One of Asia’s largest news networks, Republic Media’s, global exclusive interview with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become the biggest talking point across the globe, the network claimed Friday, adding the agenda-setting interview set new records in terms of digital and social media traction across the globe.
The interview of President Zelenskyy, conducted by Republic’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, lasted for 60 minutes and was aired live on Thursday across broadcast and digital platforms.
Digitally speaking, the interview received a whopping 600 million estimated impressions within the first 24 hours, Republic Media said in a press statement, adding that within minutes of the first playout of the live interview it was trending across India.
On Youtube alone, the interview has garnered over 20 million impressions within the first day of playout and got over 2.61 million views in less than 20 hours.
On Twitter, not only the interview crossed over 532 million impressions —and counting — but has also generated strong conversations in countries across the world. Engagement and tweets on the interview have already streamed in from countries including India, U.S., Canada, Australia, the UK, Singapore, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Iran, among others, the media company said.
On Facebook, the interview has reached an audience of approximately three million and has been seen by over two million people on Telegram.
The interview continues to garner record views and consumption on Republic’s digital assets, including republicworld.com, the company pointed out.