platform (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297985/social-media-users-before-and-after-bans-russia/
RBC.ru. "Daily Users of Social Media before and after Bans of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in Russia on February 24 and March 15, 2022, by Selected Platform (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297985/social-media-users-before-and-after-bans-russia/
RBC.ru, Daily users of social media before and after bans of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in Russia on February 24 and March 15, 2022, by selected platform (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297985/social-media-users-before-and-after-bans-russia/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Daily users of social media before and after bans of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in Russia on February 24 and March 15, 2022, by selected platform (in millions) [Graph], RBC.ru, March 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1297985/social-media-users-before-and-after-bans-russia/
