Fake about the popularity of putin’s speeches
Pro-kremlin channels are again spreading infographics allegedly based on Statista data about “high audience engagement” during putin’s speeches, linking this to the “desire” of the populations of the mentioned countries to bypass censorship.
This information is not true. On the Statista website — a German online platform for data collection and visualization — there are no such studies regarding views of the russian dictator’s speeches in different countries. On the contrary, according to the platform’s data as of September 2025, 79% of the world’s population views the russian federation negatively, and in Poland, mentioned by propagandists, this figure reaches 90%, which directly contradicts Kremlin narratives.
The source of the infographic is indicated as Social Blade, but this media analytics platform does not measure views of political broadcasts or “engagement by country,” it only analyzes metrics of individual accounts on YouTube, Twitch, X, etc. Therefore, the reference to Social Blade is a manipulation intended to give the fake the appearance of “analytics.”
The purpose of this fake is to create the illusion of mass interest of Ukraine and the West in kremlin statements, using fake infographics to construct a fabricated reality.
