1 / 56

Digital 2019 Ghana (January 2019) v01

Everything you need to know about mobile, internet, social media, and e-commerce use in Ghana in 2019. For more reports, including the latest global trends and individual data for more than 230 countries around the world, visit https://datareportal.com/

DataReportal
Download Presentation

Digital 2019 Ghana (January 2019) v01

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. DIGITAL 2019 GHANA ALL THE DATA AND TRENDS YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND E-COMMERCE BEHAVIOURS IN 2019

  2. DIGITAL 2019 GLOBAL DIGITAL YEARBOOK DIGITAL 2019 ALL THE DATA AND TRENDS YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND E-COMMERCE BEHAVIOURS IN 2019 ESSENTIAL DIGITAL DATA FOR EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CLICK HERE TO READ OUR DIGITAL 2019 GLOBAL OVERVIEW REPORT, WITH MORE THAN 200 PAGES OF ESSENTIAL CHARTS AND INSIGHTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD CLICK HERE TO READ OUR DIGITAL 2019 GLOBAL DIGITAL YEARBOOK, WITH ESSENTIAL HEADLINE DIGITAL DATA FOR EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

  3. CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO ACCESS OUR IN-DEPTH LOCAL REPORTS GLOBAL OVERVIEW DIGITAL YEARBOOK ABKHAZIA AFGHANISTAN ÅLAND IS. ALBANIA ALGERIA AMERICAN SAMOA ANDORRA ANGOLA ANGUILLA ANTIGUA & BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA ARUBA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BERMUDA BHUTAN BOLIVIA BONAIRE, ST. EUSTATIUS & SABA BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRITISH VIRGIN IS. BRUNEI BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CABO VERDE CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAYMAN IS. CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. CHAD CHILE CHINA CHRISTMAS IS. COCOS (KEELING) IS. COLOMBIA COMOROS DEM. REP. OF CONGO REP. OF CONGO COOK IS. COSTA RICA CÔTE D’IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA CURAÇAO CYPRUS CZECH REP. DENMARK DJIBOUTI DOMINICA DOMINICAN REP. ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESTONIA ESWATINI ETHIOPIA FALKLAND IS. FAROE IS. FIJI FINLAND FRANCE FRENCH GUIANA FRENCH POLYNESIA GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GIBRALTAR GREECE GREENLAND GRENADA GUADELOUPE GUAM GUATEMALA GUERNSEY GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA HAITI HONDURAS HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ IRELAND ISLE OF MAN ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JERSEY JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KIRIBATI NORTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA KOSOVO KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAOS LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIBYA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MACAU TFYR MACEDONIA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA MARSHALL IS. MARTINIQUE MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MAYOTTE MEXICO MICRONESIA MOLDOVA MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MONTSERRAT MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NAURU NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NIUE NORFOLK IS. NORTHERN MARIANA IS. NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PALAU PALESTINE PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES PITCAIRN IS. POLAND PORTUGAL PUERTO RICO QATAR RÉUNION ROMANIA RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWANDA ST. BARTHÉLEMY ST. HELENA ST. KITTS & NEVIS ST. LUCIA ST. MARTIN ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES SAMOA SAN MARINO SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE ST. MAARTEN SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON IS. SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH SUDAN SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAME SVALBARD & JAN MAYEN SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIA TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND TIMOR-LESTE TOGO TOKELAU TONGA TRANSNISTRIA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TURKS & CAICOS IS. TUVALU UGANDA UKRAINE U.A.E. U.K. U.S.A. U.S. VIRGIN IS. URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VANUATU VATICAN VENEZUELA VIETNAM WALLIS & FUTUNA WESTERN SAHARA YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE

  4. GLOBAL OVERVIEW 5

  5. DIGITAL AROUND THE WORLD IN 2019 THE ESSENTIAL HEADLINE DATA YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND GLOBAL MOBILE, INTERNET, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE JAN 2019 TOTAL UNIQUE MOBILE USERS INTERNET USERS ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS POPULATION 7.676 5.112 BILLION 4.388 3.484 3.256 BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION URBANISATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: 56% 67% 57% 45% 42% SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE. INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; WORLD BANK; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; EUROSTAT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES AND REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA. SOCIAL MEDIA: PLATFORMS’ SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING TOOLS; PRESS RELEASES AND INVESTOR EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS; ARAB SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT; TECHRASA; NIKI AGHAEI; ROSE.RU. (ALL LATEST AVAILABLE DATA IN JANUARY 2019). 6

  6. ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH THE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS JAN 2019 TOTAL UNIQUE MOBILE USERS INTERNET USERS ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS POPULATION +1.1% +2.0% +9.1% +9.0% +10% JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 +84 MILLION +100 MILLION +367 MILLION +288 MILLION +297 MILLION SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE. INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; WORLD BANK; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; EUROSTAT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES AND REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA. SOCIAL MEDIA: PLATFORMS’ SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING TOOLS; PRESS RELEASES AND INVESTOR EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS; ARAB SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT; TECHRASA; NIKI AGHAEI; ROSE.RU. (ALL LATEST AVAILABLE DATA IN JANUARY 2019). 7

