In the two years after the departure of Western copyright holders from the Russian market, the revenue of pirated services increased by 70%, while the turnover of legal services remained unchanged. This data is provided by referencing a study conducted by InterMedia. RBC.
“The market for illegal audio, video and book services in Russia has increased by 71.4% in the last two years, from 7 billion rubles. Up to 12 billion rubles in 2021. In 2023,” the publication says.
At the same time, the income of legal video services is not growing: in 2022, the turnover of online cinemas showed a decrease of 13%, in 2023 – an increase of 3% to 89.7 billion rubles.
The revenue of legal voice services has not yet returned to pre-crisis levels: in 2022 their revenue is down 25% compared to the successful 2020; There is a slight increase this year.
Legal sales of books in print, electronic and audio formats have been increasing for the second year in a row. According to preliminary data, in 2023 Russians will spend 100 billion rubles on them. Compared to 99.8 billion in 2022 and 63.4 billion in 2021.
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A previous survey had shown that a third of Russians used it. pirate services to watch movie.