Three years ago, I wrote about the launch of Mezha on social media : “Well, let’s go! It’s going to be interesting”, but of course, at that time we did not realize how interesting and how difficult it would actually be. But three years later, we are still here and we even have something to be proud of. The results of any period for the media are the articles created during this time and the coverage figures. And we would like to share with you some of Mezha’s statistics for these three years and, of course, a list of the most popular publications during this time.
In April 2022, Google updated its analytics system, and it was in April 2022 that the English-language version of Mezha appeared. Therefore, all the statistics below are not for the full 3 years, but for 2 years and 8 months, but given that the end of February and the beginning of March of that year were difficult for the editorial staff, as well as for all Ukrainians, this is possible and correct. Let’s go.
Unfortunately, the version of Disqus that we use does not allow us to see the top discussions on Mezha.Media for all time, so I selected the stories with the most comments based on my own articles “Monthly Results on Mezha.Media” that I have been writing since the beginning of 2023. The results are somewhat predictable, with the most discussion being about news related to Ukraine.
The Most Commented-On Articles of Mezha
1. Telegram founder Durov arrested in France, accused of supporting criminal activity (624)
2. Why do young people in the US hate Android? (550)
3. From 150 to 45 euros: Ukraine once again proposes to reduce the limit on duty-free parcels (541)
4. The Verkhovna Rada supported the creation of an electronic register of persons liable for military service (509)
5. https://mezha.media/en/2023/11/14/the-population-of-ukraine-may-decrease-to-26-million-in-2033/ (470)
6. Ukraine proposes to allow men with high salaries to be reserved from mobilization (468)
7. The Cabinet of Ministers raised the electricity tariff for households from June 1, 2023 [allegedly] (466)
8. Games are politics. How the Russian game industry helped prepare this war (448)
9. Mezha.Media joins Ukrainian Pravda media group (443)
10. DOU asked Ukrainian IT professionals who have left whether they will return home (438)
We don’t know why our English-speaking readers choose to read some of the news here rather than on their own resources, but the Top 10 news and blogs for the three years of Mezha include two English-language news stories with hundreds of thousands of views. In addition, as you may recall, in 2022 we wrote a lot more about military equipment and partner assistance, so there are a lot of similar news in the top.
The most popular news and blogs on Mezha over the past three years
1. A Chinese neural network from Tencent can turn your photo into an anime version. And not only your photo
2. Help came from unexpected places: Bulgaria, Morocco and China
3. Creepy woman keeps appearing in images generated by artificial intelligence
4. Ukrainian Internet providers with the fastest access speed (according to Steam)
5. 155-mm M109 SpH for the Armed Forces: a mysterious delivery from Belgium
6. The US is deploying a second aircraft carrier strike group in Europe. The flagship of the group is the super aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
7. An unusual kamikaze drone struck a refinery in Russia
8. It seems that Ukraine received Su-25 aircraft. In a very unusual way
9. The future of mobile communications: Nokia CEO makes the world’s first “immersive” call
10. James Cameron: “I warned you guys in 1984, and you didn’t listen”
Starlink for personal use, the Marvel movie and John Wick action movies, replacing Telegram and AI, iPhone 16 Pro Max vs. Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, Ukrainian games, and an interview with Sergiy Grigorievich. It seems that most of the topics covered by our website over the past three years have made it into the Top 10 articles of Mezha. There’s a little bit of irony missing, but if we count together the monthly “PC of the Month” by Oleg Kasich, they will be 100% in first place.
The most popular articles on Mezha over the past three years
1. Questions and answers about Starlink for personal use in Ukraine
2. In what order to watch Marvel movies
3. Hackers attack Telegram: is it possible to get access back if you’ve been hacked?
4. 10 action movies in the style of John Wick
5. What the new iPhone 16 Pro Max has to offer against the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra – we compare the characteristics of the most interesting flagships
6. Made in Ukraine: Ukrainian games 2023
7. Artificial intelligence for writing texts: 5 popular services
8. What to replace Telegram with: 5 popular messengers
9. Sergiy Grygorovych, founder of GSC Game World: on the closure of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 in 2011, his passion for motorcycling, helping the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the culture of donations
10. 10 action movies in the style of John Wick (20748)
Smartphones, tablets, and laptops are the traditional leaders of user requests, and of course they dominate the top of Mezha’s most popular reviews over the past three years. And these are primarily English-language reviews, so the decision to launch an English version of the site when it seemed a little late turned out to be absolutely right. In fact, the English-language version of Mezha.Media brings the site almost 11% of views. In addition, the top reviews for all time include two Ukrainian games (the review of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will definitely grow) and, quite unexpectedly, the movie The Substance.
Mezha’s most popular reviews over the past three years
1. Realme GT 6 review: super bright AMOLED screen and powerful processor
2. Lenovo Tab P12 – review of a 12.7-inch tablet
3. Shatterline – a Ukrainian game which managed to succeed
4. Samsung Galaxy A54 and A34 review: youth smartphones for everyone
5. Mid-budget premium: review of the Samsung Galaxy A55 smartphone
6. “S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl” review – ghosts of the past
7. ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2022 (GA402) gaming laptop review
8. Review of the movie The Substance. Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley in the most disgusting masterpiece of the year
9. Lenovo Smart Paper review: 10-inch e-ink tablet reader with manual note entry
10. Motorola Moto G84 smartphone review
And finally, some numbers and demographics for the last month. It doesn’t make sense to do this for three years, because there are dynamics by country, language, system, etc. So the demographics of Mezha are for November 2024.
Language settings of Mezha readers (November 2024)
1. Ukrainian – 49,9%
2. English – 26,3%
3. Russian – 20,1%
4. Other languages – 3,7%
Countries in which Mezha’s readers live (November 2024)
1. Ukraine – 63,3%
2. U.S. – 10,9%
3. Poland – 4,3%
4. Germany – 3,1%
5. Canada – 1,8%
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36. russia – 0,2%
Cities in which Mezha readers live (November 2024)
1. Kyiv – 21,2%
2. Lviv – 9,2%
3. Unspecified – 7,7%
4. Dnipro – 3,8%
5. Odesa – 2,6%
In fact, this list includes 17,050 (!) settlements from all over the world, including small towns all over Ukraine, even in the frontline zone and… in the temporarily occupied territories. From Donetsk, Mariupol, Sevastopol, etc. Thank you, stay strong!
70% of Mezha’s readers are men, 30% are women. Google does not distinguish other genders separately.
Devices used by readers to access Mezha (November 2024)
1. Smartphone – 81,4%
2. PC – 16,8%
3. Tablet – 1,7%
4. Other – 0,1%
Operating systems of Mezha readers (November 2024)
1. Android – 63,1%
2. iOS – 20,1%
3. Windows – 12,8%
4. macOS – 2,9%
5. Linux – 1%
6. Other – 0,1%
Browsers of Mezha readers (November 2024)
1. Chrome – 78,4%
2. Safari – 15,4%
3. Opera – 1,8%
4. Samsung Internet – 1,6%
5. Firefox – 1,4%
6. Edge – 1,1%
7. Other – 0,3%
It has been a really challenging but exciting three years, and we hope that Mezha will have at least three more years in the third stage. Thank you for reading. Stay tuned, technology and everything related to it is very interesting. And it’s going to get even more interesting.
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