  7. INTERNET PENETRATION BY REGION INTERNET USE BY REGION, COMPARING THE NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS TO TOTAL POPULATION (REGARDLESS OF AGE) JAN 2019 NORTHERN EUROPE 95% EASTERN EUROPE 80% NORTHERN AMERICA 95% 88% 50% CENTRAL ASIA 94% WESTERN EUROPE SOUTHERN EUROPE 60% EASTERN ASIA 66% CARIBBEAN 51% 50% NORTHERN AFRICA 42% 63% WESTERN ASIA MIDDLE AFRICA 12% SOUTHERN ASIA 41% CENTRAL AMERICA 63% SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA WESTERN AFRICA 73% 32% EASTERN AFRICA SOUTHERN AMERICA 51% 69% SOUTHERN AFRICA OCEANIA SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; WORLD BANK; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES AND REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE BASED ON TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE. REGIONS AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. 8

  8. SOCIAL MEDIA PENETRATION BY REGION BASED ON MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS OF THE MOST ACTIVE PLATFORMS IN EACH COUNTRY / TERRITORY, COMPARED TO TOTAL POPULATION JAN 2019 NORTHERN EUROPE 67% EASTERN EUROPE 48% NORTHERN AMERICA 70% 58% 16% CENTRAL ASIA 53% WESTERN EUROPE SOUTHERN EUROPE 70% EASTERN ASIA 54% CARIBBEAN 46% 40% NORTHERN AFRICA 24% 62% WESTERN ASIA MIDDLE AFRICA 7% SOUTHERN ASIA 12% CENTRAL AMERICA 61% SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA WESTERN AFRICA 66% 8% EASTERN AFRICA SOUTHERN AMERICA 38% 57% SOUTHERN AFRICA OCEANIA SOURCES: LATEST DATA PUBLISHED BY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS VIA PRESS RELEASES, INVESTOR EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND IN SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING TOOLS; ARAB SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT; TECHRASA; NIKI AGHAEI; ROSE.RU; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTE: PENETRATION FIGURES ARE BASED ON TOTAL POPULATION, REGARDLESS OF AGE. REGIONS AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. 9

  9. SOCIAL PLATFORMS: ACTIVE USER ACCOUNTS BASED ON MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS, USER ACCOUNTS, OR UNIQUE VISITORS TO EACH PLATFORM, IN MILLIONS JAN 2019 2,271 FACEBOOK 1,900 YOUTUBE 1,500 WHATSAPP 1,300 FB MESSENGER 1,083 WEIXIN / WECHAT 1,000 INSTAGRAM 803 QQ 531 QZONE 500 DOUYIN / TIKTOK 446 SINA WEIBO 330 REDDIT 326 320 303 300 300 287 260 250 TWITTER DOUBAN LINKEDIN** BAIDU TIEBA* SOCIAL NETWORK SKYPE* SNAPCHAT** MESSENGER / VOIP VIBER* PINTEREST 194 LINE SOURCES: KEPIOS ANALYSIS; LATEST COMPANY EARNINGS RELEASES, PRESS RELEASES OR MEDIA STATEMENTS; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA (ALL UP TO JAN 2019). *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. LINKEDIN FIGURE IS BASED ON MONTHLY UNIQUE WEBSITE VISITORS IN DEC 2018, VIA SIMILARWEB. SNAPCHAT FIGURE EXTRAPOLATED FROM DATA REPORTED IN TECHCRUNCH (JUN 2017). 10

  10. TOP SOCIAL MESSENGERS AROUND THE WORLD THE MOST POPULAR MESSENGER APP BY COUNTRY / TERRITORY IN DECEMBER 2018 JAN 2019 WHATSAPP (133) FACEBOOK MESSENGER (75) VIBER (10) IMO (3) LINE (3) TELEGRAM (3) WECHAT (3) GOOGLE MESSAGES (1) HANGOUTS (1) KAKAOTALK (1) ZALO (1) UNKNOWN (1 1) SOURCE: BASED ON SIMILARWEB’S ALGORITHM INTEGRATING CURRENT INSTALLS FROM THE GOOGLE PLAY STORE WITH ACTIVE APP USERS (DECEMBER 2018). NOTE: FIGURES IN PARENTHESES IN THE LEGEND REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES / TERRITORIES IN WHICH EACH PLATFORM IS THE TOP-RANKED MESSENGER APP. 11

  11. SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIENCE PROFILE BASED ON THE COMBINED ADVERTISING AUDIENCES OF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND FACEBOOK MESSENGER JAN 2019 19% FEMALE MALE 16% 13% 11% 9% 7% 5% 5% 4% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 13 – 17 18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64 65+ YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD 12 SOURCE: EXTRAPOLATED FROM FACEBOOK DATA (JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTE: FACEBOOK DOES NOT PUBLISH AUDIENCE DATA FOR GENDERS OTHER THAN ‘MALE’ OR ‘FEMALE’.

