It is noted that the website of the TV channel bypasses Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya and other news media in terms of attendance.

“We pulled ahead in terms of the number of unique visitors at the end of the year among Arabic-speaking international channels back in 2019.

Since then, we have not lost our leading positions.

Interest in Russian opinion in the Arab world is the higher, the more active and successful the actions of our country in this region,” said Maya Manna, head of RT Arabic.

RT Arabic ranks first in terms of visits and unique users among Arabic-language TV news sites, ahead of Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, CNN Arabic and Sky News Arabia (SimilarWeb data, February 2022).

In February 2022, amid the events in Ukraine, American social networks restricted or blocked RT accounts.

At the time of blocking on YouTube, RT Arabic had 7 million subscribers and 4 billion views, which is more than the Arabic versions of CNN, Sky News, DW, France 24 and Euronews.

On Twitter, the RT Arabic page has gained more than 5 million followers, ahead of the Arabic versions of DW and Sky News.

RT Arabic correspondents report daily from the war zone in Ukraine and have come under fire more than once.

Journalists not only talk about the course of the special operation, but also collect and deliver humanitarian aid, help people evacuate and find their relatives.

RT Arabic also covers military conflicts around the world, including in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Israel.

During the Arab Spring, RT was the only major international media outlet to warn of the possible risks posed by coup d'état in the Middle East.

The RT channel in Arabic has repeatedly become a winner and finalist of various international awards, including the AIB Awards, New York Festivals and Promax BDA, as well as the Al-Ghadir festival, which is held in Iraq.

RT Arabic journalists were awarded by the National Union of Journalists of Iraq, as well as the Union of Journalists of Syria.

In 2021, two RT Arabic programs received bronze medals at the international Telly Awards in the field of television and film production, and another program won silver in 2020.

In 2022, an exclusive RT Arabic report from a Palestinian hospital where victims of Israeli airstrikes were being taken reached the final of the New York Festivals international television competition.