Digital in 2018 in Western Asia Part 2 - South-East

DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
WESTERN ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
PART 2:SOUTH-
EAST

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COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN EACH ASIA REPORT
ARMENIA
AZERBAIJAN
CYPRUS
GEORGIA
ISRAEL
JORDAN
LEBANON
PALESTINE
SYRIA
TURKEY
BAHRAIN
IRAQ
KUWAIT
OMAN
QATAR
SAUDI ARABIA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
YEMEN
KAZAKHSTAN
KYRGYZSTAN
TAJIKISTAN
TURKMENISTAN
UZBEKISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
BANGLADESH
BHUTAN
INDIA
IRAN
MALDIVES
NEPAL
PAKISTAN
SRI LANKA
CHINA
HONG KONG
JAPAN
KOREA, NORTH
KOREA, SOUTH
MACAU
MONGOLIA
TAIWAN
CAMBODIA
LAOS
MYANMAR
THAILAND
VIETNAM
BRUNEI
INDONESIA
MALAYSIA
PHILIPPINES
SINGAPORE
TIMOR-LESTE
WESTERN ASIA
PART 1: NORTH-WEST
WESTERN ASIA
PART 2: SOUTH-EAST
CENTRAL
ASIA
SOUTHERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
PART 1: NORTH-WEST
EASTERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
PART 1: SOUTH-EAST
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
NORTHERN AFRICAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
PART 1:
NORTH-
WEST
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
PART 2:
SOUTH-
EAST
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
CENTRAL ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
SOUTHERN ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
SOUTHEAST ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
PART 1:
NORTH-
WEST
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
SOUTHEAST ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION
PART 2:
SOUTH-
EAST
DIGITAL IN 2018 IN
EASTERN ASIAESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE ACROSS THE REGION

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GLOBAL YEARBOOK BRUNEI DOMINICAN REP. GUYANA LIBERIA NEPAL ST KITTS & NEVIS TAJIKISTAN
AFGHANISTAN BULGARIA ECUADOR HAITI LIBYA NETHERLANDS ST LUCIA TANZANIA
ALBANIA BURKINA FASO EGYPT HONDURAS LIECHTENSTEIN NEW CALEDONIA ST MARTIN THAILAND
ALGERIA BURUNDI EL SALVADOR HONG KONG LITHUANIA NEW ZEALAND ST PIERRE & MIQUELON TIMOR-LESTE
AMERICAN SAMOA CABO VERDE EQUATORIAL GUINEA HUNGARY LUXEMBOURG NICARAGUA ST VINCENT, GRENADINES TOGO
ANDORRA CAMBODIA ERITREA ICELAND MACAU NIGER SAMOA TOKELAU
ANGOLA CAMEROON ESTONIA INDIA TFYR MACEDONIA NIGERIA SAN MARINO TONGA
ANGUILLA CANADA ETHIOPIA INDONESIA MADAGASCAR NIUE SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA CAYMAN IS. FAROE IS. IRAN MALAWI NORFOLK IS. SAUDI ARABIA TUNISIA
ARGENTINA CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. FALKLAND IS. IRAQ MALAYSIA NORTHERN MARIANA IS. SENEGAL TURKEY
ARMENIA CHAD FIJI IRELAND MALDIVES NORWAY SERBIA TURKMENISTAN
ARUBA CHILE FINLAND ISLE OF MAN MALI OMAN SEYCHELLES TURKS & CAICOS IS.
AUSTRALIA CHINA FRANCE ISRAEL MALTA PAKISTAN SIERRA LEONE TUVALU
AUSTRIA CHRISTMAS IS. FRENCH GUIANA ITALY MARSHALL IS. PALAU SINGAPORE UGANDA
AZERBAIJAN COCOS IS. FRENCH POLYNESIA JAMAICA MARTINIQUE PALESTINE ST MAARTEN UKRAINE
BAHAMAS COLOMBIA GABON JAPAN MAURITANIA PANAMA SLOVAKIA U.A.E.
BAHRAIN COMOROS GAMBIA JERSEY MAURITIUS PAPUA NEW GUINEA SLOVENIA U.K.
BANGLADESH CONGO, DEM. REP. GEORGIA JORDAN MAYOTTE PARAGUAY SOLOMON IS. U.S.A.
BARBADOS CONGO, REP. GERMANY KAZAKHSTAN MEXICO PERU SOMALIA URUGUAY
BELARUS COOK IS. GHANA KENYA MICRONESIA PHILIPPINES SOUTH AFRICA UZBEKISTAN
BELGIUM COSTA RICA GIBRALTAR KIRIBATI MOLDOVA POLAND SOUTH SUDAN VANUATU
BELIZE CÔTE D'IVOIRE GREECE KOREA, NORTH MONACO PORTUGAL SPAIN VENEZUELA
BENIN CROATIA GREENLAND KOREA, SOUTH MONGOLIA PUERTO RICO SRI LANKA VIETNAM
BERMUDA CUBA GRENADA KOSOVO MONTENEGRO QATAR SUDAN BRITISH VIRGIN IS.
BHUTAN CURAÇAO GUADELOUPE KUWAIT MONTSERRAT RÉUNION SURINAME U.S. VIRGIN IS.
BOLIVIA CYPRUS GUAM KYRGYZSTAN MOROCCO ROMANIA SWAZILAND WALLIS & FUTUNA
BONAIRE, ST EUSTATIUS, SABA CZECH REP. GUATEMALA LAOS MOZAMBIQUE RUSSIA SWEDEN WESTERN SAHARA
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA DENMARK GUERNSEY LATVIA MYANMAR RWANDA SWITZERLAND YEMEN
BOTSWANA DJIBOUTI GUINEA LEBANON NAMIBIA ST BARTHÉLEMY SYRIA ZAMBIA
BRAZIL DOMINICA GUINEA-BISSAU LESOTHO NAURU ST HELENA TAIWAN ZIMBABWE
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TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2018
SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; EUROSTAT; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG;
FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; REPUTABLE MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; KAKAO; NAVER; DING;
TECHRASA; SIMILARWEB; KEPIOS ANALYSIS; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; GOOGLE; ERICSSON; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION (ALL AGES).
DIGITAL AROUND THE WORLD IN 2018KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS FOR THE WORLD’S INTERNET, MOBILE, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USERS
7.593 4.021 3.196 5.135 2.958
BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION
55% 53% 42% 68% 39%

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INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
ANNUAL GROWTHYEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS
SINCE JAN 2017 SINCE JAN 2017 SINCE JAN 2017 SINCE JAN 2017
TECHRASA; SIMILARWEB; KEPIOS ANALYSIS; MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE; GOOGLE; ERICSSON; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. GROWTH DATA: WE ARE SOCIAL & HOOTSUITE’S DIGITAL IN 2017 REPORT.
+7% +13% +4% +14%
+248 MILLION +362 MILLION +218 MILLION +360 MILLION

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GLOBAL
AVERAGE:
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; EUROSTAT; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; REGULATORY
AUTHORITIES; REPUTABLE MEDIA. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
NORTHERN
AMERICA
CENTRAL
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
WESTERN
ASIA
NORTHERN
EUROPE EASTERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
ASIA
OCEANIA
CENTRAL
ASIA
SOUTHERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST
ASIA
THE
CARIBBEAN
WESTERN
EUROPE
SOUTHERN
EUROPE
WESTERN
AFRICA
NORTHERN
AFRICA
MIDDLE
AFRICA
EASTERN
AFRICA
INTERNET PENETRATION BY REGIONJAN
2018 REGIONAL PENETRATION FIGURES, COMPARING INTERNET USERS TO TOTAL POPULATION
53%
88%
61%
48%
68%
94%
90% 77%
74%
49%
39%
12%
27%
51%
65%
50%
36%
57%
58%
69%

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GLOBAL
AVERAGE:
SOURCES: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; KAKAO; NAVER; DING; TECHRASA; SIMILARWEB; KEPIOS ANALYSIS.
NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
NORTHERN
AMERICA
CENTRAL
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
WESTERN
ASIA
NORTHERN
EUROPE EASTERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
ASIA
OCEANIA
CENTRAL
ASIA
SOUTHERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST
ASIA
THE
CARIBBEAN
WESTERN
EUROPE
SOUTHERN
EUROPE
WESTERN
AFRICA
NORTHERN
AFRICA
MIDDLE
AFRICA
EASTERN
AFRICA
SOCIAL MEDIA PENETRATION BY REGIONJAN
2018 TOTAL ACTIVE ACCOUNTS ON THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL NETWORK IN EACH COUNTRY, COMPARED TO POPULATION
42%
70%
59%
40%
63%
66%
54% 56%
45%
38%
11%
6%
7%
31%
55%
12%
20%
64%
55%
55%

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GLOBAL
AVERAGE:
SOURCES: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2017. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
NORTHERN
AMERICA
CENTRAL
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
SOUTHERN
AFRICA
WESTERN
ASIA
NORTHERN
EUROPE EASTERN
EUROPE
EASTERN
ASIA
OCEANIA
CENTRAL
ASIA
SOUTHERN
ASIA
SOUTHEAST
ASIA
THE
CARIBBEAN
WESTERN
EUROPE
SOUTHERN
EUROPE
WESTERN
AFRICA
NORTHERN
AFRICA
MIDDLE
AFRICA
EASTERN
AFRICA
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY BY REGIONJAN
2018 THE NUMBER OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS COMPARED TO POPULATION (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE USERS)
112%
103%
96%
74%
115%
123%
119% 126%
157%
106%
89%
58%
61%
147%
108%
98%
91%
103%
141%
110%

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ACTIVE USERS OF KEY GLOBAL SOCIAL PLATFORMSJAN
2018 BASED ON THE MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED MONTHLY ACTIVE USER ACCOUNTS FOR EACH PLATFORM, IN MILLIONS
SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; LATEST COMPANY EARNINGS RELEASES, PRESS RELEASES OR MEDIA STATEMENTS; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA; ALL AS OF JANUARY 2018. *ADVISORY:
PLATFORMS IDENTIFIED BY (*) HAVE NOT PUBLISHED UPDATED USER FIGURES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, SO FIGURES MAY BE LESS RELIABLE. **NOTES: THESE PLATFORMS DO NOT PUBLISH MAU
DATA. TUMBLR FIGURE IS FOR MONTHLY UNIQUE VISITORS IN DEC 2017, VIA SIMILARWEB. SNAPCHAT FIGURE VIA TECHCRUNCH, JUN 2017. LINKEDIN DATA VIA FORTUNE / APPTOPIA, APR 2017.
SOCIAL NETWORK
MESSENGER / CHAT APP / VOIP
DATA CORRECT TO:
27 JANUARY 2018
2,167
1,500
1,300
1,300
980
843
800
794
568
376
330
300
300
260
260
255
250
203
200
117
100
97
63
49
FACEBOOK
YOUTUBE
WHATSAPP
FB MESSENGER
WECHAT
QQ
INSTAGRAM
TUMBLR**
QZONE
SINA WEIBO
TWITTER
BAIDU TIEBA*
SKYPE*
LINKEDIN**
VIBER*
SNAPCHAT**
REDDIT
LINE
PINTEREST
YY
TELEGRAM*
VKONTAKTE
BBM*
KAKAOTALK

