Figure 5. Monthly Audience Index for Russian Independent Media Projects

Vertical distance shows proportional, not absolute, change in combined audience across all active Russian independent media projects* on Telegram, YouTube, and websites, with November 2021 representing 100%.

* The number of active media projects whose traffic is counted here varied over time, from 87 in January 2022 to 133 in December 2025.
Chart: CEPASource: Telegram API, Youscore, Youtube API, Social Blade, Similarweb Download imageDownload SVG