  12. MOBILE CONNECTIVITY BY REGION THE NUMBER OF MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS COMPARED TO TOTAL POPULATION (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE USERS) JAN 2019 NORTHERN EUROPE 120% EASTERN EUROPE 154% NORTHERN AMERICA 105% 132% 103% CENTRAL ASIA 116% WESTERN EUROPE SOUTHERN EUROPE 111% EASTERN ASIA 101% CARIBBEAN 73% 102% NORTHERN AFRICA 91% 96% WESTERN ASIA MIDDLE AFRICA 53% SOUTHERN ASIA 86% CENTRAL AMERICA 129% SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA WESTERN AFRICA 109% 62% EASTERN AFRICA SOUTHERN AMERICA 162% 108% SOUTHERN AFRICA OCEANIA SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE (Q4 2018); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTE: REGIONS AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. ADVISORY: MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS DO NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS, SO FIGURES OVER 100% INDICATE MULTIPLE MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS PER PERSON. REGIONS AS DEFINED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GEOSCHEME. 13

  13. GHANA 14

  14. GHANA JAN 2019 THE ESSENTIAL HEADLINE DATA YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND MOBILE, INTERNET, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE TOTAL MOBILE INTERNET USERS ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS POPULATION SUBSCRIPTIONS 29.78 MILLION 38.78 MILLION 10.32 MILLION 5.80 MILLION 5.40 MILLION URBANISATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: 56% 130% 35% 19% 18% SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE. INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; WORLD BANK; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; EUROSTAT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES AND REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA. SOCIAL MEDIA: PLATFORMS’ SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING TOOLS; PRESS RELEASES AND INVESTOR EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS; ARAB SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT; TECHRASA; NIKI AGHAEI; ROSE.RU. (ALL LATEST AVAILABLE DATA IN JANUARY 2019). 15

  15. ANNUAL DIGITAL GROWTH THE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN KEY STATISTICAL INDICATORS JAN 2019 TOTAL MOBILE INTERNET USERS ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS MOBILE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS POPULATION SUBSCRIPTIONS +2.2% +11% +2.1% +3.6% +10% JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 +645 THOUSAND +4 MILLION +209 THOUSAND +200 THOUSAND +500 THOUSAND SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE. INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; WORLD BANK; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; EUROSTAT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES AND REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA. SOCIAL MEDIA: PLATFORMS’ SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING TOOLS; PRESS RELEASES AND INVESTOR EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS; ARAB SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT; TECHRASA; NIKI AGHAEI; ROSE.RU. (ALL LATEST AVAILABLE DATA IN JANUARY 2019). 16

  16. OVERVIEW: POPULATION & ECONOMY ESSENTIAL DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS JAN 2019 TOTAL FEMALE POPULATION MALE ANNUAL CHANGE IN POPULATION SIZE MEDIAN AGE POPULATION POPULATION 29.78 MILLION 50.1% 49.9% +2.2% 21.1 URBAN POPULATION GDP PER CAPITA (PPP) (CURRENT INTERNATIONAL $)* OVERALL LITERACY (ADULTS AGED 15+) FEMALE LITERACY (ADULTS AGED 15+) MALE LITERACY (ADULTS AGED 15+) 78% 56% $4,641 71% 65% SOURCES: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU; WORLD BANK; IMF; UNESCO; UNICEF; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; PEW RESEARCH (ALL LATEST DATA AVAILABLE IN JANUARY 2019). *NOTE: ‘INTERNATIONAL DOLLARS’ ARE NOTIONAL MEASURES THAT PROVIDE A CONSISTENT BASIS FOR COMPARISON. AN ‘INTERNATIONAL DOLLAR’ WOULD BUY A COMPARABLE AMOUNT OF GOODS AND SERVICES IN THE CITED COUNTRY THAT A U.S. DOLLAR WOULD BUY IN THE UNITED STATES. 17

  17. INTERNET USE 18

  18. INTERNET USE: DEVICE PERSPECTIVE BASED ON ACTIVE INTERNET USER DATA, AND ACTIVE USE OF INTERNET-POWERED MOBILE SERVICES JAN 2019 TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE INTERNET USERS INTERNET USERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE MOBILE INTERNET USERS MOBILE INTERNET USERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION global web index 10.32 MILLION 35% 9.37 MILLION 31% SOURCES: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; WORLD BANK; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES AND REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA. MOBILE SHARE DATA: GLOBALWEBINDEX (Q2 & Q3 2018); AND EXTRAPOLATIONS OF DATA PUBLISHED BY THE WORLD’S LARGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS VIA EARNINGS RELEASES AND SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING TOOLS. GLOBALWEBINDEX FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. 19

  19. INTERNET USERS: DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS, FROM SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES JAN 2019 INTERNET WORLD STATS ITU (INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION) WORLD BANK CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 10.11 MILLION 10.32 MILLION 10.32 MILLION 9.33 MILLION 20 SOURCE: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; WORLD BANK; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (ALL LATEST DATA AVAILABLE IN JANUARY 2019).