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TOP MESSENGER APPS BY COUNTRYJAN
2018 BASED ON THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE RANK FOR EACH COUNTRY IN DECEMBER 2017
SOURCE: SIMILARWEB, JANUARY 2018, BASED ON THE GOOGLE PLAY APP STORE RANK FOR DECEMBER 2017. FIGURES IN PARENTHESES
IN THE LEGEND REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES / TERRITORIES IN WHICH EACH PLATFORM IS THE TOP-RANKED MESSENGER APP.
WHATSAPP (128)
FACEBOOK MESSENGER (72)
VIBER (10)
WECHAT (3)
LINE (3)
TELEGRAM (3)
IMO (3)
KAKAOTALK (1)
HANGOUTS (1)
ANDROID MESSENGER (1)
NO DATA (14)

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With more than 4 billion people using the internet for an average of 6 hours each per day, digital has become an
essential part of everyday life for most of us. We’re using that connectivity in almost every aspect of our lives,
whether it’s chatting with friends, playing games, researching products, tracking our health, or even finding
love. As a result, brands need to evolve beyond today’s siloed approach to digital, and build seamless digital
integration into everything they do – just as our audiences already have. Here are some tips to help with that:
WE ARE SOCIAL’S ANALYSIS: DIGITAL IN 2018
Start with what people
really need and want,
and not just what the
technology can do
Focus on creating
mutual value at every
opportunity, instead of
simply ‘selling more stuff’
Make it easy for people
to buy online as soon
as they’re ready,
wherever they are
Harness digital tools to
keep the conversation
going, even after you
make a successful sale
To learn more about what these Digital, Social and Mobile trends
mean for your brand, click here to download our Think Forward report.

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HOOTSUITE’S PERSPECTIVE: 2018 SOCIAL TRENDS
The evolution of social ROI. It's the end of the road for vanity metrics. Expect to see more organisations evolve their metrics
as they look to quantify social’s contribution to tangible business challenges such as lowering costs, increasing revenue,
mitigating risk, and attracting talent.
Mobile fuels the growth of social TV. In 2018, social networks will encourage brands to become broadcasters as mobile
video and social-TV content take the spotlight. We advise caution here as the metrics that bump the stock price of social
networks—such as mobile video views—might not help your organisation achieve your own business outcomes.
Trust declines, while peer influence rises. From Trump’s tumultuous triumph over traditional media to the fake news
phenomenon, we saw a shift in media culture in 2017. It’s clear we’re moving away from trusting traditional institutions—and
moving towards smaller spheres of influence where customer communities and engaged employees matter more than ever.
Humans, meet AI. The machines have risen. And marketers have discovered they can be delightfully useful. But while
marketers rush ahead with chatbots and AI-generated content, it’s still unclear whether customers will value these human-
less engagements.
The promise (and reality) of social data. From tying together analytics systems to CRM integrations, marketers
underestimated the complexity of social data initiatives. Organisations must recalculate the effort and resources needed to
turn social data into a true—and unified—source of customer insights.
Click here to download our 2018 Social Media Trends Toolkit to align
your strategy with the year’s key social network and digital trends.

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OUR MAIN GLOBAL OVERVIEW REPORT
DIGITAL IN 2018ESSENTIAL INSIGHTS INTO INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND ECOMMERCE USE AROUND THE WORLD

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TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION:
JAN
2018
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
vs. POPULATION:
A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
DIGITAL IN BAHRAIN
1.53 1.50 1.40 3.50 1.10
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION
89% 98% 92% 229% 72%

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INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018 YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS
ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH
+14% +27% +3% +25%
+183 THOUSAND +300 THOUSAND +101 THOUSAND +220 THOUSAND

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TOTAL
POPULATION
FEMALE
POPULATION
MALE
POPULATION
MEDIAN
AGE
JAN
2018
POPULATION & ECONOMIC INDICATORSESSENTIAL DEMOGRAPHICS AND KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION LIVING
IN URBAN AREAS
GDP PER
CAPITA
LITERACY
(TOTAL)
MALE
LITERACY
FEMALE
LITERACY
SOURCES: UNITED NATIONS; US CENSUS BUREAU; UNESCO; WORLD BANK, IMF; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK.
1.53 36.9% 63.1% +5.0% 32.5
MILLION YEARS OLD
89% $50,704 96% 94% 97%

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TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
MOBILE INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
THE TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2018
INTERNET USEBASED ON REPORTED INTERNET USER DATA, AND ACTIVE USE OF INTERNET-POWERED MOBILE SERVICES
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; EUROSTAT; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS;
REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; REPUTABLE MEDIA; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR FULL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
1.50 98% 1.18 77%
MILLION MILLION

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INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION UNION)
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2018
INTERNET USERS: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVESREPORTS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS FROM DIFFERENT DATA PROVIDERS
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION (ITU); INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; ALL LATEST REPORTED FIGURES AS OF JANUARY 2018.
1.39 1.50 1.28 1.50
MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION

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LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
JAN
2018
SHARE OF WEB TRAFFIC BY DEVICEBASED ON EACH DEVICE’S SHARE OF ALL WEB PAGES SERVED TO WEB BROWSERS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCES: STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2018, AND STATCOUNTER, JANUARY 2017.
39% 59% 2% 0.18%
+17% -8% -18% +50%

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JAN
2018
ALEXA’S RANKING OF TOP WEBSITESRANKINGS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF VISITORS TO EACH SITE, AND THE NUMBER OF PAGES VIEWED ON EACH SITE PER VISIT
# WEBSITE TIME PAGES
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
SOURCE: ALEXA, JANUARY 2018. NOTES: ‘TIME’ REPRESENTS TIME SPENT ON SITE PER DAY. ‘PAGES’ REPRESENTS NUMBER OF PAGE VIEWS PER DAY. ALEXA USES A COMBINATION OF AVERAGE
DAILY VISITORS AND PAGE VIEWS OVER A ONE-MONTH PERIOD TO CALCULATE ITS RANKING. RANKINGS ON THIS SLIDE ARE BASED ON THE MONTH TO 16 JANUARY 2018. ADVISORY: SOME
WEBSITES REFERENCED ON THIS SLIDE MAY CONTAIN ADULT CONTENT, OR CONTENT THAT IS UNSUITABLE FOR THE WORKPLACE. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN VISITING UNKNOWN WEBSITES.
GOOGLE.COM.BH 6M 49S 9.36
YOUTUBE.COM 8M 18S 4.79
GOOGLE.COM 7M 32S 8.56
FACEBOOK.COM 10M 21S 4.00
YAHOO.COM 4M 02S 3.61
LIVE.COM 4M 03S 3.41
WIKIPEDIA.ORG 4M 16S 3.31
MANORAMAONLINE.COM 10M 04S 5.51
INSTAGRAM.COM 5M 23S 3.34
MATHRUBHUMI.COM 8M 17S 4.93
EXPATRIATES.COM 11M 37S 12.00
BLOGSPOT.COM 2M 38S 2.12
AMAZON.COM 8M 29S 8.62
DELOTON.COM 1M 02S 1.52
BAHRAIN.BH 6M 12S 5.44
UOB.EDU.BH 5M 58S 4.79
STUDENTS-BH.COM 6M 47S 6.91
TWITTER.COM 6M 21S 3.21
POPADS.NET 0M 46S 1.89
GOOGLE.CO.IN 7M 04S 10.45

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JAN
2018
TOP GOOGLE SEARCH QUERIES IN 2017RANKING OF THE TOP SEARCH TERMS ENTERED INTO GOOGLE’S SEARCH ENGINE THROUGHOUT 2017
# QUERY INDEX
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
# QUERY INDEX
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
SOURCE: GOOGLE TRENDS, JANUARY 2018. NOTES: GOOGLE DOES NOT PUBLISH SEARCH VOLUMES, BUT THE ‘INDEX’ COLUMN SHOWS RELATIVE VOLUME FOR EACH QUERY
COMPARED TO THE SEARCH VOLUME FOR THE TOP QUERY (AN INDEX OF 50 MEANS THAT THE QUERY RECEIVED 50% OF THE SEARCH VOLUME OF THE TOP QUERY).
BAHRAIN 100
GOOGLE 17
YOUTUBE 16
FACEBOOK 14
NEWS 11
LMRA 10
TRANSLATE 9
YOU 9
WEATHER 8
CRICKET 7
‫ﻣﺗﺭرﺟﻡم‬ 7
GMAIL 6
‫ﺗﺭرﺟﻣﺔ‬ 6
‫ﺗﻭوﻳﯾﺗﺭر‬ 5
VIVA 5
LIVE CRICKET 4
EXPATRIATES 4
GOOGLE TRANSLATE 4
‫ﻳﯾﻭوﺗﻳﯾﻭوﺏب‬ 4
‫ﻛﻭوﺭرﺓة‬ 4

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TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
ACCESSING VIA MOBILE
ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL
USERS AS A PERCENTAGE
OF THE TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2018
SOCIAL MEDIA USEBASED ON THE MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS REPORTED BY THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM IN EACH COUNTRY
SOURCES: FACEBOOK; TENCENT; VKONTAKTE; KAKAO; NAVER; DING; TECHRASA; SIMILARWEB; KEPIOS ANALYSIS
1.40 92% 1.10 72%
MILLION MILLION

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TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
FACEBOOK USERS
vs. JANUARY 2017
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
JAN
2018
FACEBOOK USAGE ANALYSISA CLOSER LOOK AT FACEBOOK USE, BROKEN DOWN BY MOBILE USE AND SELF-DECLARED GENDER OF USERS
SOURCE: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2018.
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
1.40 +27% 79% 31% 69%
MILLION

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JAN
2018
AVERAGE FACEBOOK PAGE POST REACH
AVERAGE MONTHLY
CHANGE IN PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE POST REACH
vs. PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE ORGANIC
REACH vs. PAGE LIKES
PERCENTAGE OF PAGES
USING PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE MONTHLY GROWTH IN PAGE LIKES (‘FANS’), AVERAGE REACH OF PAGE POSTS vs. PAGE LIKES, AND PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE PAID REACH
vs. TOTAL REACH
SOURCE: LOCOWISE, JANUARY 2018. DATA REPRESENTS AVERAGE FIGURES FOR FULL-YEAR 2017. NOTE: REACH FIGURES COMPARE THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT A
POST WAS SERVED IN USERS’ NEWSFEEDS TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGE ‘FANS’ (I.E. USERS THAT HAD LIKED THE PAGE) AT THE TIME THAT THE POST WAS PUBLISHED.
+0.07% 17.1% 14.6% 26.8% 35.4%

