Data & Reports

Mail.Ru Group ahead of Yandex and Vkontakte in race for traffic leadership

September 26, 2013 September 26, 2013

Last month the LSE-listed Russian Internet giant Mail.Ru Group reached 59.3 million Internet users, which corresponds to 56.1% of the corresponding population (12-64 year olds from all over Russia). The figure, provided by TNS, includes all of the group’s web properties, including the Mail.ru portal and webmail service (56.99 million users), social networks Odnoklassniki.ru and …

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iTunes has become the driver of Russia’s digital music market

September 20, 2013 September 20, 2013

Apple’s iTunes store dominates digital music sales in Russia, according to a study by AC&M Consulting. The iTunes store already accounts for one third of the online music market in Russia, less than one year after launch. The online store’s sales may reach up to 634 million rubles (around $19 million) in 2013. Yandex.Music and …

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Amid its global slump, Nokia retakes center stage in Russia’s mobile handset market

September 18, 2013 November 19, 2014

This summer, Nokia once again became the top seller in Russia’s mobile phone market after several consecutive years of less than stellar performance and a year after it scrapped plans to develop a single-brand retail network in Russia. Leading mobile phone retailer Euroset found that in the summer months, Nokia’s share in the Russia’s handset market inched …

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Wages in the IT field grow faster than expected, and a flexible schedule and benefits package attract IT specialists

September 16, 2013 September 16, 2013

From January to August 2013, salaries in the IT segment grew by 15 % in Russia, according to a report by employment agency Unity cited by news agency RIA Novosti. This growth is 5% higher than predicted for the field in 2013 and almost twice as fast as the growth in the human resources market …

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Vkontakte daily views pass 50 million

September 13, 2013 September 13, 2013

Last Monday Russian social network VK.com, also known as Vkontakte, attracted a record breaking number of visitors, with 50.9 million users logging in. The figure, which was posted on founder Pavel Durov’s page, was provided by LiveInternet. Despite the efforts of Mail.ru Group’s Odnoklassniki and Moi Mir to compete with VKontakte in Russia and the former Soviet …

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Report: 3 out of 4 Russians targeted by mobile spam

September 6, 2013 November 19, 2014

An estimated 76% of Russian mobile phone owners are exposed to mobile spam, says a report from ESET, an international IT security company. Last month the company conducted a poll of members of its official communities on VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, Russia’s two leading social networks, and of ESET Club participants. An estimated 65% of respondents …

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Russia’s IT service market slammed on the brakes in 2012

August 28, 2013 November 19, 2014

According to a study last month by IDC, a global research and market intelligence provider, Russia’s IT service market is believed to have grown by just 11% to $6.58 billion in 2012 – a fairly faint-hearted advance when compared to a robust 27% upsurge the year before. Outsourcing, driven by contracts with western companies, was particularly important in …

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Moscow’s pay TV outstrips broadband market as subscribers tap multiple TV operators

August 27, 2013 November 19, 2014

Moscow’s pay TV market grew to 5.3 million subscribers in the first half of this year, exceeding by 700,000 the total number of apartments and private houses in the Russian capital. iKS-Consulting, a consulting and research company specializing in the telecom market in Russia and the CIS, shared these key results of its yet-unpublished study …

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Tablet sales in Russia show 239% yearly growth

August 1, 2013 August 1, 2013

According to a study released by Russian telecom retailer Euroset last month, 2.6 million tablets were sold in the country in the first half of 2013, showing a whopping 239% year-to-year growth. Samsung managed to sell the most tablets, but Apple still made more money from the sale of these devices. The total size of …

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Russia 6th fastest growing market for mobile advertising

July 30, 2013 November 19, 2014

Russia was the world’s sixth most dynamic market for mobile ad requests and impressions on the Opera Mediaworks platform in the second quarter of this year, according to the Q2 2013 State of Mobile Advertising report, which was released last week by the Norwegian company. In Q2 2013, the Russian market joined the group of the …

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McAfee: Russia is the main source of mobile malware

July 10, 2013 July 10, 2013

Cyber security company McAfee has released the report “Free apps, freedom, and free money,” which explores consumer mobile trends in June 2013. According to the research, Russia is seen as the most frequent source of mobile malware, while China is the main victim of the five most common threats. The report also highlights that the …

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Report: Android dominates Russian smartphone market with 70.9% share

June 25, 2013 June 25, 2013

The share of Android operating system in official smartphone shipments to Russia now exceeds 70%, almost doubling in just one year, according to research presented by Hi-Tech Mail.Ru and IDC. Android´s closest rival, Linux, has a share about 7 times smaller. The market research data confirms the results of a customer survey conducted during the …

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