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The article discusses sociological surveys conducted by Russian and foreign researchers in 2009, 2015 and 2020. The surveys focused on the study of self-identification of members of the philosophical community and were conducted in the active Internet segment. As an online survey technique, the tools proposed by foreign colleagues who conducted the survey in 2009, D. Bourget and D. Chalmers, were used. They published the results of their survey in 2014. Based on it, Russian researchers conducted their survey in 2015. In 2020, foreign colleagues repeated their survey employing a larger sample. The author analyzes the results of these surveys both in terms of identifying the preferences, priorities and orientations of Western and Russian respondents, and in terms of the methods and tools of the surveys. It is revealed that when formulating questions, Western colleagues relied on the analytical tradition without any regard for continental philosophy. It is also shown that Western authors were actually engaged in the sociology of philosophy, without going deep into the content of philosophical problems proper. Russian researchers completely repeated the Western survey methodology, without introducing their own specificity. As a result, the question is raised of the validity and meaningfulness of such surveys, which practically take away from the actual philosophical problems and professional self-determination of members of the philosophical community.