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DIGITAL 2019 THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ALL THE DATA AND TRENDS YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE, AND E-COMMERCE BEHAVIOURS IN 2019
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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’.
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
THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 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 9.61 MILLION 19.23 MILLION 9.52 MILLION 9.52 MILLION 8.80 MILLION URBANISATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: 87% 200% 99% 99% 92% 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
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 +1.5% +1.2% +1.5% +1.5% +1.1% JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 JAN 2018 – JAN 2019 +143 THOUSAND +219 THOUSAND +140 THOUSAND +140 THOUSAND +100 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
OVERVIEW: POPULATION & ECONOMY ESSENTIAL DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS JAN 2019 TOTAL FEMALE POPULATION MALE ANNUAL CHANGE IN POPULATION SIZE MEDIAN AGE POPULATION POPULATION 9.61 MILLION 28.1% 71.9% +1.5% 34.0 URBAN POPULATION GDP PER CAPITA (PPP) (CURRENT INTERNATIONAL $)* OVERALL LITERACY (ADULTS AGED 15+) FEMALE LITERACY (ADULTS AGED 15+) MALE LITERACY (ADULTS AGED 15+) 89% 87% $73,878 90% 91% 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
DEVICE USAGE PERCENTAGE OF THE ADULT POPULATION* THAT USES EACH KIND OF DEVICE [SURVEY-BASED] JAN 2019 MOBILE PHONE (ANY TYPE) SMART PHONE LAPTOP OR DESKTOP COMPUTER TABLET DEVICE 99% 96% 71% 28% TELEVISION (ANY KIND) DEVICE FOR STREAMING INTERNET CONTENT TO TV E-READER DEVICE WEARABLE TECH DEVICE 80% 7% 1% 11% SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER (COLLECTED JANUARY 2018). *NOTE: PLEASE SEE THE NOTES AT THE END OF THIS REPORT FOR MORE DETAILS OF HOW GOOGLE DEFINES 'ADULT POPULATION'. ADVISORY: GOOGLE HAS NOT UPDATED ITS CONSUMER BAROMETER DATA SINCE OUR 2018 REPORTS, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE DATASET STILL OFFERS REPRESENTATIVE INSIGHTS INTO DIGITAL BEHAVIOURS IN THE FEATURED MARKETS. 18
TIME SPENT WITH MEDIA AVERAGE DAILY TIME SPENT CONSUMING AND INTERACTING WITH MEDIA [SURVEY BASED] JAN 2019 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 global web index 7H 54M 2H 59M 2H 30M 1H 13M SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX (Q2 & Q3 2018). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64. TIMES ARE DAILY AVERAGES, REPORTED IN HOURS AND MINUTES. NOTE: SOME ACTIVITIES MAY TAKE PLACE CONCURRENTLY. 19
INTERNET USE 20
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 9.52 MILLION 99% 8.75 MILLION 91% 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. 21
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 9.39 MILLION 9.11 MILLION 9.11 MILLION 5.37 MILLION 22 SOURCE: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; WORLD BANK; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK (ALL LATEST DATA AVAILABLE IN JANUARY 2019).
FREQUENCY OF INTERNET USE HOW OFTEN INTERNET USERS ACCESS THE INTERNET FOR PERSONAL REASONS (ANY DEVICE) JAN 2019 EVERY DAY AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK AT LEAST ONCE PER MONTH LESS THAN ONCE PER MONTH 1 7 31 365 93% 6% 1% 0% SOURCE: GOOGLE CONSUMER BAROMETER (COLLECTED JANUARY 2018). ADVISORY: GOOGLE HAS NOT UPDATED ITS CONSUMER BAROMETER DATA SINCE OUR 2018 REPORTS, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE DATASET STILL OFFERS REPRESENTATIVE INSIGHTS INTO DIGITAL BEHAVIOURS IN THE FEATURED MARKETS. 23
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 48.07 -4.2% 50.16 +95% MBPS MBPS 24 SOURCE: OOKLA SPEEDTEST (DECEMBER 2018 AND DECEMBER 2017).
