One of the key trends in the modern socio-economic development of society and the state is digitalization. The degree of influence of COVID-19 on the digital behavior of the population and their use of the Internet still remains controversial and interesting to study. In this regard, the purpose of the study: to establish the relationship between the level of well-being of citizens of the Russian Federation and digital behavior and its change during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: the study is based on the method of constructing stratification scales: by the level of income of the population, by the level of property, by the use of digital technologies. Results: Comparison of the results of constructing the Income and Assets scales with the results of Digital Behavior allowed us to conclude that there is a relationship between the well-being of citizens and their ability to use digital resources, and a comparative analysis of 2019 and 2020 data allowed us to establish, firstly, the impact of the pandemic on the well-being of citizens and the degree of their stratification, and, secondly, the impact of coronavirus on the digital behavior of Russians and their use of the Internet. Conclusions: based on the results of the study, it was possible to establish that by the time the COVID-19 pandemic and the self-isolation period began in 2020, Russians were already actively using various digital resources. The data showed that coronavirus was more of an indicator than a factor, which clearly demonstrated the dependence of Russians’ digital behavior on their level of well-being. This happened due to the fact that during the coronavirus period, the stratification of society by income and assets changed somewhat, which increased the gap between different groups of the population and reduced the access of certain categories of citizens to digital resources, while others were pushed to their more active use due to the existing socially significant assets and income.