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AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE POSTS (ALL TYPES)
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE VIDEO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE PHOTO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE LINK POSTS
JAN
2018
AVERAGE FACEBOOK ENGAGEMENT RATESTHE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE WITH A FACEBOOK PAGE’S POSTS vs. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THOSE POSTS REACH
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE STATUS POSTS
SOURCE: LOCOWISE, JANUARY 2018. DATA REPRESENTS AVERAGE FIGURES FOR FULL-YEAR 2017. NOTE: ENGAGEMENT RATES COMPARE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO INTERACTED
WITH A POST TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNIQUE USERS TO WHOM THAT POST WAS SERVED, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THOSE USERS WERE FANS OF THE PAGE AT THAT TIME.
4.04% 7.58% 3.21% 13.60% 6.77%

30
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
INSTAGRAM USERS
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM
OF TOTAL POPULATION
FEMALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM USERS
MALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
JAN
2018
INSTAGRAM USAGE ANALYSISAN OVERVIEW OF MONTHLY ACTIVE INSTAGRAM USERS, BROKEN DOWN BY GENDER
SOURCE: EXTRAPOLATION OF DATA FROM INSTAGRAM (VIA FACEBOOK), JANUARY 2018. PENETRATION RATES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
660.0 43% 40% 60%
THOUSAND

31
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS THAT ARE
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2018
MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY TYPEBASED ON THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS)
SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2017. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
3.50 229% 79% 21% 67%
MILLION

32
OVERALL COUNTRY
INDEX SCORE
MOBILE NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABILITY OF
DEVICES & SERVICES
CONSUMER
READINESS
JAN
2018
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEXGSMA INTELLIGENCE’S ASSESSMENT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY ENABLERS AND DRIVERS OF MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
AVAILABILITY OF RELEVANT
CONTENT & SERVICES
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2017. TO ACCESS THE COMPLETE MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEX, VISIT HTTP://WWW.MOBILECONNECTIVITYINDEX.COM/
68.67 62.19 70.13 71.13 71.69

33
HAS A BANK
ACCOUNT
HAS A
CREDIT CARD
MAKES AND / OR RECEIVES
MOBILE PAYMENTS VIA GSMA
MAKES ONLINE PURCHASES
AND / OR PAYS BILLS ONLINE
JAN
2018
FINANCIAL INCLUSION FACTORSPERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION AGED 15+ THAT REPORTS OWNING OR USING EACH FINANCIAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
MAKING INTERNET PAYMENTS
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
SOURCE: WORLD BANK GLOBAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION DATA (2015). NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE AGED 15+, NOT TOTAL POPULATION.
82% 28% [N/A] 29%
17% 33% 24% 31%

35
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
vs. POPULATION:
DIGITAL IN IRAQ
38.81 19.00 19.00 36.33 17.00
70% 49% 49% 94% 44%

36
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
+19% +19% +14% +21%

37
TOTAL
POPULATION
FEMALE
POPULATION
MALE
POPULATION
MEDIAN
AGE
JAN
2018
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION LIVING
IN URBAN AREAS
GDP PER
CAPITA
LITERACY
(TOTAL)
MALE
LITERACY
FEMALE
LITERACY
38.81 49.4% 50.6% +2.8% 20.2
MILLION YEARS OLD
70% $17,383 80% 74% 86%

38
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
JAN
2018
19.00 49% 17.00 44%
MILLION MILLION

39
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2018
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
14.00 8.24 4.89 8.23

40
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
JAN
2018
23% 72% 5% 0.06%
-8% +3% -7% +50%

41
JAN
2018
SIMILARWEB’S RANKING OF TOP WEBSITESRANKINGS BASED ON AVERAGE MONTHLY TRAFFIC TO EACH WEBSITE IN Q4 2017
SOURCE: SIMILARWEB, JANUARY 2018, BASED ON AVERAGE MONTHLY DATA FOR Q4 2017. NOTES: MONTHLY TRAFFIC REPRESENTS TOTAL VISITS TO EACH SITE, NOT UNIQUE VISITORS.
DATA FOR SOME COUNTRIES REPRESENTS DESKTOP TRAFFIC, WHILST OTHERS REPRESENTS TRAFFIC FROM BOTH DESKTOP AND MOBILE DEVICES. ADVISORY: SOME WEBSITES
REFERENCED ON THIS SLIDE MAY CONTAIN ADULT CONTENT, OR CONTENT THAT IS UNSUITABLE FOR THE WORKPLACE. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN VISITING UNKNOWN WEBSITES.
# WEBSITE CATEGORY MONTHLY TRAFFIC TIME PER VISIT PAGES PER VISIT
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
YOUTUBE.COM TV & VIDEO 26,300,000 29M 02S 13.7
FACEBOOK.COM SOCIAL 23,600,000 23M 38S 16.8
GOOGLE.IQ SEARCH 22,200,000 11M 08S 8.8
GOOGLE.COM SEARCH 11,400,000 10M 55S 12.4
SHABAKATY.COM NEWS & MEDIA 4,800,000 11M 22S 5.7
YAHOO.COM NEWS & MEDIA 2,900,000 8M 09S 5.9
XNXX.COM ADULT 2,000,000 20M 37S 14.4
WIKIPEDIA.ORG REFERENCE 1,900,000 4M 48S 3.2
INSTAGRAM.COM SOCIAL 1,800,000 11M 48S 21.5
TWITTER.COM SOCIAL 1,800,000 12M 19S 7.5

42
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
GOOGLE.IQ 6M 26S 8.10
SHABAKATY.COM 8M 39S 7.98
JAWABKOM.COM 1M 18S 1.41
BASNEWS.COM 8M 23S 2.78
XENDAN.ORG 10M 24S 3.04
NRTTV.COM 4M 47S 3.15
XELK.ORG 5M 24S 3.40
XNXX.COM 12M 46S 9.27
KOOORA.COM 7M 59S 5.95
DOUBLECLICK.NET 2M 39S 1.90
XVIDEOS.COM 14M 04S 10.15

43
JAN
2018
# QUERY INDEX
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
# QUERY INDEX
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
‫ﺻﻭوﺭر‬ 100
‫ﻓﻳﯾﺱس‬ 70
‫ﻓﻳﯾﺱس ﺑﻭوﻙك‬ 38
FACEBOOK 23
‫ﺍاﻏﺎﻧﻲ‬ 21
‫ﺍاﻓﻼﻡم‬ 20
GOOGLE 15
YOUTUBE 13
‫ﺍاﻟﻌﺎﺏب‬ 11
‫ﺻﻭوﺭر ﺑﻧﺎﺕت‬ 11
‫ﻓﻳﯾﺳﺑﻭوﻙك‬ 8
‫ﺍاﻟﻔﻳﯾﺱس‬ 7
‫ﺗﺭرﺟﻣﻪﮫ‬ 6
‫﷼ ﻣﺩدﺭرﻳﯾﺩد‬ 6
‫ﻛﻼﺵش‬ 5
‫ﺗﺣﺷﻳﯾﺵش‬ 5

44
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
19.00 49% 17.00 44%
MILLION MILLION

45
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
FACEBOOK USERS
vs. JANUARY 2017
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
19.00 +19% 89% 28% 72%
MILLION

46
JAN
2018
AVERAGE MONTHLY
AVERAGE POST REACH
vs. PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE ORGANIC
PERCENTAGE OF PAGES
USING PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE PAID REACH
vs. TOTAL REACH
+0.05% 2.8% 2.5% 30.2% 30.1%

47
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE VIDEO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE PHOTO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE LINK POSTS
JAN
2018
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE STATUS POSTS
4.19% 7.24% 9.41% 5.34% 5.49%

48
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
INSTAGRAM USERS
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM
OF TOTAL POPULATION
FEMALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
MALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
JAN
2018
6.30 16% 30% 70%
MILLION

49
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2018
36.33 94% 97% 3% 29%
MILLION

50
OVERALL COUNTRY
INDEX SCORE
MOBILE NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABILITY OF
DEVICES & SERVICES
CONSUMER
READINESS
JAN
2018
CONTENT & SERVICES
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
47.52 42.00 49.73 43.66 55.93

51
HAS A BANK
ACCOUNT
HAS A
CREDIT CARD
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
11% 2% [N/A] 5%
2% 2% 3% 7%

53
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
vs. POPULATION:
DIGITAL IN KUWAIT
4.17 4.10 4.10 7.40 3.10
98% 98% 98% 178% 74%

54
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
+23% +37% -5% +29%
+773 THOUSAND +1 MILLION -386 THOUSAND +700 THOUSAND

55
TOTAL
POPULATION
FEMALE
POPULATION
MALE
POPULATION
MEDIAN
AGE
JAN
2018
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION LIVING
IN URBAN AREAS
GDP PER
CAPITA
LITERACY
(TOTAL)
MALE
LITERACY
FEMALE
LITERACY
4.17 42.6% 57.4% +1.5% 29.4
MILLION YEARS OLD
98% $74,408 96% 95% 97%

56
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
JAN
2018
4.10 98% 3.10 74%
MILLION MILLION

57
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2018
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
3.21 3.27 3.20 3.27

58
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
JAN
2018
29% 67% 4% 0.34%
+12% -4% -11% +183%

59
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
GOOGLE.COM.KW SEARCH 11,100,000 11M 11S 8.7
LIVE.COM EMAIL 1,100,000 8M 43S 8.9
WHATSAPP.COM SOCIAL 900,000 2M 30S 1.9
AMAZON.COM SHOPPING 800,000 9M 29S 11.6

60
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
GOOGLE.COM.KW 6M 09S 8.90
XCITE.COM 4M 53S 3.61
ALARABONLINE.BIZ 0M 56S 1.19
SPEAKOL.COM 1M 14S 1.40
NEXTOPTIM.COM 0M 29S 1.46
T.CO 0M 43S 2.31
IMDB.COM 3M 30S 4.14
INDIANSINKUWAIT.COM 5M 37S 3.64

