Russia-Ukraine war news engagement worldwide 2022

According to the results of a global survey on news consumption, German respondents were the most engaged with news on the Russia-Ukraine war, with 18 percent saying that they were following news on the matter extremely closely. A similar share of U.S. consumers said the same, whereas for Poland, the United Kingdom, and Brazil, the percentage paying extremely close attention to news on the war amounted to just seven percent. Brazilians were the most likely to say they were not keeping up to date with the war at all.

News consumers closely following news on the Russia-Ukraine war in selected markets worldwide as of February 2022

Characteristic	Extremely closely	Very closely	Somewhat closely	Not very closely	Not at all	Don't know
Germany	18%	31%	32%	11%	5%	3%
Poland	7%	18%	47%	25%	2%	1%
United Kingdom	7%	19%	44%	20%	6%	3%
United States	15%	20%	34%	20%	7%	4%
Brazil	7%	15%	37%	29%	10%	3%

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January to February 2022

Number of respondents

see notes

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Question: How closely, if at all, are you following the current Russia–Ukraine conflict?
Survey sample size as follows: Brazil = 1,002, Germany = 1,015, Poland = 1,003, UK = 1,191, USA = 1,356.

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