Izvestia topped the Zen media rating for May

On June 4, Izvestia took the first place in the updated Zen platform media rating for May.

The study was conducted jointly with the analytical company Mediascope. According to the rating data, Izvestia has reached more than 15.3 million people in terms of coverage over the past month. The indicator for the metric of exclusive coverage is more than 14.4 million people.

Thus, Izvestia rose by one position in the rating compared to April.

The top 5 of the Mediascope study also included TASS, RIA Novosti, Life.ru and the Newspaper.Ru». The REN TV channel dropped four positions, taking 17th place in the media rating. Sport-Express rose two positions and stopped at the 65th line. Channel Five also rose two positions, taking 30th place in the list.

In addition, Izvestia retained its leadership in the rating of media holdings according to Mediascope — for the fifth time since the beginning of the year.

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On April 7, the Zen press service announced that the platform had updated the metrics in its rating. There is real-time session data and a new metric for the exclusive audience. Realtime statistics allow you to track the dynamics for the current day and the last seven days with hourly updates. Then Izvestia also took the first place in the updated media rating.

By the end of 2025, Izvestia entered the top five most widely read media on the Zen news platform. According to Mediascope, RIA Novosti took the first place in terms of audience, followed by RBC, Life.ru , Russia Today and Izvestia.