The survey showed what the Russians use the Internet
According to the survey, 72% of users use the Internet for communication in social networks.
MOSCOW, 15 Nov — RIA Novosti. The vast majority of Russian Internet users (72%) use Internet for social networking, the survey of the public opinion Foundation (FOM).
The second most popular activity on the Internet is information search.
Over the last month were doing 61% of Russian Internet users. About the same number (59%) of respondents uses Internet to read news 53% listening and download music, 51% looking photos.
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Pollsters also found that most Internet users (65%) did not Express an opinion about any of the events over the last month. A fifth (21%) shared their point of view on his page in social networks.
This is the most visited among the respondents of Internet users is a social network “Vkontakte”. Regularly visited by 76% of respondents. In the “Classmates” regularly comes to 42% of the respondents, 19% said they are regular users of social network Instagram. Only 17 percent of Internet users regularly use Facebook.
The sociologists interviewed in may 2016 1500 citizens from 18 to 30 of the 104 localities in Russia. The statistical error does not exceed 3.6%. The public opinion Foundation released data on Tuesday.
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