  20. INTERNET CONNECTION SPEEDS AVERAGE DOWNLOAD SPEEDS FOR MOBILE AND FIXED INTERNET CONNECTIONS, WITH YEAR-ON-YEAR COMPARISON JAN 2019 AVERAGE SPEED OF MOBILE INTERNET CONNECTIONS YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN AVERAGE SPEED OF MOBILE INTERNET CONNECTIONS AVERAGE SPEED OF FIXED INTERNET CONNECTIONS YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE IN AVERAGE SPEED OF FIXED INTERNET CONNECTIONS 8.75 -5.2% 27.37 +43% MBPS MBPS 21 SOURCE: OOKLA SPEEDTEST (DECEMBER 2018 AND DECEMBER 2017).

  21. ALEXA’S TOP WEBSITES RANKING OF WEBSITES BY THE NUMBER OF VISITORS AND TOTAL PAGE VIEWS JAN 2019 # WEBSITE TIME / DAY PAGES / VISIT # WEBSITE TIME / DAY PAGES / VISIT 01 GOOGLE.COM 07M 42S 9.54 1 1 NEWS-SPEAKER.COM 01M 12S 1.24 02 YOUTUBE.COM 08M 47S 5.02 12 AFRTRK.COM 00M 37S 1.01 03 GHANAWEB.COM 13M 21S 9.09 13 CELEBRITIESBUZZ.COM.GH 02M 08S 1.82 04 FACEBOOK.COM 09M 43S 4.03 14 BLOGSPOT.COM 03M 07S 2.43 05 GOOGLE.COM.GH 07M 10S 6.57 15 MYJOYONLINE.COM 07M 1 1S 2.69 06 YAHOO.COM 04M 01S 3.60 16 POPADS.NET 00M 54S 1.53 07 BETWAY.COM.GH 08M 41S 3.40 17 LIVESCORE.COM 06M 01S 3.87 08 JUMIA.COM.GH 06M 30S 3.89 18 FLASHSCORE.COM 15M 37S 8.06 09 YEN.COM.GH 03M 15S 2.21 19 BETYETU.COM.GH 03M 24S 1.85 10 WIKIPEDIA.ORG 04M 15S 3.15 20 LIGHTDL.XYZ 04M 43S 4.25 SOURCE: ALEXA (JANUARY 2019). NOTES: ‘TIME / DAY’ FIGURES REPRESENT ALEXA’S ESTIMATES OF THE AVERAGE DAILY AMOUNT OF TIME THAT VISITORS SPEND ON THE SITE FOR DAYS WHEN THEY VISIT THE SITE, MEASURED IN MINUTES AND SECONDS. ADVISORY: SOME WEBSITES FEATURED IN THIS RANKING MAY CONTAIN ADULT CONTENT. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN VISITING UNKNOWN WEBSITES. 22

  22. TOP GOOGLE SEARCH QUERIES IN 2018 BASED ON SEARCHES THROUGHOUT 2018 JAN 2019 # SEARCH QUERY INDEX # SEARCH QUERY INDEX 01 GHANA 100 1 1 WEATHER 1 1 02 DOWNLOAD 61 12 TRANSLATE 1 1 03 GHANAWEB 29 13 CHELSEA 1 1 04 VIDEO 21 14 EBONY 1 1 05 GOOGLE 19 15 GMAIL 9 06 FACEBOOK 19 16 SARKODIE 8 07 LIVESCORE 16 17 STONEBWOY 7 08 BETWAY 16 18 BIBLE 7 09 SHATTA WALE 12 19 GOOGLE TRANSLATE 6 10 YOUTUBE 1 1 20 WHATSAPP 6 SOURCE: GOOGLE TRENDS (ACCESSED JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: GOOGLE DOES NOT PUBLISH SEARCH VOLUMES, BUT THE ‘INDEX’ COLUMN SHOWS RELATIVE VOLUMES FOR EACH QUERY COMPARED TO SEARCH VOLUMES FOR THE TOP QUERY (AN INDEX OF 50 MEANS THAT THE QUERY RECEIVED 50% OF THE SEARCH VOLUME OF THE TOP QUERY). YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE FIGURES COMPARE INDEX VALUES FOR EACH QUERY IN DECEMBER 2018 TO DECEMBER 2017. 23

  23. SOCIAL MEDIA USE 24

  24. SOCIAL MEDIA OVERVIEW BASED ON MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS OF THE MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS JAN 2019 TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA USERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE SOCIAL USERS ACCESSING VIA MOBILE DEVICES ACTIVE MOBILE SOCIAL USERS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION 5.80 MILLION 19% 5.40 MILLION 18% SOURCES: LATEST DATA PUBLISHED BY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS VIA PRESS RELEASES, INVESTOR EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND IN SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING TOOLS; ARAB SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT; TECHRASA; NIKI AGHAEI; ROSE.RU; KEPIOS ANALYSIS. 25

