The Kyiv Independent's closest audience match is Volodymyr Zelenskyy at 0.92 — and the second-closest is the January 6th Committee at 0.90, forming two distinct political peaks that define this audience's shape. No other News Publisher appears in the top 10.

The two-peak structure is clear: one cluster anchors around political and government entities — Zelenskyy (0.92), the January 6th Committee (0.90), and Ukraine (0.86) — while the second cluster is harder to categorize by theme but consistent in subcategory composition. Jason Isbell (Musicians and Bands, 0.82), NASA Webb Telescope (Research Organizations, 0.81), Buitengebieden (Humor Memes and Satire, 0.81), AFC Richmond (Fictional Characters, 0.81), and Ted Lasso (TV Shows, 0.80) form a second neighborhood — culturally eclectic, but sharing audience shape with the same readers who follow a wartime head of state. Two comedians, Trae Crowder and The Good Liars, both sit at 0.80, rounding out a top 10 that spans politicians, a musician, a research organization, meme accounts, and a fictional soccer club. The center entity's own subcategory — News Publishers — has no other representative in the top 10.

This audience shape belongs to readers who track high-stakes political events closely while also overlapping with culturally engaged, humor-adjacent communities — a pairing that shows up structurally rather than thematically.