The figure was released by supervisory firm Medialogiya in a report. Social media users left a total of 584,000 messages from December 20 to 22 regarding the president's press conference.
"The total coverage is over 1.1 billion users. These figures are significantly higher than in 2017, corresponding to an increase in user activity on social media" - the company noted.
Most social media users are interested in V.Putins answer to his marriage prospects (38% of the total audience), his statement about pension changes (29%) and the presidents interview with red red reddy Parpiyeva, 17, who is suffering from a rare disease (7.5%).
Russian President Putin's comments that the Russian government will not allow any oil price increases in 2019 (3.2%) and the gift he wants to give for the new year (2.3%) are also popular on social media.
Medialogiya has studied comments on Twitter, Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Telegram, as well as on blogos and forums. The survey was conducted on December 20-22, 2018.
President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference was held on December 20. 53 media representatives questioned the Russian leader for hours and 43 minutes.
According to research firm Mediascope, the annual press conference, broadcast on Channel One, Rossiya-1, Rossiya-24 and NTV, attracted 6.7 million audiences aged over 18.
