It was the first Russian-produced animated TV show to be released in 4K. The show was first launched 2016 of June. In particular, the Russian-language version of the episode 'Маша плюс каша' ('Maša plûs kaša' or 'Recipe for Disaster') has almost 4.5 billion views as of April 2022, making it the site's twelfth most viewed video of all time, and the most viewed video on YouTube that is not a music video. Many of the episodes have been successful on YouTube.
It is also the fifth most-watched youth series (0–18) worldwide, just ahead of Peppa Pig. Masha and The Bear is the most watched preschool series in the world, with 36 times more requests than the average. The show focuses on the adventures of a very young girl named Masha and her caring friend, the bear ( miška) that always keeps her safe from disasters. Masha and the Bear ( Russian: Ма́ша и Медве́дь, romanized: Máša i Medvéd' Russian pronunciation: ) is a Russian preschool comedy computer-animated television series created by Oleg Kuzovkov and produced by Animaccord Animation Studio, loosely based on the oral children's folk story of the same name. Boris Kutnevich & Irina Kukushkina (Bear)