  25. SOCIAL MEDIA BEHAVIOURS HOW INTERNET USERS ENGAGE WITH SOCIAL MEDIA [SURVEY BASED] JAN 2019 VISITED OR USED A SOCIAL NETWORK OR MESSAGING SERVICE IN THE PAST MONTH ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH OR CONTRIBUTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE PAST MONTH AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME PER DAY SPENT USING SOCIAL MEDIA AVERAGE NUMBER OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS PER INTERNET USER* PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO USE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WORK PURPOSES global web index global web index 3H 07M 6.6 [N/A] [N/A] [N/A] SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX (Q2 & Q3 2018). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. FIGURES FOR ‘TIME SPENT’ ARE DAILY AVERAGES, IN HOURS AND MINUTES.*NOTE: FIGURE FOR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS MAY NOT INDICATE ACTIVE USE OF ALL ACCOUNTS EVERY MONTH. 26

  26. MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO REPORT USING EACH PLATFORM [SURVEY BASED] JAN 2019 86% WHATSAPP 79% FACEBOOK 53% YOUTUBE 47% FB MESSENGER 45% INSTAGRAM 27% 26% SNAPCHAT TWITTER 20% SKYPE 10% LINKEDIN 8% PINTEREST 6% VIBER 5% 4% WECHAT SOCIAL NETWORK BADOO 3% LINE MESSENGER / VOIP 2% 2% TUMBLR REDDIT 27 SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX (Q2 & Q3 2018). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64.

  27. SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING AUDIENCES A COMPARISON OF THE TOTAL ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AUDIENCE* OF SELECTED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS JAN 2019 TOTAL ADVERTISING AUDIENCE ON FACEBOOK (MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS) TOTAL ADVERTISING AUDIENCE ON INSTAGRAM (MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS) TOTAL ADVERTISING AUDIENCE ON TWITTER (MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS) TOTAL ADVERTISING AUDIENCE ON SNAPCHAT (MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS) TOTAL ADVERTISING AUDIENCE ON LINKEDIN (REGISTERED MEMBERS) 5.50 MILLION 1.40 MILLION 346.5 THOUSAND 1.30 MILLION [N/A] FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE 33% 67% 36% 64% 37% 63% 16% 84% [N/A] [N/A] SOURCE: EACH PLATFORM’S SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING TOOLS (JANUARY 2019). *NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AUDIENCES ONLY, AND MAY NOT REFLECT TOTAL ACTIVE USERS OR MEMBER BASES. ADVISORY: FIGURES FOR LINKEDIN REPRESENT REGISTERED MEMBERS, SO ARE NOT DIRECTLY COMPARABLE TO FIGURES FOR OTHER PLATFORMS. 28

  28. SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIENCES: QUARTERLY GROWTH THE QUARTERLY CHANGE IN THE TOTAL ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AUDIENCES* OF SELECTED SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS JAN 2019 QUARTERLY CHANGE IN THE TOTAL ADVERTISING AUDIENCE ON FACEBOOK (MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS) QUARTERLY CHANGE IN THE TOTAL ADVERTISING AUDIENCE ON INSTAGRAM (MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS) QUARTERLY CHANGE IN THE TOTAL ADVERTISING AUDIENCE ON TWITTER (MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS) QUARTERLY CHANGE IN THE TOTAL ADVERTISING AUDIENCE ON SNAPCHAT (MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS) QUARTERLY CHANGE IN THE TOTAL ADVERTISING AUDIENCE ON LINKEDIN (REGISTERED MEMBERS) [N/A] -1.8% 0% +1.9% +8.3% SOURCE: EACH PLATFORM’S SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING TOOLS (JANUARY 2019). *NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AUDIENCES ONLY, AND MAY NOT REFLECT TOTAL ACTIVE USERS OR MEMBER BASES. ADVISORY: FIGURES FOR LINKEDIN REPRESENT REGISTERED MEMBERS, SO ARE NOT DIRECTLY COMPARABLE TO FIGURES FOR OTHER PLATFORMS. 29

  29. SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIENCE PROFILE BASED ON THE COMBINED ADVERTISING AUDIENCES OF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND FACEBOOK MESSENGER JAN 2019 22% 22% FEMALE MALE 14% 13% 8% 3.8% 3.8% 3.3% 2.6% 2.4% 1.9% 1.4% 1.1% 0.7% 13 – 17 18 – 24 25 – 34 35 – 44 45 – 54 55 – 64 65+ YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD YEARS OLD 30 SOURCE: EXTRAPOLATED FROM FACEBOOK DATA (JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTE: FACEBOOK DOES NOT PUBLISH AUDIENCE DATA FOR GENDERS OTHER THAN ‘MALE’ OR ‘FEMALE’.

