The survey involved 1,600 Russian citizens over 18 years of age. According to VTsIOM, almost nine out of ten Russians (87%) have heard something about cryptocurrencies, and every fifth one is well versed in what they are.
“In total, four out of ten (42%) citizens know or have heard something about the ‘hamster’, including only 14% who know about it well,” the report says.
Those most informed about Hamster Kombat are: the younger generation (86% of zoomers, 72% of younger millennials); those who understand cryptocurrency (67%); daily Telegram users (62%); residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg and cities with a population of more than one million people (53% and 50%), respectively.
At the same time, 58% of those who know about the chatbot do not play Hamster Kombat. Only 8% indicated that they are trying to earn cryptocurrency using the “hamster” (in terms of all respondents, this is 3%). 9% of those in the group who know about the chatbot said that their relatives are trying to earn money using Hamster Kombat, and every third (32%) heard that their friends use the “hamster”.
Previously, users of the Hamster Kombat mini-app complained that the game stopped launching.
Source: Bits
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