61
JAN
2018
# QUERY INDEX
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
# QUERY INDEX
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
KUWAIT 100
YOUTUBE 20
GOOGLE 19
FACEBOOK 15
TRANSLATE 12
YOU 10
‫ﻗﺻﺔ ﻋﺷﻕق‬ 9
‫ﺩدﻳﯾﻭوﺍاﻥن ﺍاﻟﺧﺩدﻣﺔ ﺍاﻟﻣﺩدﻧﻳﯾﺔ‬ 8
WEATHER 8
‫ﺗﺭرﺟﻣﻪﮫ‬ 8
MATKA 6
‫ﺍاﻟﻳﯾﻭوﻡم ﺍاﻟﺳﺎﺑﻊ‬ 6
GMAIL 6
‫ﻗﻭوﻗﻝل‬ 5

62
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
4.10 98% 3.10 74%
MILLION MILLION

63
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
FACEBOOK USERS
vs. JANUARY 2017
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
4.10 +37% 76% 32% 68%
MILLION

64
JAN
2018
AVERAGE MONTHLY
AVERAGE POST REACH
vs. PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE ORGANIC
PERCENTAGE OF PAGES
USING PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE PAID REACH
vs. TOTAL REACH
+0.12% 11.2% 1.3% 13.3% 38.4%

65
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE VIDEO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE PHOTO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE LINK POSTS
JAN
2018
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE STATUS POSTS
9.04% 9.24% 7.83% 9.63% 4.38%

66
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
INSTAGRAM USERS
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM
OF TOTAL POPULATION
FEMALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
MALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
JAN
2018
1.60 38% 38% 62%
MILLION

67
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2018
7.40 178% 67% 33% 89%
MILLION

68
OVERALL COUNTRY
INDEX SCORE
MOBILE NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABILITY OF
DEVICES & SERVICES
CONSUMER
READINESS
JAN
2018
CONTENT & SERVICES
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
68.59 63.39 72.42 67.57 71.34

69
HAS A BANK
ACCOUNT
HAS A
CREDIT CARD
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
73% 26% [N/A] 26%
19% 31% 19% 31%

71
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
vs. POPULATION:
DIGITAL IN OMAN
4.73 3.31 2.60 7.07 2.00
79% 70% 55% 149% 42%

72
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
-5.0% +30% +3% +25%
-174 THOUSAND +600 THOUSAND +194 THOUSAND +400 THOUSAND

73
TOTAL
POPULATION
FEMALE
POPULATION
MALE
POPULATION
MEDIAN
AGE
JAN
2018
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION LIVING
IN URBAN AREAS
GDP PER
CAPITA
LITERACY
(TOTAL)
MALE
LITERACY
FEMALE
LITERACY
4.73 34.0% 66.0% +4.2% 25.8
MILLION YEARS OLD
79% $46,698 95% 90% 97%

74
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
JAN
2018
3.31 70% 2.55 54%
MILLION MILLION

75
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2018
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
3.31 3.30 3.31 3.30

76
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
JAN
2018
31% 67% 2% 0.13%
+128% -22% +45% +550%

77
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
MOE.GOV.OM 11M 37S 12.60
GOOGLE.COM.OM 2M 06S 3.05
SHABIBA.COM 8M 22S 2.50
ATHEER.OM 2M 23S 1.50
WATANSERB.COM 5M 15S 3.16
TIMESOFOMAN.COM 7M 57S 2.53
PROFIT-OPPORTUNITY.COM 1M 01S 1.47
S-OMAN.NET 2M 58S 2.77
OFFICE.COM 3M 32S 2.21

78
JAN
2018
# QUERY INDEX
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
# QUERY INDEX
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
OMAN 100
‫ﻋﻣﺎﻥن‬ 89
GOOGLE 38
YOUTUBE 34
FACEBOOK 32
‫ﺟﻭوﺟﻝل‬ 21
HINDI MOVIE 20
TRANSLATE 20
‫ﺍاﻟﻁطﻘﺱس‬ 14
‫ﺍاﻧﺳﺗﻘﺭرﺍاﻡم‬ 14
GMAIL 13
YOU 13

79
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
2.60 55% 2.00 42%
MILLION MILLION

80
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
FACEBOOK USERS
vs. JANUARY 2017
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
2.60 +30% 77% 24% 76%
MILLION

81
JAN
2018
AVERAGE MONTHLY
AVERAGE POST REACH
vs. PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE ORGANIC
PERCENTAGE OF PAGES
USING PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE PAID REACH
vs. TOTAL REACH
+0.03% 13.9% 3.4% 30.1% 30.3%

82
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE VIDEO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE PHOTO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE LINK POSTS
JAN
2018
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE STATUS POSTS
4.93% 5.09% 1.92% 2.28% 4.07%

83
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
INSTAGRAM USERS
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM
OF TOTAL POPULATION
FEMALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
MALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
JAN
2018
1.00 21% 32% 68%
MILLION

84
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2018
7.07 149% 91% 9% 74%
MILLION

85
OVERALL COUNTRY
INDEX SCORE
MOBILE NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABILITY OF
DEVICES & SERVICES
CONSUMER
READINESS
JAN
2018
CONTENT & SERVICES
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
63.62 59.93 70.44 65.51 59.26

86
HAS A BANK
ACCOUNT
HAS A
CREDIT CARD
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
74% 27% [N/A] [N/A]
16% 37% [N/A] [N/A]

88
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
vs. POPULATION:
DIGITAL IN QATAR
2.67 2.64 2.64 4.67 2.30
99% 99% 99% 175% 86%

89
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
+18% +10% +3% 0%
+394 THOUSAND +240 THOUSAND +122 THOUSAND (UNCHANGED)

90
TOTAL
POPULATION
FEMALE
POPULATION
MALE
POPULATION
MEDIAN
AGE
JAN
2018
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION LIVING
IN URBAN AREAS
GDP PER
CAPITA
LITERACY
(TOTAL)
MALE
LITERACY
FEMALE
LITERACY
2.67 25.0% 75.0% +2.1% 33.4
MILLION YEARS OLD
99% $127,728 98% 97% 98%

91
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
JAN
2018
2.64 99% 2.30 86%
MILLION MILLION

92
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2018
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
2.20 2.51 2.11 2.52

93
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
JAN
2018
34% 63% 3% 0.10%
+5% -1% -22% +100%

94
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
GOOGLE.COM.QA SEARCH 2,100,000 5M 25S 12.3
WHATSAPP.COM SOCIAL 1,000,000 2M 29S 2.0
QATARLIVING.COM NEWS & MEDIA 900,000 10M 15S 9.6

95
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
GOOGLE.COM.QA 2M 20S 3.47
QATARLIVING.COM 9M 15S 9.93
MOI.GOV.QA 5M 44S 5.95
QATARAIRWAYS.COM 5M 57S 3.87
ALARABONLINE.BIZ 0M 56S 1.19
PROFIT-OPPORTUNITY.COM 1M 01S 1.47
OFFICE.COM 3M 32S 2.21
QU.EDU.QA 8M 03S 7.83

96
JAN
2018
# QUERY INDEX
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
# QUERY INDEX
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
QATAR 100
‫ﻗﻁطﺭر‬ 36
DOHA 33
YOUTUBE 21
FACEBOOK 21
GOOGLE 19
NEWS 18
TRANSLATE 11
HINDI MOVIE 9
YOU 9
MP3 9
QATAR AIRWAYS 7
CRICKET 7
GMAIL 6
WWW 6
MOI 6
YAHOO 6
WEATHER 6
GOOGLE TRANSLATE 5
FACEBOOK LOGIN 5

97
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
2.64 99% 2.30 86%
MILLION MILLION

98
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
FACEBOOK USERS
vs. JANUARY 2017
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
3.10 +29% 87% 24% 76%
MILLION
NOTE: THIS FIGURE IS GREATER THAN
THE LATEST OFFICIAL FIGURES FOR
THE COUNTRY’S TOTAL POPULATION.

99
JAN
2018
AVERAGE MONTHLY
AVERAGE POST REACH
vs. PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE ORGANIC
PERCENTAGE OF PAGES
USING PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE PAID REACH
vs. TOTAL REACH
+0.11% 11.9% 9.7% 24.7% 33.5%

100
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE VIDEO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE PHOTO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE LINK POSTS
JAN
2018
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE STATUS POSTS
5.16% 6.81% 3.01% 4.86% 2.17%

101
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
INSTAGRAM USERS
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM
OF TOTAL POPULATION
FEMALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
MALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
JAN
2018
810.0 30% 35% 65%
THOUSAND

102
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2018
4.67 175% 81% 19% 80%
MILLION

103
OVERALL COUNTRY
INDEX SCORE
MOBILE NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABILITY OF
DEVICES & SERVICES
CONSUMER
READINESS
JAN
2018
CONTENT & SERVICES
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
75.74 68.98 89.32 70.57 75.71

104
HAS A BANK
ACCOUNT
HAS A
CREDIT CARD
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
66% 32% [N/A] [N/A]
29% 34% [N/A] [N/A]

106
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018 A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
DIGITAL IN SAUDI ARABIA
33.25 30.25 25.00 23.66 18.00
84% 91% 75% 71% 54%

107
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
+34% +32% +10% +13%

108
TOTAL
POPULATION
FEMALE
POPULATION
MALE
POPULATION
MEDIAN
AGE
JAN
2018
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION LIVING
IN URBAN AREAS
GDP PER
CAPITA
LITERACY
(TOTAL)
MALE
LITERACY
FEMALE
LITERACY
33.25 42.8% 57.2% +1.9% 27.9
MILLION YEARS OLD
84% $54,522 95% 91% 97%

109
MOBILE PHONE
(ANY TYPE)
SMART
PHONE
LAPTOP OR
DESKTOP COMPUTER
TABLET
COMPUTER
JAN
2018
DEVICE USAGEPERCENTAGE OF THE ADULT POPULATION* THAT CURRENTLY USES EACH KIND OF DEVICE [SURVEY-BASED]
TELEVISION
(ANY KIND)
DEVICE FOR STREAMING
INTERNET CONTENT TO TV
E-READER
DEVICE
WEARABLE
TECH DEVICE
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS.
98% 96% 56% 22%
83% 5% 1% 2%

110
AVERAGE DAILY TIME
SPENT USING THE
INTERNET VIA ANY DEVICE
AVERAGE DAILY TIME
SPENT USING SOCIAL
MEDIA VIA ANY DEVICE
AVERAGE DAILY TV VIEWING TIME
(BROADCAST, STREAMING
AND VIDEO ON DEMAND)
AVERAGE DAILY TIME
SPENT LISTENING TO
STREAMING MUSIC
JAN
2018
TIME SPENT WITH MEDIASURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3 2017. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64.
NOTE: TIME SPENT USING SOCIAL MEDIA INCLUDES SOCIAL NETWORKS AS WELL AS MESSENGERS / CHAT APPS.
6H 45M 2H 34M 3H 05M 1H 01M

