Internet in Russia - a new study Yandex

Yandex, together with the «public opinion» (ФОМ) and RU-Center conducted a study of Russian market of Internet services. Thus, for 2008 the Internet penetration in Russia increased by 4% - mainly due to the regions. According to the ФОМ, half the audience Runet autumn 2008 were more than 34 million people - is 30% Russian population aged 18 and older.

The most common speed of an average of 21 major city in Russia (excluding Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia) is about 410 kbit / s, in the capitals of the same - about 7,000 Kbps. Internet in Moscow and St. Petersburg is cheaper than in major cities, 93% and 91% respectively.

In the regions, 33% of registered domain zone. RU - 13% higher than a year ago. As the amount of development indicators the Internet the first place among Russia's regions is the Urals - largely at the expense of Yekaterinburg. Least-developed Internet in the South. The most close to the average performance of the Internet - in the Volga region. Dynamic in 2008, the Internet has evolved in the Northwest - both indicators of the spread of the Internet, as well as indicators of user activity. The lowest rate of growth for both groups of indicators - in the Urals.

The highest Internet penetration in the Far East. Most domains per capita internet population registered with the CFA, in the Moscow region of the absolute number of even more than in St. Petersburg. The most expensive internet in major Russian cities - cities in the Far East. In the Far East, most of all blogs on the user - both active and abandoned, the most solid bloggers - in the South. The most active online media - Uralic, most online editions of the Volga.