Internet in Russia

For other uses, see Runet (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Russian-language Internet or Runet (terminology).
Runet logo at the 2009 Runet Prize ceremony

Internet in Russia, or Russian Internet (Russian: российский Интернет, which means "Russia-related Internet"), and sometimes Runet (a portmanteau of "Russian" and "Internet"), is the part of the Internet that is related to Russia. As of 2015, Internet access in Russia is available to businesses and home users in various forms, including dial-up, cable, DSL, FTTH, mobile, wireless and satellite.

As of 2020, 122,488,468 Russians (85% of the country's total population) were Internet users.[1] As of September 2020, Russia ranked 47th among the world's countries by the fixed broadband Internet access speed, with an average download speed of 75.91 mbit/s, and 88th by mobile network Internet access speed, with 22.83 mbit/s.[2] According to Freedom House, the Internet in Russia is "Not Free" as of 2019.[3] In September 2011, Russia overtook Germany on the European market with the highest number of unique visitors online.[4] In March 2013, a survey found that Russian had become the second-most commonly used language on the web after English.[5]

Russians are strong users of social networks, of which Odnoklassniki.ru (used by 75% of 25–35-year-old Russians in 2009) and VKontakte are the most popular.[6] LiveJournal has also been long popular.[7] Online gaming is widespread.

  1. ^ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  2. ^ "Speedtest Global Index – Monthly comparisons of internet speeds from around the world". Speedtest Global Index. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  3. ^ "The Crisis of Social Media". Freedom House. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  4. ^ "comScore Releases Overview of European Internet Usage in September 2011". comScore. 14 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Russian is now the second most used language on the web", Matthias Gelbmann, Web Technology Surveys, W3Techs, 19 March 2013.
  6. ^ Alexander Semenov, Alexander Mantzaris, Alexander Nikolaev, Alexander Veremyev, Jari Veijalainen, Eduardo L. Pasiliao, Vladimir Boginski Exploring Social Media Network Landscape of Post-Soviet Space. in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 411-426, 2019
  7. ^ Natalya Krasnoboka, Russia Archived 2018-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, EJC Media Landscapes, circa 2010