111
BELIEVE THAT NEW
TECHNOLOGIES OFFER MORE
OPPORTUNITIES THAN RISKS
PREFER TO COMPLETE
TASKS DIGITALLY
WHENEVER POSSIBLE
BELIEVE DATA PRIVACY
AND PROTECTION ARE
VERY IMPORTANT
DELETE COOKIES FROM
INTERNET BROWSER
TO PROTECT PRIVACY
JAN
2018
ATTITUDES TOWARDS DIGITALHOW INTERNET USERS* PERCEIVE THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON PRIVACY ISSUES
USE AN AD-BLOCKING
TOOL TO STOP ADVERTS
BEING DISPLAYED
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018; GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3, 2017. NOTES: GOOGLE FIGURES BASED ON A SURVEY OF ADULT
INTERNET USERS. SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON METHODOLOGY AND AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. GLOBALWEBINDEX
FIGURES BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. *NOTE: THESE FIGURES ONLY REPRESENT THE ATTITUDES AND ACTIVITIES OF INTERNET USERS.
65% 63% 78% 34% 36%

112
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
JAN
2018
INTERNET USEBASED ON REPORTED INTERNET USER DATA, AND USER-CLAIMED MOBILE INTERNET USE
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; EUROSTAT; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES;
REPUTABLE MEDIA; GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3 2017. NOTES: GLOBALWEBINDEX DATA IS BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64, BUT DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW
TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
30.25 91% 29.32 88%
MILLION MILLION

113
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2018
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
24.15 24.52 20.81 24.54

114
EVERY
DAY
AT LEAST ONCE
PER WEEK
AT LEAST ONCE
PER MONTH
LESS THAN ONCE
PER MONTH
JAN
2018
FREQUENCY OF INTERNET USEHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET FOR PERSONAL REASONS (ANY DEVICE)
1 7 31 ?
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
VALUES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS, OR DUE TO ROUNDING IN THE SOURCE DATA.
88% 9% 3% 0%

115
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA FIXED
CONNECTIONS
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
COMPUTER OR TABLET
ACCESS EQUALLY VIA
A SMARTPHONE AND
COMPUTER OR TABLET
JAN
2018
INTERNET CONNECTIONS: SPEED & DEVICESAVERAGE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS, AND THE DEVICE THAT PEOPLE USE MOST OFTEN TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
SMARTPHONE
SOURCES: OOKLA SPEEDTEST, NOVEMBER 2017; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. GOOGLE’S FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY.
NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S
METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DEVICE USAGE PERCENTAGES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS.
21.26 16.22 4% 40% 56%
MBPS MBPS

116
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
JAN
2018
33% 64% 2% 0.42%
-20% +16% -31% +110%

117
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
GOOGLE.COM.SA SEARCH 86,300,000 10M 50S 8.6
LIVE.COM EMAIL 10,700,000 8M 41S 8.9
AMAZON.COM SHOPPING 6,600,000 10M 18S 12.8

118
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
GOOGLE.COM.SA 5M 49S 8.19
SABQ.ORG 4M 07S 2.33
ARGAAM.COM 12M 11S 4.05
AJEL.SA 4M 08S 2.48
HAWAAWORLD.COM 1M 46S 1.08
SOUQ.COM 6M 25S 4.60
STARZPLAY.COM 1M 26S 1.21
MOE.GOV.SA 12M 31S 6.48
MOI.GOV.SA 8M 10S 10.10
ALMUBASHER.COM.SA 8M 50S 6.63

119
USE A SEARCH
ENGINE
VISIT A SOCIAL
NETWORK
PLAY
GAMES
WATCH
VIDEOS
JAN
2018
WEEKLY ONLINE ACTIVITIES BY DEVICEPERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION* ENGAGING IN EACH ACTIVITY AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK [SURVEY-BASED]
LOOK FOR PRODUCT
INFORMATION
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTES: DATA BASED ON SURVEY
RESPONSES FROM ADULT INTERNET USERS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S
METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
66% 85% 29% 78% 40%
40% 47% 19% 46% 25%

120
JAN
2018
# QUERY INDEX
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
# QUERY INDEX
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
‫ﺳﺑﻕق‬ 98
‫ﺍاﻟﺭرﻳﯾﺎﺽض‬ 59
‫ﺣﺭرﺍاﺝج‬ 54
YOUTUBE 47
‫ﻗﺻﺔ ﻋﺷﻕق‬ 46
‫ﻗﻭوﻗﻝل‬ 43
‫ﻧﻭوﺭر‬ 42
FACEBOOK 41
GOOGLE 40
‫ﺍاﻟﺭرﺍاﺟﺣﻲ‬ 25
‫ﺍاﻟﻳﯾﻭوﺗﻳﯾﻭوﺏب‬ 25
‫ﺍاﻟﻁطﻘﺱس‬ 24
TRANSLATE 23
‫ﻳﯾﻼ‬ ‫ﺷﻭوﺕت‬ 22

121
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY DAY
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY WEEK
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY MONTH
WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS
LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH
JAN
2018
FREQUENCY OF WATCHING ONLINE VIDEOHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS (ANY DEVICE)
NEVER WATCH
ONLINE VIDEOS
1 7 31 365 X
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT INTERNET USERS
64% 26% 4% 0% 5%

122
REGULAR
TELEVISION
ON A TV SET
RECORDED
CONTENT
ON A TV SET
CATCH-UP /
ON-DEMAND
SERVICE ON TV SET
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
A TV SET
JAN
2018
HOW INTERNET USERS WATCH TELEVISIONCOMPARISON OF THE METHODS AND DEVICES USED FOR ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING ‘TELEVISION’ CONTENT
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
ANOTHER DEVICE
79% 17% 10% 22% 14%

123
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
25.00 75% 18.00 54%
MILLION MILLION

124
JAN
2018
MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMSSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT USERS’ OWN CLAIMED / REPORTED ACTIVITY
SOCIAL NETWORK
SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3 2017. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. NOTES: DATA FOR PLATFORMS WITH AN ASTERISK (*) IS COLLECTED IN A DIFFERENT PART
OF THE SURVEY TO OTHER PLATFORM DATA. ALL DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE. ADVISORY: FIGURES ARE BASED ON RESPONSES
TO A SURVEY, AND MAY NOT CORRELATE TO SOCIAL MEDIA PENETRATION FIGURES SHOWN ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT; FOR FULL DETAILS, SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT.
73%
71%
66%
54%
52%
40%
39%
32%
24%
24%
20%
16%
WHATSAPP
YOUTUBE
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM
TWITTER
FB MESSENGER
SNAPCHAT
GOOGLE+
SKYPE
LINKEDIN
LINE
PINTEREST

125
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
FACEBOOK USERS
vs. JANUARY 2017
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
25.00 +32% 72% 28% 72%
MILLION

126
AGE TOTAL FEMALE MALE
TOTAL
13 – 17
18 – 24
25 – 34
35 – 44
45 – 54
55 – 64
65+
FEMALE
MALE
PROFILE OF FACEBOOK USERSA BREAKDOWN OF THE COUNTRY’S FACEBOOK’S USERS BY AGE AND GENDER, IN MILLIONS
JAN
2018
SOURCE: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2018. NOTES: THE ‘TOTAL’ COLUMN OF THE INSET TABLE SHOWS ORIGINAL VALUES,
WHILE GRAPH VALUES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY ONE MILLION. TABLE PERCENTAGES REPRESENT THE RESPECTIVE GENDER AND AGE GROUP’S
SHARE OF TOTAL NATIONAL FACEBOOK USERS. TABLE VALUES MAY NOT SUM EXACTLY DUE TO ROUNDING IN THE SOURCE DATA.
13 – 17
YEARS OLD
65+
YEARS OLD
25 – 34
YEARS OLD
35 – 44
YEARS OLD
45 – 54
YEARS OLD
55 – 64
YEARS OLD
18 – 24
YEARS OLD
TOTAL 25,000,000 28% 72%
13 – 17 800,000 1% 2%
18 – 24 6,200,000 8% 17%
25 – 34 10,000,000 10% 31%
35 – 44 5,300,000 6% 15%
45 – 54 1,600,000 2% 5%
55 – 64 420,000 0.4% 1%
65+ 340,000 0.5% 0.8%
0.3
1.9
2.6
1.5
0.4
0.1 0.1
0.5
4.3
7.7
3.8
1.2
0.3 0.2

127
JAN
2018
AVERAGE MONTHLY
AVERAGE POST REACH
vs. PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE ORGANIC
PERCENTAGE OF PAGES
USING PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE PAID REACH
vs. TOTAL REACH
+0.86% 9.4% 5.2% 37.1% 29.4%

128
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE VIDEO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE PHOTO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE LINK POSTS
JAN
2018
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE STATUS POSTS
2.89% 3.15% 5.72% 3.50% 4.68%

129
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
INSTAGRAM USERS
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM
OF TOTAL POPULATION
FEMALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
MALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
JAN
2018
12.00 36% 36% 64%
MILLION

130
NUMBER OF UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS (ANY
TYPE OF HANDSET)
MOBILE PENETRATION
(UNIQUE USERS vs.
TOTAL POPULATION)
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2018
MOBILE USERS vs. MOBILE CONNECTIONSCOMPARING THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE MOBILE USERS TO THE NUMBER OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AVERAGE NUMBER OF
CONNECTIONS PER
UNIQUE MOBILE USER
SOURCES: UNIQUE MOBILE USERS: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, JANUARY 2018; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018;
MOBILE CONNECTIONS: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2017. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
23.66 71% 56.80 171% 2.40
MILLION MILLION

131
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2018
56.80 171% 81% 19% 80%
MILLION

132
OVERALL COUNTRY
INDEX SCORE
MOBILE NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABILITY OF
DEVICES & SERVICES
CONSUMER
READINESS
JAN
2018
CONTENT & SERVICES
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
68.86 59.10 76.92 71.24 69.42

133
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION USING
MOBILE MESSENGERS
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION WATCHING
VIDEOS ON MOBILE
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION PLAYING
GAMES ON MOBILE
PERCENTAGE
OF THE POPULATION
USING MOBILE BANKING
JAN
2018
MOBILE ACTIVITIESSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION USING
MOBILE MAP SERVICES
NOTE: DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
83% 82% 67% 43% 74%

134
USE THE ALARM
CLOCK FUNCTION
MANAGE DIARY
OR APPOINTMENTS
CHECK THE
WEATHER
TRACK HEALTH, DIET,
OR ACTIVITY LEVELS
JAN
2018
SMARTPHONE LIFE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION USING A SMARTPHONE TO PERFORM EACH TASK [SURVEY-BASED]
TAKE PHOTOS
OR VIDEOS
CHECK
THE NEWS
READ E-BOOKS
OR E-MAGAZINES
MANAGE LISTS
(E.G. SHOPPING, TASKS)
54% 30% 34% 35%
64% 52% 25% 28%