SIMILARWEB’S TOP WEBSITES RANKING OF WEBSITES BY AVERAGE MONTHLY TRAFFIC JAN 2019 # WEBSITE CATEGORY MONTHLY TRAFFIC TIME PER VISIT PAGES PER VISIT 01 GOOGLE.COM SEARCH 190,700,000 08M 37S 8.8 02 YOUTUBE.COM TV & VIDEO 108,800,000 22M 02S 9.7 03 GOOGLE.AE SEARCH 104,700,000 08M 48S 7.5 04 FACEBOOK.COM SOCIAL 59,600,000 10M 48S 10.6 05 YAHOO.COM NEWS 14,900,000 06M 54S 6.2 06 WIKIPEDIA.ORG REFERENCE 14,800,000 03M 14S 2.7 07 SOUQ.COM SHOPPING 13,600,000 06M 36S 7.9 08 WHATSAPP.COM COMMUNICATION 13,000,000 02M 20S 1.9 09 TWITTER.COM SOCIAL 1 1,700,000 10M 19S 10.0 10 INSTAGRAM.COM SOCIAL 1 1,400,000 05M 36S 15.1 SOURCE: SIMILARWEB (JANUARY 2019). FIGURES BASED ON MONTHLY AVERAGES FOR Q4 2018. NOTES: ‘MONTHLY TRAFFIC’ DOES NOT REPRESENT UNIQUE VISITORS. ‘TIME PER VISIT’ FIGURES REPRESENT THE AVERAGE DURATION OF USERS’ VISITS, MEASURED IN MINUTES AND SECONDS. ADVISORY: SOME WEBSITES FEATURED IN THIS RANKING MAY CONTAIN ADULT CONTENT. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN VISITING UNKNOWN WEBSITES. 25
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 MATHRUBHUMI.COM 08M 02S 5.52 02 YOUTUBE.COM 08M 47S 5.02 12 LINKEDIN.COM 06M 12S 4.52 03 GOOGLE.AE 06M 19S 7.83 13 APARAT.COM 07M 25S 4.21 04 FACEBOOK.COM 09M 43S 4.03 14 KHALEEJTIMES.COM 04M 48S 2.72 05 YAHOO.COM 04M 01S 3.60 15 POPADS.NET 00M 54S 1.53 06 SOUQ.COM 06M 27S 4.93 16 TWITTER.COM 06M 23S 3.21 07 MANORAMAONLINE.COM 1 1M 48S 7.16 17 BLOGSPOT.COM 03M 07S 2.43 08 WIKIPEDIA.ORG 04M 15S 3.15 18 SPEAKOL.COM 02M 57S 2.83 09 LIVE.COM 03M 53S 3.76 19 WHATSAPP.COM 02M 30S 1.27 10 DUBIZZLE.COM 12M 40S 9.45 20 AMAZON.COM 08M 09S 8.26 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. 26
TOP GOOGLE SEARCH QUERIES IN 2018 BASED ON SEARCHES THROUGHOUT 2018 JAN 2019 # SEARCH QUERY INDEX # SEARCH QUERY INDEX 01 DUBAI 100 1 1 GMAIL 8 02 GOOGLE 23 12 MANORAMA 7 03 YOUTUBE 21 13 WORLD CUP 7 04 NEWS 19 14 AED TO INR 7 05 FACEBOOK 15 15 GOOGLE TRANSLATE 6 06 TRANSLATE 14 16 DUBIZZLE 6 07 EMIRATES 14 17 MAP 6 08 YOU 12 18 CRICKET LIVE 6 09 WEATHER 9 19 WHATSAPP 5 10 CRICKET 9 20 ETISALAT 5 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. 27
CONTENT STREAMING ACTIVITIES PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO STREAM EACH KIND OF CONTENT EACH MONTH [SURVEY BASED] JAN 2019 WATCH VIDEOS ONLINE STREAM TV CONTENT VIA THE INTERNET PLAY GAMES STREAMED LIVE VIA THE INTERNET WATCH LIVE STREAMS OF OTHERS PLAYING GAMES WATCH E-SPORTS TOURNAMENTS 98% 51% 24% 24% 14% 28 SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX (Q2 & Q3 2018). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64.
