The most watched channel on new year's eve in Russia

In the New Year the majority of viewers watched "Russia 1", in second place in popularity was "First Channel", the third was TNT.

A year before, the first in the rating was "First Channel". Last year First Channel featured Eldar Ryazanov’s "The Irony of Fate, or enjoy your bath”  on "Russia 1" at this time, the audience watched a film by Leonid Gaidai’s "Ivan Vasilievich is changing  professions ", drew attention to RBC. This year it was the other way round: "The irony of fate" was on "Russia 1", and on "The First" they showed Gaidai's comedy.

The average rating of "Russia 1" on December 31 reached 4.62%, and the average daily audience share was 18.38%. "First Channel" rating - 4.36%, and the average daily audience share - 17.35%. The rating of TV channels reflects the number of spectators from the total number of inhabitants of cities, where at least 100 thousand people live. The proportion of the audience shows the ratio of viewers of this program or this channel to all who have been switched on during this period.

The airtime was considered to be the period from 5:00 on December 31, 2017 to 4:59 on January 1, 2018. Over this time, the TV channel "Russia 1" was watched by more than 3.2 million people over 4 years old. The audience of Channel One slightly exceeded 3 million people. The third most popular was TNT, which featured the release of the Comedy Club.