The majority of Ukrainians (62%) named the social network Telegram as a source of news and information, according to the results of a survey conducted by the international research company Ipsos on 14 – 28 November 2025, the results of which are owned by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
In particular, among Ukrainians aged 18 – 24, 84% named Telegram as a source of news and information, among 25 – 34-year-olds – 87%, among 35 – 44-year-olds – 79%, among 45 – 54-year-olds – 74%. However, among those aged 55 – 64 years old, 51% of respondents already receive information from Telegram, and among those over 65 years old – only 30%.
All other sources were named by less than half of the respondents.
In second place is television, from which 49% of respondents receive news and information, and most of them belong to the two older age groups (54% of those aged 55 – 64 and 76% of those aged over 65). However, only 23 per cent of young people aged 18 – 24 receive information and news from television, 32 per cent of 25 – 34 year olds, 36 per cent of 35 – 44 year olds and 43 per cent of 45 – 54 year olds.
The third place is occupied by YouTube: 46% of respondents get news and information from this source, and almost equally in all age groups (from 41% among those aged over 65 to 53% among those aged 45 – 54).
Personal communication comes next, cited by 38 per cent of respondents, also relatively evenly across all age groups (from 33 per cent of those over 65 to 45 per cent of those aged 25-34).
The social network Facebook is in fifth place, named by 34 per cent of respondents (from 26 per cent among those over 65 to 43 per cent among those aged 45 – 54).
TikTok was named as a source of news and information by 23 per cent of respondents, with more than 30 per cent among those under 35 and only 16 to 17 per cent among those aged over 54. The situation is similar with the social network X, which was named as a source of news and information by 6 per cent of respondents – 13 per cent among those under 25 and only 3 per cent among those over 65.
Radio was named as a source of news and information by 18 per cent of respondents, but only 8 per cent were under 25 and 25 per cent were over 65. The situation is similar with the press: it remains a source of news and information for 11 per cent of respondents, but only 7 per cent were under 25 and 14 per cent were over 65.
The respondents said that they trusted personal communication as a source of information about the likely candidates if they were announced in Ukraine, 38% – the social network Telegram, 35% – the platform YouTube, 28% – television, 26% – the social network Facebook, 18% said they trusted the radio, 17% – the press and the social network TikTok, 10% – the social network X, 57% – other sources.
At the same time 29% of respondents do not trust television as a source of information about candidates, 26% do not trust TikTok, 24% the press, 22% radio, 20% Facebook, 18% social network X. 14% of respondents do not trust personal communication and social network Telegram, 13% do not trust YouTube, 11% – other sources.
The survey polled 2,000 respondents aged 18 and over in all government-controlled regions of Ukraine, including 1,500 by face-to-face interview (CAPI) and 500 by telephone (RDD CATI). Quotas were not applied during data collection in order to preserve the probability nature of the sample. The sampling error does not exceed 2.2 per cent at a 95 per cent confidence level.