March 8 holiday is popular among 23% of Ukrainians - KIIS poll
The attitude of Ukrainian citizens to International Women's Day on March 8 has deteriorated, and its popularity has been declining in recent years. Now it is celebrated by only one in four (23%).
This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, Censor.NET reports.
The popularity of March 8 has been steadily declining - from 49% in 2017 to 21% in 2024. However, in 2025, a slight (within the margin of sampling error) increase was recorded - up to 23%. This may indicate a certain stabilization of attitudes toward the holiday after a period of sharp decline.
Despite the overall decline, it remains important for a part of society. There is also a certain regional differentiation by the region in which the respondent lived before the outbreak of full-scale war: in the West, the holiday is popular among 6% of the population, in the Center among 24%, in the South - 32%, and in the East - 40%. Gender and age do not affect the popularity of this holiday.
According to the survey, the most popular holidays are Christmas (70%) and Easter (69%). This is followed by the Independence Day of Ukraine (54%). New Year's Eve is traditionally popular, but its popularity used to be the same as Christmas (about 80%), and now it is 50%. The next most popular holiday is the Day of Defenders of Ukraine (44%).
The tradition of celebrating February 23 as Defender of the Fatherland Day was seen as a legacy of the Soviet Army Day and has effectively disappeared. International Women's Day (23%) continued the trend of gradual decline in support among Ukrainians. Next comes Trinity Day (22%), with the popularity of other holidays below 20%.
