In January 2022, the number of social media in the UAE amounted to 10.68 million users, up from 9.84 million users in the previous year. The total number of active social media users in the country for that year was about 9.98 million.
Social media user growth in the United Arab Emirates from January 2014 to January 2022
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Global Media Insight. (June 13, 2022). Social media user growth in the United Arab Emirates from January 2014 to January 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317245/uae-social-media-user-growth/
Global Media Insight. "Social media user growth in the United Arab Emirates from January 2014 to January 2022." Chart. June 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317245/uae-social-media-user-growth/
Global Media Insight. (2022). Social media user growth in the United Arab Emirates from January 2014 to January 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317245/uae-social-media-user-growth/
Global Media Insight. "Social Media User Growth in The United Arab Emirates from January 2014 to January 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317245/uae-social-media-user-growth/
Global Media Insight, Social media user growth in the United Arab Emirates from January 2014 to January 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317245/uae-social-media-user-growth/ (last visited June 06, 2023)
Social media user growth in the United Arab Emirates from January 2014 to January 2022 [Graph], Global Media Insight, June 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1317245/uae-social-media-user-growth/