This statistic shows the social media penetration in selected Middle East & North African countries as of January 2018, based on the number of active social media users as a percentage of a country's total population. During that month, 99 percent of the population in Qatar were monthly active social media users, logging on to social media services at least once per month.
Active social media penetration in Middle East & North African countries in January 2018
The data was extracted from multiple publications of the report as following:
Western Asia Part 1: North-West - Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey
Western Asia Part 2: South-East - Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Southern Asia: Iran
Northern Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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We Are Social. (January 29, 2018). Active social media penetration in Middle East & North African countries in January 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 14, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/309668/active-social-media-penetration-in-arab-countries/
We Are Social. "Active social media penetration in Middle East & North African countries in January 2018." Chart. January 29, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 14, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/309668/active-social-media-penetration-in-arab-countries/
We Are Social. (2018). Active social media penetration in Middle East & North African countries in January 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 14, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/309668/active-social-media-penetration-in-arab-countries/
We Are Social. "Active Social Media Penetration in Middle East & North African Countries in January 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Jan 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/309668/active-social-media-penetration-in-arab-countries/
We Are Social, Active social media penetration in Middle East & North African countries in January 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/309668/active-social-media-penetration-in-arab-countries/ (last visited August 14, 2020)
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