The German state platform Gegneranalyse conducted a study, according to the results of which it explained the success of RT DE. The study points out that "there are close links between the authors of RTDE and numerous other portals of the so-called "alternative media" The study says that participants come from different directions – from left-wing to right-wing radicals in the political aspect, active in the field of conspiracy theories or in their context, both those with no experience in journalism and former journalists.