The Rakuten Viber messenger team conducted a survey on its official Ukrainian channel with 30,000 subscribers on whether Ukrainians would donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Only 6% «see no point» in donating.
The Rakuten Viber messenger team conducted a survey on its official Ukrainian channel with 30,000 subscribers on whether Ukrainians would donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Only 6% «see no point» in donating.
Research methodology — anonymous online survey, n>30,000. Key age group — 34-45 years old, more than 50% of respondents under the age of 45.
63% of respondents continue to donate in 2024, another 27% helped in other ways (the same figures were at the end of 2023), and more than half of Ukrainians learn about the fundraiser from friends and acquaintances. This is stated in a Rakuten Viber press release.
The survey results showed that 63% of Ukrainians donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 44% of them do so from each salary. At the same time, every fourth respondent (27%) helps in other ways. Only 6% of those surveyed do not see the point in donating.
To the question, «Will you donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and your friends who serve?» Ukrainians answered as follows:
Viber users also revealed where they learn about the meetings. More than half (53%) support meetings through friends and acquaintances, learning from them. Another 13% of users learn from the news.
The answers to the question «Where do you most often find out about the fees?» were distributed as follows:
Recall that earlier, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov said that more than 2 million Ukrainians have already received funds under the Winter eSupport program. He also named the areas where this financial assistance is spent the most, where it was indicated that donations to the Defense Forces of Ukraine account for 4%.
Later, a Twitter user (X) with the nickname S0NN1 CR0CK3TT wrote in a post that he had doubts about such a low percentage of donations to the Defense Forces of Ukraine, and explained why.
