The article analyses the survey on Russian poetic canon conducted by the Prosodia Poetry Media in 2021. The results of the survey help to deal with the general doubts about the very necessity to raise this topic today, and applicability of the concept itself. The survey, which comprises more than 20 questions, revealed different stands of the general readers, students, and experts, as well as poets themselves in their attitude to the established poetic canon, to its scope and range, to the question of who and how replenish it, and to the ways of its popularization. According to two thirds of respondents, the Russian poetic canon is limited to the names of one hundred poets. Among the criteria for particular poets belonging to canon, the respondents put forward recognition in the community of poets, and only then – among contemporaries and scholars. It was also allowed to the respondent to offer his/her own list of names of poets meant to be in the canon. At the same time, the majority of the respondents are still ready to entrust the compilation of the poetic canon to knowledgeable poetry experts. It is quite obvious that the canon is meaningful for readers, moreover, its popularization and professional study make it more accessible for the audience, which longs for getting acquainted with the heritage of Russian poetry.