135
HAS A BANK
ACCOUNT
HAS A
CREDIT CARD
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
69% 12% [N/A] 16%
5% 16% 8% 22%

136
SEARCHED ONLINE
FOR A PRODUCT
OR SERVICE TO BUY
VISITED
AN ONLINE
RETAIL STORE
PURCHASED A
PRODUCT OR
SERVICE ONLINE
MADE AN ONLINE
PURCHASE VIA A LAPTOP
OR DESKTOP COMPUTER
JAN
2018
E-COMMERCE ACTIVITIES IN PAST 30 DAYSSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
MADE AN ONLINE
PURCHASE VIA A
MOBILE DEVICE
74% 74% 47% 37% 37%

137
FASHION
& BEAUTY
ELECTRONICS &
PHYSICAL MEDIA
FOOD &
PERSONAL CARE
FURNITURE &
APPLIANCES
JAN
2018
E-COMMERCE SPEND BY CATEGORYTOTAL ANNUAL AMOUNT SPENT ON CONSUMER E-COMMERCE CATEGORIES, IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS
TOYS, DIY
& HOBBIES
TRAVEL (INCLUDING
ACCOMMODATION)
DIGITAL
MUSIC
VIDEO
GAMES
SOURCES: STATISTA DIGITAL MARKET OUTLOOK, E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY, E-TRAVEL INDUSTRY, AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY, ALL ACCESSED JANUARY 2018.
NOTE: FIGURES ARE BASED ON ESTIMATES OF FULL-YEAR CONSUMER SPEND IN 2017, AND DO NOT INCLUDE B2B SPEND.
$1,679 $1,667 $403.7 $708.3
$989.0 $673.3 $11.1 $118.2

138
FASHION
& BEAUTY
ELECTRONICS &
PHYSICAL MEDIA
FOOD &
PERSONAL CARE
FURNITURE &
APPLIANCES
JAN
2018
E-COMMERCE GROWTH BY CATEGORYANNUAL CHANGE IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT SPENT ON CONSUMER E-COMMERCE CATEGORIES, IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS
TOYS, DIY
& HOBBIES
TRAVEL (INCLUDING
ACCOMMODATION)
DIGITAL
MUSIC
VIDEO
GAMES
SOURCES: STATISTA DIGITAL MARKET OUTLOOK, E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY, E-TRAVEL INDUSTRY, AND DIGITAL MEDIA INDUSTRY, ALL ACCESSED JANUARY 2018.
NOTE: FIGURES ARE BASED ON ESTIMATES OF FULL-YEAR CONSUMER SPEND IN 2017, AND DO NOT INCLUDE B2B SPEND.
+13% +11% +12% +14%
+11% +11% +7% +14%

139
TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
PURCHASING CONSUMER
GOODS VIA E-COMMERCE
PENETRATION OF CONSUMER
GOODS E-COMMERCE
(TOTAL POPULATION)
AVERAGE ANNUAL REVENUE
PER USER OF CONSUMER
GOODS E-COMMERCE (ARPU)
JAN
2018
E-COMMERCE DETAIL: CONSUMER GOODSAN OVERVIEW OF THE E-COMMERCE MARKET FOR CONSUMER GOODS, WITH VALUES IN UNITED STATES DOLLARS
YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE: YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE:
SOURCE: STATISTA DIGITAL MARKET OUTLOOK, E-COMMERCE INDUSTRY, ACCESSED JANUARY 2018. NOTES: FIGURES REPRESENT SALES OF PHYSICAL GOODS VIA DIGITAL CHANNELS
ON ANY DEVICE TO PRIVATE END USERS, AND DO NOT INCLUDE DIGITAL MEDIA, DIGITAL SERVICES SUCH AS TRAVEL OR SOFTWARE, B2B PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, RESALE OF USED
GOODS, OR SALES BETWEEN PRIVATE PERSONS (P2P COMMERCE). PENETRATION FIGURE REPRESENTS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
VALUE OF THE CONSUMER
GOODS E-COMMERCE MARKET
(TOTAL ANNUAL SALES REVENUE)
11.60 35% $5.446 $469
MILLION BILLION
+11% +12% +1%

140
JAN
2018
ADVERTISING MEDIA: FIRST AWARENESSTHE CHANNEL THAT FIRST INTRODUCED INTERNET USERS* TO A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT THEY SUBSEQUENTLY PURCHASED
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT INTERNET USERS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE
NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. FIGURES MAY NOT TOTAL TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
33%
27%
15%
12%
5%
3%
2%
1%
0%
ONLINE
IN-STORE
TELEVISION
POSTER
PRESS
EMAIL
OTHER
RADIO
DIRECT MAIL

142
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018 A SNAPSHOT OF THE COUNTRY’S KEY DIGITAL STATISTICAL INDICATORS
DIGITAL IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
9.47 9.38 9.38 7.31 8.70
86% 99% 99% 77% 92%

143
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
+2% +2% +1% +6%

144
TOTAL
POPULATION
FEMALE
POPULATION
MALE
POPULATION
MEDIAN
AGE
JAN
2018
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION LIVING
IN URBAN AREAS
GDP PER
CAPITA
LITERACY
(TOTAL)
MALE
LITERACY
FEMALE
LITERACY
9.47 27.8% 72.2% +1.5% 30.3
MILLION YEARS OLD
86% $72,540 94% 96% 93%

145
MOBILE PHONE
(ANY TYPE)
SMART
PHONE
LAPTOP OR
DESKTOP COMPUTER
TABLET
COMPUTER
JAN
2018
DEVICE USAGEPERCENTAGE OF THE ADULT POPULATION* THAT CURRENTLY USES EACH KIND OF DEVICE [SURVEY-BASED]
TELEVISION
(ANY KIND)
DEVICE FOR STREAMING
INTERNET CONTENT TO TV
E-READER
DEVICE
WEARABLE
TECH DEVICE
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
99% 96% 71% 28%
80% 7% 1% 11%

146
AVERAGE DAILY TIME
SPENT USING THE
INTERNET VIA ANY DEVICE
AVERAGE DAILY TIME
SPENT USING SOCIAL
MEDIA VIA ANY DEVICE
AVERAGE DAILY TV VIEWING TIME
(BROADCAST, STREAMING
AND VIDEO ON DEMAND)
AVERAGE DAILY TIME
SPENT LISTENING TO
STREAMING MUSIC
JAN
2018
TIME SPENT WITH MEDIASURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
NOTE: TIME SPENT USING SOCIAL MEDIA INCLUDES SOCIAL NETWORKS AS WELL AS MESSENGERS / CHAT APPS.
7H 49M 2H 56M 2H 18M 1H 03M

147
BELIEVE THAT NEW
TECHNOLOGIES OFFER MORE
OPPORTUNITIES THAN RISKS
PREFER TO COMPLETE
TASKS DIGITALLY
WHENEVER POSSIBLE
BELIEVE DATA PRIVACY
AND PROTECTION ARE
VERY IMPORTANT
DELETE COOKIES FROM
INTERNET BROWSER
TO PROTECT PRIVACY
JAN
2018
ATTITUDES TOWARDS DIGITALHOW INTERNET USERS* PERCEIVE THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY, AND THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON PRIVACY ISSUES
USE AN AD-BLOCKING
TOOL TO STOP ADVERTS
BEING DISPLAYED
SOURCES: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018; GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3, 2017. NOTES: GOOGLE FIGURES BASED ON A SURVEY OF ADULT
INTERNET USERS. SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON METHODOLOGY AND AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. GLOBALWEBINDEX
FIGURES BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. *NOTE: THESE FIGURES ONLY REPRESENT THE ATTITUDES AND ACTIVITIES OF INTERNET USERS.
76% 72% 80% 40% 34%

148
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
JAN
2018
INTERNET USEBASED ON REPORTED INTERNET USER DATA, AND USER-CLAIMED MOBILE INTERNET USE
SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; EUROSTAT; INTERNETLIVESTATS; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; FACEBOOK; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES;
REPUTABLE MEDIA; GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3 2017. NOTES: GLOBALWEBINDEX DATA IS BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64, BUT DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW
TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE. PENETRATION FIGURES BASED ON POPULATION DATA FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU.
9.38 99% 9.13 96%
MILLION MILLION

149
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2018
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
8.52 8.58 8.52 8.58

150
EVERY
DAY
AT LEAST ONCE
PER WEEK
AT LEAST ONCE
PER MONTH
LESS THAN ONCE
PER MONTH
JAN
2018
FREQUENCY OF INTERNET USEHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET FOR PERSONAL REASONS (ANY DEVICE)
1 7 31 ?
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS
VALUES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS, OR DUE TO ROUNDING IN THE SOURCE DATA.
93% 6% 1% 0%

151
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA FIXED
CONNECTIONS
AVERAGE INTERNET
SPEED VIA MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
COMPUTER OR TABLET
ACCESS EQUALLY VIA
A SMARTPHONE AND
COMPUTER OR TABLET
JAN
2018
INTERNET CONNECTIONS: SPEED & DEVICESAVERAGE INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS, AND THE DEVICE THAT PEOPLE USE MOST OFTEN TO ACCESS THE INTERNET
ACCESS THE INTERNET
MOST OFTEN VIA A
SMARTPHONE
SOURCES: OOKLA SPEEDTEST, NOVEMBER 2017; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. GOOGLE’S FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY.
NOTES: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT RESPONDENTS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S
METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. DEVICE USAGE PERCENTAGES MAY NOT SUM TO 100% DUE TO “DON’T KNOW” OR INCOMPLETE ANSWERS.
25.69 50.2 3% 41% 52%
MBPS MBPS

152
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
JAN
2018
36% 61% 3% 0.07%
-6% +6% -27% -30%

153
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
GOOGLE.AE SEARCH 87,000,000 11M 28S 9.2
SOUQ.COM SHOPPING 8,000,000 8M 17S 8.3

154
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
GOOGLE.AE 6M 41S 9.58
SOUQ.COM 6M 25S 4.60
STARZPLAY.COM 1M 26S 1.21
DUBIZZLE.COM 12M 48S 9.08
MOKMHP.COM 0M 24S 1.44
MATHRUBHUMI.COM 8M 17S 4.93
APARAT.COM 7M 08S 5.34
KHALEEJTIMES.COM 4M 46S 2.80
LINKEDIN.COM 5M 19S 4.19
ABS-CBN.COM 3M 46S 2.08

155
USE A SEARCH
ENGINE
VISIT A SOCIAL
NETWORK
PLAY
GAMES
WATCH
VIDEOS
JAN
2018
WEEKLY ONLINE ACTIVITIES BY DEVICEPERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION* ENGAGING IN EACH ACTIVITY AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK [SURVEY-BASED]
LOOK FOR PRODUCT
INFORMATION
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
SMARTPHONE:
COMPUTER:
71% 86% 28% 80% 33%
47% 50% 13% 50% 21%

