REN TV topped the ratings again and consolidated its position in the top 5 most popular channels

The REN TV channel has confirmed its status as the leader of Russian television broadcasting in 2025. Since the beginning of the year, the channel has switched to the target audience of 22-55, which accumulates over 87% of advertisers' investments. According to Mediascope, REN TV has been leading the rating of broadcasters in this category for the third year in a row with a share of 8.2%.

In parallel with its leadership in target niches, REN TV confirms its status as one of the country's largest broadcasters, consistently holding positions in the top 5 federal channels in terms of the base audience of "4+" with a share of 6.7%.

The high loyalty of viewers and the demand for content are reflected in the coverage indicators: the average monthly audience of REN TV across Russia reached 76.3 million people, and the average daily reach was 21.6 million viewers.

REN TV confirms its leadership in the information broadcasting segment. By the end of 2025, the share of the programs "News" and "Emergency Call 112" amounted to 9% in the audience of "22-55" across Russia. The development of broadcasting and the launch of the Sunday information block in May ensured a 10% increase in the share of the slot.

The leaders in their slots are the final projects: "Dobrovefire" (1st place in the "22-55" among information programs) and "Final Program with Peter Marchenko" (leader in the "22-55" and "4+" categories among news formats). REN TV information broadcasting manages to retain the youngest audience among all federal channels.

The creation and screening of exclusive documentary content remains an important element of REN TV's programming policy. In 2025, the channel continued to expand its line of documentaries. The share of the slot in which these projects are released has increased by 10%. As part of the "Great Ones" series, films about historical figures – "Kurchatov" and "Mendeleev" - were presented by NMG DOC.

The line of popular science projects was supplemented by exclusive films: "Where does love live?", "The Stranger inside". The film "Why does the planet need volcanoes?" was also presented, which launched a new series "What do we know about planet Earth?", it was presented to the audience by actor Alexey Guskov.

The Cosmos project has received professional recognition. The Field of Nuclear Battle", awarded two prizes at the Tsiolkovsky International Space Film and Program Festival.

The line of documentary premieres in September 2025 was supplemented by the special project "Sudoplatov. Chronicles of the secret war through the eyes of an eyewitness", about more than a century of confrontation between the West and Russia, created on the basis of exclusive archival materials and interviews with the great intelligence officer Pavel Sudoplatov.

In addition to leading in information and documentary broadcasting, REN TV demonstrates high results in the segment of serial production. A landmark event in 2025 was the recognition of the political detective "Dear Willy" by the professional community: the project was awarded the Pilot 2025 Festival award, and the lead actor Sergey Marin won the Best Actor of the Pilot of the Series nomination.

The high audience interest was also confirmed by the premieres of action-packed projects: the second part of the military drama "Operation Carpathians 2" was shown on the air with a 9.0% share.

The educational block of REN TV in 2025 also confirmed its relevance: the shares of key projects – "The Most popular program", "Ministry of Transport", "Do you know what?", exceeded the threshold of 10%. Stable figures of 8.3-8.5% are demonstrated by the programs "Science and Technology", "How the world works" and "Riddles of Humanity". The effective launch of the new projects "A Moment in History" and "100 Questions about Everything" allowed the channel to hold the lead in the respective broadcast slots.