  30. FACEBOOK AUDIENCE OVERVIEW BASED ON FACEBOOK’S TOTAL ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AUDIENCE JAN 2019 NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT FACEBOOK REPORTS CAN BE REACHED WITH ADVERTS ON FACEBOOK PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS AGED 13+ THAT CAN BE REACHED WITH ADVERTS ON FACEBOOK QUARTER-ON- QUARTER GROWTH IN FACEBOOK ADVERTISING REACH PERCENTAGE OF ITS AD AUDIENCE THAT FACEBOOK REPORTS IS FEMALE* PERCENTAGE OF ITS AD AUDIENCE THAT FACEBOOK REPORTS IS MALE* 5.50 MILLION 28% -1.8% 36% 64% SOURCE: FACEBOOK (JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. *NOTE: FACEBOOK DOES NOT PUBLISH ADVERTISING AUDIENCE DATA FOR GENDERS OTHER THAN ‘MALE’ AND ‘FEMALE’. ADVISORY: FIGURES REPORTED ON THIS CHART ARE BASED ON FACEBOOK’S ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AUDIENCE, AND MAY NOT MATCH TOTAL MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS. AS A RESULT, FIGURES ON THIS CHART ARE NOT DIRECTLY COMPARABLE TO THE ‘MONTHLY ACTIVE FACEBOOK USERS’ FIGURE THAT WE REPORTED IN OUR DIGITAL 2018 REPORTS. 31

  31. FACEBOOK ACTIVITY FREQUENCY THE NUMBER OF TIMES A ‘TYPICAL’ USER* PERFORMS EACH ACTIVITY ON FACEBOOK JAN 2019 NUMBER OF FACEBOOK PAGES LIKED (LIFETIME) POSTS LIKED IN THE PAST 30 DAYS (ALL POST TYPES) COMMENTS MADE IN THE PAST 30 DAYS (ALL POST TYPES) FACEBOOK POSTS SHARED IN THE PAST 30 DAYS (ALL POST TYPES) FACEBOOK ADVERTS CLICKED IN THE PAST 30 DAYS (ANY CLICK TYPE) 1 6 3 1 4 FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE 1 1 6 5 2 3 1 1 4 4 32 SOURCE: FACEBOOK (JANUARY 2019). *NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT MEDIAN VALUES FOR ACTIVE FACEBOOK USERS AGED 18 AND ABOVE.

  32. INSTAGRAM AUDIENCE OVERVIEW BASED ON INSTAGRAM’S TOTAL ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AUDIENCE JAN 2019 NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT INSTAGRAM REPORTS CAN BE REACHED WITH ADVERTS ON INSTAGRAM PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS AGED 13+ THAT CAN BE REACHED WITH ADVERTS ON INSTAGRAM QUARTER-ON- QUARTER GROWTH IN INSTAGRAM ADVERTISING REACH PERCENTAGE OF ITS AD AUDIENCE THAT INSTAGRAM REPORTS IS FEMALE* PERCENTAGE OF ITS AD AUDIENCE THAT INSTAGRAM REPORTS IS MALE* 1.40 MILLION 7.1% 0% 37% 63% 33 SOURCE: INSTAGRAM (JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. *NOTE: INSTAGRAM DOES NOT PUBLISH ADVERTISING AUDIENCE DATA FOR GENDERS OTHER THAN ‘MALE’ AND ‘FEMALE’.

  33. TWITTER AUDIENCE OVERVIEW BASED ON TWITTER’S TOTAL ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AUDIENCE JAN 2019 NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT TWITTER REPORTS CAN BE REACHED WITH ADVERTS ON TWITTER PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS AGED 13+ THAT CAN BE REACHED WITH ADVERTS ON TWITTER QUARTER-ON- QUARTER GROWTH IN TWITTER ADVERTISING REACH PERCENTAGE OF ITS AD AUDIENCE THAT TWITTER REPORTS IS FEMALE* PERCENTAGE OF ITS AD AUDIENCE THAT TWITTER REPORTS IS MALE* 346.5 THOUSAND 1.7% +1.9% 16% 84% SOURCE: TWITTER (JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. *NOTE: TWITTER DOES NOT PUBLISH ADVERTISING AUDIENCE DATA FOR GENDERS OTHER THAN ‘MALE’ AND ‘FEMALE’. GENDER SHARE FIGURES EXTRAPOLATED FROM AVAILABLE DATA. 34

  34. LINKEDIN AUDIENCE OVERVIEW BASED ON LINKEDIN’S TOTAL ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AUDIENCE JAN 2019 NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT LINKEDIN REPORTS CAN BE REACHED WITH ADVERTS ON LINKEDIN PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS AGED 18+ THAT CAN BE REACHED WITH ADVERTS ON LINKEDIN QUARTER-ON- QUARTER GROWTH IN LINKEDIN ADVERTISING REACH PERCENTAGE OF ITS AD AUDIENCE THAT LINKEDIN REPORTS IS FEMALE* PERCENTAGE OF ITS AD AUDIENCE THAT LINKEDIN REPORTS IS MALE* 1.30 MILLION 7.8% +8.3% 33% 67% SOURCE: LINKEDIN (JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS.*NOTE: LINKEDIN’S ADVERTISING AUDIENCE FIGURES ARE BASED ON TOTAL MEMBERS, NOT MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS. LINKEDIN DOES NOT REPORT ADVERTISING AUDIENCE FIGURES FOR GENDERS OTHER THAN ‘MALE’ OR ‘FEMALE’. GENDER DATA HAVE BEEN EXTRAPOLATED BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA. 35