156
JAN
2018
# QUERY INDEX
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
# QUERY INDEX
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
DUBAI 100
GOOGLE 24
YOUTUBE 23
FACEBOOK 20
NEWS 18
TRANSLATE 13
EMIRATES 13
YOU 12
GMAIL 9
CRICKET 8
DUBIZZLE 6
WEATHER 6
HINDI MOVIE 6
YAHOO 6
FACEBOOK LOGIN 6
GOOGLE TRANSLATE 6
MANORAMA 6
MAP 5
YAHOO MAIL 5
LIVE CRICKET 4

157
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY DAY
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY WEEK
WATCH ONLINE
VIDEOS EVERY MONTH
WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS
LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH
JAN
2018
FREQUENCY OF WATCHING ONLINE VIDEOHOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS WATCH ONLINE VIDEOS (ANY DEVICE)
NEVER WATCH
ONLINE VIDEOS
1 7 31 365 X
67% 23% 6% 1% 4%

158
REGULAR
TELEVISION
ON A TV SET
RECORDED
CONTENT
ON A TV SET
CATCH-UP /
ON-DEMAND
SERVICE ON TV SET
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
A TV SET
JAN
2018
HOW INTERNET USERS WATCH TELEVISIONCOMPARISON OF THE METHODS AND DEVICES USED FOR ACCESSING AND DISPLAYING ‘TELEVISION’ CONTENT
ONLINE CONTENT
STREAMED ON
ANOTHER DEVICE
80% 25% 19% 17% 17%

159
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
9.38 99% 8.70 92%
MILLION MILLION

160
JAN
2018
MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMSSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT USERS’ OWN CLAIMED / REPORTED ACTIVITY
SOCIAL NETWORK
SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX, Q2 & Q3 2017. BASED ON A SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. NOTES: DATA FOR PLATFORMS WITH AN ASTERISK (*) IS COLLECTED IN A DIFFERENT PART
OF THE SURVEY TO OTHER PLATFORM DATA. ALL DATA HAS BEEN REBASED TO SHOW TOTAL NATIONAL PENETRATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE. ADVISORY: FIGURES ARE BASED ON RESPONSES
TO A SURVEY, AND MAY NOT CORRELATE TO SOCIAL MEDIA PENETRATION FIGURES SHOWN ELSEWHERE IN THIS REPORT; FOR FULL DETAILS, SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT.
83%
82%
79%
59%
58%
53%
41%
40%
38%
30%
22%
20%
WHATSAPP
FACEBOOK
YOUTUBE
FB MESSENGER
SKYPE
INSTAGRAM
TWITTER
LINKEDIN
GOOGLE+
SNAPCHAT
PINTEREST
WECHAT

161
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
FACEBOOK USERS
vs. JANUARY 2017
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
10.00 +9% 87% 28% 72%
MILLION
NOTE: THIS FIGURE IS GREATER THAN
THE LATEST OFFICIAL FIGURES FOR
THE COUNTRY’S TOTAL POPULATION.

162
TOTAL
13 – 17
18 – 24
25 – 34
35 – 44
45 – 54
55 – 64
65+
FEMALE
MALE
PROFILE OF FACEBOOK USERSA BREAKDOWN OF THE COUNTRY’S FACEBOOK’S USERS BY AGE AND GENDER, IN THOUSANDS
JAN
2018
SOURCE: EXTRAPOLATION OF FACEBOOK DATA, JANUARY 2018. NOTES: THE ‘TOTAL’ COLUMN OF THE INSET TABLE SHOWS ORIGINAL VALUES,
WHILE GRAPH VALUES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED BY ONE THOUSAND. TABLE PERCENTAGES REPRESENT THE RESPECTIVE GENDER AND AGE GROUP’S
SHARE OF TOTAL NATIONAL FACEBOOK USERS. TABLE VALUES MAY NOT SUM EXACTLY DUE TO ROUNDING IN THE SOURCE DATA.
13 – 17
YEARS OLD
65+
YEARS OLD
25 – 34
YEARS OLD
35 – 44
YEARS OLD
45 – 54
YEARS OLD
55 – 64
YEARS OLD
18 – 24
YEARS OLD
TOTAL 10,000,000 28% 72%
13 – 17 220,000 0.9% 1%
18 – 24 2,100,000 6% 15%
25 – 34 4,500,000 12% 33%
35 – 44 2,200,000 6% 16%
45 – 54 720,000 2% 5%
55 – 64 200,000 0.6% 1%
65+ 110,000 0.4% 0.7%
91
590
1,220
610
193
57 39
129
1,486
3,270
1,585
525
139 66

163
JAN
2018
AVERAGE MONTHLY
AVERAGE POST REACH
vs. PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE ORGANIC
PERCENTAGE OF PAGES
USING PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE PAID REACH
vs. TOTAL REACH
+1.87% 10.9% 6.9% 41.0% 34.0%

164
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE VIDEO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE PHOTO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE LINK POSTS
JAN
2018
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE STATUS POSTS
3.19% 4.08% 4.99% 4.80% 4.31%

165
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
INSTAGRAM USERS
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM
OF TOTAL POPULATION
FEMALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
MALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
JAN
2018
3.30 35% 38% 62%
MILLION

166
NUMBER OF UNIQUE
MOBILE USERS (ANY
TYPE OF HANDSET)
MOBILE PENETRATION
(UNIQUE USERS vs.
TOTAL POPULATION)
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
JAN
2018
MOBILE USERS vs. MOBILE CONNECTIONSCOMPARING THE NUMBER OF UNIQUE MOBILE USERS TO THE NUMBER OF MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AVERAGE NUMBER OF
CONNECTIONS PER
UNIQUE MOBILE USER
SOURCES: UNIQUE MOBILE USERS: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, JANUARY 2018; GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018;
MOBILE CONNECTIONS: GSMA INTELLIGENCE, Q4 2017. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE FOR TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE.
7.31 77% 19.18 202% 2.63
MILLION MILLION

167
TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2018
19.18 202% 83% 17% 80%
MILLION

168
OVERALL COUNTRY
INDEX SCORE
MOBILE NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABILITY OF
DEVICES & SERVICES
CONSUMER
READINESS
JAN
2018
CONTENT & SERVICES
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
72.29 68.14 81.88 67.48 72.55

169
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION USING
MOBILE MESSENGERS
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION WATCHING
VIDEOS ON MOBILE
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION PLAYING
GAMES ON MOBILE
PERCENTAGE
OF THE POPULATION
USING MOBILE BANKING
JAN
2018
MOBILE ACTIVITIESSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
PERCENTAGE OF THE
POPULATION USING
MOBILE MAP SERVICES
92% 89% 66% 54% 84%

170
USE THE ALARM
CLOCK FUNCTION
MANAGE DIARY
OR APPOINTMENTS
CHECK THE
WEATHER
TRACK HEALTH, DIET,
OR ACTIVITY LEVELS
JAN
2018
SMARTPHONE LIFE MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIESPERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION USING A SMARTPHONE TO PERFORM EACH TASK [SURVEY-BASED]
TAKE PHOTOS
OR VIDEOS
CHECK
THE NEWS
READ E-BOOKS
OR E-MAGAZINES
MANAGE LISTS
(E.G. SHOPPING, TASKS)
68% 24% 26% 16%
72% 40% 14% 19%

171
HAS A BANK
ACCOUNT
HAS A
CREDIT CARD
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
84% 37% 11% 34%
25% 42% 31% 35%

172
SEARCHED ONLINE
FOR A PRODUCT
OR SERVICE TO BUY
VISITED
AN ONLINE
RETAIL STORE
PURCHASED A
PRODUCT OR
SERVICE ONLINE
MADE AN ONLINE
PURCHASE VIA A LAPTOP
OR DESKTOP COMPUTER
JAN
2018
E-COMMERCE ACTIVITIES IN PAST 30 DAYSSURVEY-BASED DATA: FIGURES REPRESENT RESPONDENTS’ SELF-REPORTED ACTIVITY
MADE AN ONLINE
PURCHASE VIA A
MOBILE DEVICE
85% 91% 63% 45% 45%

173
JAN
2018
ADVERTISING MEDIA: FIRST AWARENESSTHE CHANNEL THAT FIRST INTRODUCED INTERNET USERS* TO A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT THEY SUBSEQUENTLY PURCHASED
SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER, JANUARY 2018. FIGURES BASED ON RESPONSES TO A SURVEY. *NOTE: DATA REPRESENTS ADULT INTERNET USERS ONLY; PLEASE SEE THE
NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION ON GOOGLE’S METHODOLOGY AND THEIR AUDIENCE DEFINITIONS. FIGURES MAY NOT TOTAL TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
23%
20%
18%
14%
11%
5%
2%
2%
2%
ONLINE
PRESS
IN-STORE
TELEVISION
POSTER
OTHER
RADIO
EMAIL
DIRECT MAIL

175
TOTAL
POPULATION
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
vs. POPULATION:
DIGITAL IN YEMEN
28.58 7.03 2.30 18.37 2.10
36% 25% 8% 64% 7%

176
INTERNET
USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
ACTIVE MOBILE
SOCIAL USERS
JAN
+0.8% +5% +6% +11%

177
TOTAL
POPULATION
FEMALE
POPULATION
MALE
POPULATION
MEDIAN
AGE
JAN
2018
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
POPULATION SIZE
POPULATION LIVING
IN URBAN AREAS
GDP PER
CAPITA
LITERACY
(TOTAL)
MALE
LITERACY
FEMALE
LITERACY
28.58 49.5% 50.5% +2.4% 19.8
MILLION YEARS OLD
36% $2,512 70% 55% 85%

178
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE
INTERNET USERS
INTERNET USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF THE
TOTAL POPULATION
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE MOBILE
INTERNET USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
JAN
2018
7.03 25% 6.42 22%
MILLION MILLION

179
INTERNET
WORLD STATS
ITU (INTERNATIONAL
INTERNET
LIVE STATS
JAN
2018
CIA WORLD
FACTBOOK
6.91 7.03 6.77 7.03

180
LAPTOPS &
DESKTOPS
MOBILE
PHONES
TABLET
DEVICES
OTHER
DEVICES
JAN
2018
19% 80% 2% [N/A]
-39% +18% -11% [N/A]

181
JAN
2018
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
ALYAMANALARABY.COM 2M 07S 1.80
YEMEN.NET.YE 4M 32S 2.90
AKOAM.COM 5M 53S 6.03
KOOORA.COM 7M 59S 5.95
SAVEFROM.NET 3M 03S 1.32
T.CO 0M 43S 2.31
YEMENHR.COM 4M 31S 3.02
DOUBLECLICK.NET 2M 39S 1.90
OPENLOAD.CO 1M 35S 2.85
OPENSOOQ.COM 10M 44S 9.22

