Social media user change due to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter bans in Russia 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

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Release date

March 2022

Region

Russia

Survey time period

February 24 and March 15, 2022

Supplementary notes

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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