  35. TOP YOUTUBE SEARCH QUERIES IN 2018 BASED ON SEARCHES ON THE YOUTUBE PLATFORM THROUGHOUT 2018 JAN 2019 # SEARCH QUERY INDEX # SEARCH QUERY INDEX 01 MOVIES 100 1 1 BARCELONA 15 02 SONGS 74 12 NIGERIAN MOVIES 15 03 SHATTA WALE 45 13 WIZKID 15 04 2018 MOVIES 33 14 KWESI ARTHUR 13 05 MUSIC 30 15 KUAMI EUGENE 13 06 SARKODIE 28 16 REAL MADRID 13 07 CHELSEA 23 17 DAVIDO 1 1 08 EBONY 22 18 DELAY 1 1 09 STONEBWOY 22 19 ADOM TV 1 1 10 LIVERPOOL 16 20 ARSENAL 10 SOURCE: GOOGLE TRENDS (ACCESSED JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTES: GOOGLE DOES NOT PUBLISH SEARCH VOLUMES, BUT THE ‘INDEX’ COLUMN SHOWS RELATIVE VOLUMES FOR EACH QUERY COMPARED TO SEARCH VOLUMES FOR THE TOP QUERY (AN INDEX OF 50 MEANS THAT THE QUERY RECEIVED 50% OF THE SEARCH VOLUME OF THE TOP QUERY). 36

  36. MOBILE USE 37

  37. MOBILE CONNECTIONS BY TYPE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CELLULAR CONNECTIONS (NOTE: NOT UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS) JAN 2019 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) 38.78 MILLION 130% 99% 1% 62% SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE (Q4 2018 AND JANUARY 2019). ADVISORY: GSMA INTELLIGENCE HAVE REVISED SOME HISTORICAL FIGURES IN THE PAST YEAR, SO THE FIGURES SHOWN HERE MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY COMPARABLE TO THE DATA WE REPORTED IN OUR DIGITAL 2018 REPORTS. 38

  38. MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEX GSMA INTELLIGENCE’S ASSESSMENT OF KEY ENABLERS AND DRIVERS OF MOBILE CONNECTIVITY JAN 2019 OVERALL COUNTRY INDEX SCORE MOBILE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE AFFORDABILITY OF DEVICES & SERVICES CONSUMER READINESS AVAILABILITY OF RELEVANT CONTENT & SERVICES 52.73 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 43.56 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 56.53 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 59.80 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 52.50 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 39 SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE. TO ACCESS THE COMPLETE MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEX, VISIT HTTP://WWW.MOBILECONNECTIVITYINDEX.COM/

  39. E-COMMERCE USE 40

  40. FINANCIAL INCLUSION FACTORS PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION AGED 15+ THAT REPORTS OWNING OR USING EACH FINANCIAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE JAN 2019 HAS AN ACCOUNT WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION HAS A HAS A MOBILE MONEY ACCOUNT MAKES ONLINE PURCHASES AND / OR PAYS BILLS ONLINE CREDIT CARD 58% 5.8% 39% 7.8% PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN WITH A CREDIT CARD PERCENTAGE OF MEN WITH A CREDIT CARD PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN MAKING ONLINE TRANSACTIONS PERCENTAGE OF MEN MAKING ONLINE TRANSACTIONS 4.4% 7.2% 4.9% 11% SOURCE: WORLD BANK GLOBAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION DATA (LATEST AVAILABLE DATA, ACCESSED JANUARY 2019). NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT THE PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS AGED 15+, NOT TOTAL POPULATION. 41

  41. MORE INFORMATION 42

  42. CLICK THE LOGOS BELOW TO READ AND DOWNLOAD THE FULL COLLECTION OF DIGITAL 2019 REPORTS, AND ACCESS ADDITIONAL CONTENT, INSIGHTS AND RESOURCES FROM HOOTSUITE AND WE ARE SOCIAL: HOOTSUITE WE ARE SOCIAL

  43. SPECIAL THANKS: GLOBALWEBINDEX GlobalWebIndex is the leading provider of audience profiling data to agencies, publishers, and brands worldwide. 90% GLOBAL COVERAGE ONGOING DATA COLLECTION ACROSS 45 MARKETS CROSS-DEVICE COVERAGE Learn more at http://www.globalwebindex.com

  44. SPECIAL THANKS: GSMA INTELLIGENCE GSMA Intelligence is the unit within the GSMA that houses the organisation’s extensive 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. Leading operators, vendors, regulators, financial institutions and third-party industry players rely on GSMA Intelligence to support strategic decision-making and long-term investment planning. The data is used as an industry reference point and is frequently cited by the media and by the industry itself. GSMA Intelligence’s team of analysts and experts produce regular thought-leading research reports across a range of industry topics. Learn more about GSMA Intelligence at http://www.gsmaintelligence.com