182
JAN
2018
# QUERY INDEX
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
# QUERY INDEX
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
‫ﺑﻧﺎﺕت‬ 43
‫ﺍاﻟﻳﯾﻣﻥن‬ 42
‫ﻧﺕت‬ 34
‫ﺍاﺧﺑﺎﺭر‬ 24
‫ﻗﺻﺹص‬ 21
‫ﻓﻳﯾﺱس ﺑﻭوﻙك‬ 15
GOOGLE 14
‫ﻳﯾﻣﻥن‬ 13
‫ﺍاﺧﺑﺎﺭر ﺍاﻟﻳﯾﻣﻥن‬ 12
‫ﻓﻳﯾﺩدﻳﯾﻭو‬ 12
‫ﺻﻭوﺭر ﺑﻧﺎﺕت‬ 12
‫ﺭرﻗﺹص‬ 10
‫ﷲ‬ 9
‫ﺣﺏب‬ 9

183
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTIVE SOCIAL
MEDIA USERS
ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL NUMBER
OF SOCIAL USERS
JAN
2018
2.30 8% 2.10 7%
MILLION MILLION

184
TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
FACEBOOK USERS
ANNUAL CHANGE IN
FACEBOOK USERS
vs. JANUARY 2017
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK USERS
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS FEMALE
PERCENTAGE OF
FACEBOOK PROFILES
DECLARED AS MALE
2.30 +5% 91% 15% 85%
MILLION

185
JAN
2018
AVERAGE MONTHLY
AVERAGE POST REACH
vs. PAGE LIKES
AVERAGE ORGANIC
PERCENTAGE OF PAGES
USING PAID MEDIA
AVERAGE PAID REACH
vs. TOTAL REACH
+0.04% 7.6% 0.5% 11.4% 17.3%

186
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE VIDEO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE PHOTO POSTS
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE LINK POSTS
JAN
2018
AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT
RATE FOR FACEBOOK
PAGE STATUS POSTS
3.38% 3.38% 0.56% 0.24% 1.12%

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TOTAL NUMBER OF
MONTHLY ACTIVE
INSTAGRAM USERS
ACTIVE INSTAGRAM
OF TOTAL POPULATION
FEMALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
MALE USERS AS A
PERCENTAGE OF ALL
JAN
2018
330.0 1% 27% 73%
THOUSAND

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TOTAL NUMBER
OF MOBILE
CONNECTIONS
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF
TOTAL POPULATION
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE PRE-PAID
PERCENTAGE OF
MOBILE CONNECTIONS
THAT ARE POST-PAID
BROADBAND (3G & 4G)
JAN
2018
18.37 64% 89% 11% 12%
MILLION

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OVERALL COUNTRY
INDEX SCORE
MOBILE NETWORK
INFRASTRUCTURE
AFFORDABILITY OF
DEVICES & SERVICES
CONSUMER
READINESS
JAN
2018
CONTENT & SERVICES
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
OUT OF A MAXIMUM
35.67 27.28 46.36 24.69 51.88

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HAS A BANK
ACCOUNT
HAS A
CREDIT CARD
JAN
2018
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
WITH A CREDIT CARD
PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN
PERCENTAGE OF MEN
6% 0.4% [N/A] 0.7%
[N/A] 0.8% 0.7% 0.6%

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CROSS-DEVICE
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database of mobile operator statistics, forecasts, and industry reports. GSMA Intelligence’s
data covers every operator group, network and MVNO in every country – from Afghanistan
to Zimbabwe. Updated daily, it is the most accurate and complete set of industry metrics
available, comprising tens of millions of individual data points.
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investment planning. The data is used as an industry reference point and is frequently
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Market Outlook products provide forecasts, detailed market insights, and key
indicators on 8 digital verticals including e-commerce, digital media, advertising,
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INTERNET POPULATION
50 DIGITAL
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SPECIAL THANKS
We’d also like to offer our thanks to the following data providers for
publishing much of the remaining data included in this year’s reports:
STATCOUNTERGOOGLE ERICSSONOOKLA
Lastly, a big thank you to the The Noun Project, who
supply and inspire the icons we use in these reports.
ALEXA

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POPULATION DATA: United Nations World Population
Prospects, 2017 Revision; US Census Bureau (accessed
January 2018); United Nations World Urbanization
Prospects, 2014 Revision. Literacy rates from UNESCO
(accessed January 2018). GDP data from World Bank
(accessed January 2018). Median age data from US
Census Bureau (accessed January 2018).
DIGITAL DEVICE OWNERSHIP DATA: Google Consumer
Barometer (accessed January 2018)**.
DIGITAL ATTITUDES DATA: GlobalWebIndex (Q2 & Q3
2017)*; Google Consumer Barometer (accessed
January 2018)**.
INTERNET USER DATA: InternetWorldStats (accessed
January 2018); ITU, Individuals Using the Internet,
2016; Eurostat online database, Individuals – internet
use (accessed January 2018); CIA World Factbook
(accessed January 2018); Northwestern University in
Qatar, Media use in the Middle East, 2017 (accessed
January 2018); national government and regulatory
body websites; government officials cited in reputable
media. Mobile internet use data from GlobalWebIndex
(Q2 & Q3 2017)* and extrapolation of data from
Facebook (January 2018). Time spent, and mobile
internet usage and penetration data extrapolated
from GlobalWebIndex (Q2 & Q3 2017)*. Share of web
traffic data from StatCounter (January 2018).
Frequency of internet use data from Google
Consumer Barometer (accessed January 2018)**.
Internet connection speed data from Ookla’s Speed
Test (December 2017). Website rankings from
SimilarWeb (Q4 2017) and Alexa (December 2017).
Google search query rankings from Google Trends
(data for 12 months to January 2018). Frequency of
use and TV viewing habits from Google Consumer
Barometer (accessed January 2018)**.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA DATA:
Latest reported monthly active user numbers from
Facebook, Tencent, VKontakte, LINE, Kakao, Google,
Sina, Twitter, Skype, Yahoo!, Viber, Baidu, and Snap,
as quoted directly in company documents, or as
reported by reputable media (all latest data available
at time of publishing in January 2018). Time spent on
social media from GlobalWebIndex (Q2 & Q3 2017)*.
Facebook and Instagram age and gender figures
extrapolated from Facebook data (January 2018).
Facebook reach and engagement data from Locowise;
data represents monthly averages for full-year 2017.
MOBILE PHONE USERS, MOBILE CONNECTIONS, AND
MOBILE BROADBAND DATA: Latest reported global and
national data from GSMA Intelligence (Q4 2017);
extrapolated global data from GSMA Intelligence
(January 2018); Ericsson Mobility Report (November
2017). Usage data extrapolated from GlobalWebIndex
(Q2 & Q3 2017)*; Google Consumer Barometer
(accessed January 2018)**. GSMA Intelligence Mobile
Connectivity Index (accessed January 2018):
http://www.mobileconnectivityindex.com/
Smartphone Life Management Activity data from
Google Consumer Barometer (accessed January
2018). Mobile app rankings and app usage insights
taken from App Annie’s 2017 Retrospective and Why
You Mobile Strategy Needs Apps reports – for more
details, visit http://bit.ly/AppAnnie2017.
E-COMMERCE DATA: Statista Digital Market Outlook,
e-Commerce, e-Travel, and digital media industry
reports (accessed January 2018). For more info, visit
http://www.statista.com. GlobalWebIndex (Q2 & Q3
2017)*; Google Consumer Barometer (accessed
January 2018)**.
FINANCIAL INCLUSION DATA: World Bank Global
Financial Inclusion (accessed January 2018).
NOTES: Some ‘annual growth’ figures are calculated
using the data reported in Hootsuite and We Are
Social’s Digital in 2017 report: http://bit.ly/GD2017GO.
*GlobalWebIndex manages a panel of more than 18
million connected consumers, collecting data every
quarter across 40 countries around the world, and
representing 90% of the global internet population.
Visit http://www.globalwebindex.net for more details.
**Google’s Consumer Barometer polls a nationally
representative total population (online & offline) aged
16+ in each country surveyed except in Argentina,
Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia,
Mexico, Philippines, Vietnam, and the USA, where the
sample base is aged 18+. For more details, visit
http://www.consumerbarometer.com/.
DATA SOURCES USED IN THIS REPORT & NOTES ON METHODOLOGIES

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This report uses data from a wide variety of
sources, including market research agencies,
internet and social media companies,
governments and public bodies, news media,
journalists, and our own internal analysis.
Wherever possible, we’ve prioritised data
sources that provide broader geographical
coverage, in order to minimise the potential
variations between data points, and offer
more reliable comparison across countries.
However, where we believe that an individual
metric provides a more reliable reference,
we’ve used such individual numbers to
ensure the most accurate reporting.
Furthermore, due to differing data collection
and preparation methodologies used by
these organisations, as well as the different
sample periods during which the data were
collected, there may be significant
differences in the reported metrics for similar
data points throughout this report.
In particular, data collected via surveys often
vary from one report to another, even if those
data have been collected by the same
organisation using the same methodology
and approach in each wave.
Similarly, reports of internet user numbers
vary considerably between different sources,
due to the complex nature of collecting this
data. In part, this is because there are fewer
commercial imperatives for governments and
regulators to collect and publish regular
internet user data compared to, for example,
the regular user number updates published
by social media companies, who depend on
such data to sell their products and services.
However, the latest user numbers published
by these companies can be a useful proxy for
the number of internet users in countries
where no other reliable data are available,
because all active social media users must
have an active internet connection in order
to access social media.
Because of this, on occasion, we’ve used the
latest monthly active user data from social
media companies to inform our internet user
numbers, especially in less-developed
economies, where ‘official’ internet user
numbers are published less frequently. As a
result, there are a number of countries in this
report where the number of social media
users equals the number of internet users.
It’s unlikely that 100 percent of internet users
in any given country will use the same social
media platform though, so in cases where
internet and social media user numbers are
the same, it’s likely that the actual number of
internet users will be higher than the number
we’ve reported.
Lastly, in some instances in this year’s report,
metrics may have decreased year-on-year
due to corrections in the source data, actual
declines in user numbers, and changes in the
primary data source we’ve used in our
reporting due to reasons such as increased
reliability, or the non-availability of updated
numbers from previous providers.
If you have any questions about specific
data points in these reports, or if you’d like to
offer your organisation’s data for
consideration in future reports, please email
our reports team: info@kepios.com
NOTES ON DATA VARIANCE, MISMATCHES, AND CURIOSITIES

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