  45. SPECIAL THANKS: STATISTA Statista is one of the world’s largest online statistics databases. Its Digital Market Outlook products provide forecasts, detailed market insights, and key indicators on over 90 digital markets within verticals including e-commerce, digital media, smart home, and e-health for over 150 countries and regions. 82% OF THE GLOBAL INTERNET POPULATION 150 COUNTRIES AND REGIONS 92% OF WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC POWER MORE THAN 30,000 INTERACTIVE STATISTICS Learn more about Statista at http://www.statista.com

  46. SPECIAL THANKS: LOCOWISE Locowise is a social media performance measurement platform that helps agencies to manage clients, produce and prove value, and win new business. CUSTOM REPORT BUILDER WITH OVER 300 METRICS CAMPAIGN ANALYSIS, TRACKING AND REPORTING INSIGHTS FROM ALL YOUR NETWORKS IN ONE PLACE PREDICTIVE METRICS TO DRIVE FUTURE STRATEGY Learn more about Locowise at http://locowise.com

  47. SPECIAL THANKS: SIMILARWEB SimilarWeb is the pioneer of market intelligence and the standard for understanding the digital world. SimilarWeb provides granular insights about any website or app across all industries in every region. WEB APP GLOBAL COVERAGE GRANULAR ANALYSIS INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE Learn more about SimilarWeb at http://www.similarweb.com

  48. SPECIAL THANKS: APP ANNIE App Annie is the industry’s most trusted mobile data and analytics platform. The company created the mobile app data market and has been fueling world-class, mobile-first businesses since 2010. App Annie’s mission is to power B2C companies’ mobile transformation and enable clients to deliver winning consumer experiences. More than 1,000 enterprise clients and 1 million registered users across the globe and spanning all industries rely on App Annie as the gold standard to revolutionize their mobile business. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in 13 countries. 1 MILLION REGISTERED USERS BEST-IN-CLASS DATA COVERAGE ACROSS 150 COUNTRIES UNPARALLELED SERVICE & SUPPORT Learn more about App Annie at http://www.appannie.com

  49. NOTES ON DATA SOURCES POPULATION & DEMOGRAPHICS: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2017 Revision; US Census Bureau (accessed January 2019); United Nations World Urbanization Prospects, 2018 Revision. SOCIAL MEDIA BEHAVIOURS: Time spent on social media from GlobalWebIndex (Q2 & Q3 2018)*. Facebook reach and engagement data from Locowise (Q4 2018). reported in Facebook’s self-serve advertising tools. Internet connection speed data from Ookla Speedtest (December 2018). Time spent on the internet from GlobalWebIndex (Q2 & Q3 2018)*. World’s top websites from SimilarWeb (December 2018) and Alexa (30 days to 16 January 2019). Google search insights from Google Trends (data for full year 2018). Data on use of voice search and ad blockers from GlobalWebIndex (Q2 & Q3 2018)*. Privacy concern insights from Statista Global Consumer Survey 2018. Content streaming insights from GlobalWebIndex (Q2 & Q3 2018)*. Internet use frequency data from Google Consumer Barometer (accessed January 2018). LITERACY RATES: UNESCO Institute for Statistics; UNICEF Data; World Bank DataBank; Pew Research; Ethnologue; IndexMundi; CIA World Factbook; Phrasebase (all accessed January 2019). MOBILE USERS & CONNECTIONS: GSMA Intelligence (January 2019); Ericsson Mobility Report (November 2018); Ericsson Mobility Calculator and Visualizer tools (accessed January 2019); GDP & FINANCIAL INCLUSION DATA: World Bank DataBank; IMF Data; CIA World Factbook (all accessed January 2019). MOBILE APPS: App Annie (January 2019); SimilarWeb (January 2019). E-COMMERCE USERS & SPEND: Statista Digital Market Outlook (e-Commerce, e-Travel, and digital media industry reports) (accessed January 2019). GlobalWebIndex (Q2 & Q3 2018)*; Worldpay Global Payments Report (November 2018). DEVICE USAGE: Google Consumer Barometer (accessed January 2018). Note that data has not been updated in the past 12 months. SOCIAL MEDIA USERS: Company earnings announcements; press releases; remarks by senior platform executives at public events; statements on company websites; reports in reputable media. Top messenger platforms from SimilarWeb (December 2018). INTERNET USERS: InternetWorldStats; ITU Statistics; World Bank DataBank; CIA World Factbook; Eurostat Data Explorer; Facebook’s self-serve advertising tools; Techrasa; MidEastMedia.org; local government authorities and telecom regulatory bodies; reports in reputable media (all accessed January 2019). Mobile Internet share based on data from GlobalWebIndex (Q2 & Q3 2018)*, and extrapolations of data *METHODOLOGY NOTE: GlobalWebIndex conducts a quarterly survey of a panel of 22 million internet users across 45 countries around the world, representing 90% of the world’s total internet users. For full details of the company’s methodology, please visit http://www.globalwebindex.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING AUDIENCES: data extracted from each platform’s self-serve advertising tools (January 2019 and October 2018). Many data points involve further extrapolations of this data.

More Related