USE OF INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS THAT USE EACH TOOL OR SERVICE EACH MONTH JAN 2019 VOICE SEARCH OR VOICE COMMANDS RIDE-HAILING SERVICES AD-BLOCKING TOOLS VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) global web index 45% 20% 47% 38% 29 SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX (Q2 & Q3 2018). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64.
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 9.52 MILLION 99% 8.80 MILLION 92% 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. 31
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 100% 86% 2H 59M 10.1 32% 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. 32
MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WHO REPORT USING EACH PLATFORM [SURVEY BASED] JAN 2019 82% 82% 82% FACEBOOK WHATSAPP YOUTUBE 63% FB MESSENGER 61% INSTAGRAM 48% TWITTER 45% SKYPE 43% LINKEDIN 32% SNAPCHAT 25% PINTEREST 23% WECHAT 19% VIBER SOCIAL NETWORK 17% 16% 15% 14% LINE TUMBLR MESSENGER / VOIP REDDIT TWITCH 33 SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX (Q2 & Q3 2018). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64.
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) 8.80 MILLION 3.70 MILLION 2.30 MILLION 2.05 MILLION 4.00 MILLION FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE 29% 71% 26% 74% 38% 62% 32% 68% 56% 43% 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. 34
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) 0% +5.7% +5.5% -16% +11% 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. 35
SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIENCE PROFILE BASED ON THE COMBINED ADVERTISING AUDIENCES OF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND FACEBOOK MESSENGER JAN 2019 35% FEMALE MALE 15% 14% 13% 6% 5% 5% 1.8% 1.4% 0.7% 0.7% 0.5% 0.6% 0.4% 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 36 SOURCE: EXTRAPOLATED FROM FACEBOOK DATA (JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. NOTE: FACEBOOK DOES NOT PUBLISH AUDIENCE DATA FOR GENDERS OTHER THAN ‘MALE’ OR ‘FEMALE’.
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* 8.80 MILLION 105% 0% 26% 74% 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. 37
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 10 4 1 8 FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE FEMALE MALE 1 1 7 10 4 4 1 1 10 8 38 SOURCE: FACEBOOK (JANUARY 2019). *NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT MEDIAN VALUES FOR ACTIVE FACEBOOK USERS AGED 18 AND ABOVE.
FACEBOOK PAGE REACH BENCHMARKS AVERAGE MONTHLY GROWTH IN PAGE LIKES (‘FANS’), AVERAGE REACH OF PAGE POSTS, AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF PAID MEDIA JAN 2019 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 PAID REACH vs. TOTAL REACH +0.15% 7.7% 7.1% 28% 28% SOURCE: LOCOWISE (JANUARY 2019). FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGES FOR Q4 2018. NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGES FOR A BROAD RANGE OF DIFFERENT PAGES. ON AVERAGE, PAGES WITH LARGER AUDIENCES (I.E. GREATER NUMBERS OF ‘PAGE LIKES) WILL EXPERIENCE LOWER LEVELS OF ORGANIC REACH. ADVISORY: MANY LARGE BRAND PAGES WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER LEVELS OF ORGANIC REACH AND ENGAGEMENT COMPARED TO THE AVERAGES QUOTED HERE. 39
FACEBOOK ENGAGEMENT BENCHMARKS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE WITH A FACEBOOK PAGE’S POSTS vs. PAGE REACH JAN 2019 AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT RATE FOR FACEBOOK PAGE POSTS (ALL TYPES OF POST, ALL TYPES OF PAGE*) AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT RATE FOR FACEBOOK PAGE VIDEO POSTS (ALL TYPES OF PAGE*) AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT RATE FOR FACEBOOK PAGE PHOTO POSTS (ALL TYPES OF PAGE*) AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT RATE FOR FACEBOOK PAGE LINK POSTS (ALL TYPES OF PAGE*) AVERAGE ENGAGEMENT RATE FOR FACEBOOK PAGE STATUS POSTS (ALL TYPES OF PAGE*) 3.72% 6.71% 4.71% 2.76% 2.22% SOURCE: LOCOWISE (JANUARY 2019). FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGES FOR Q4 2018. *NOTE: FIGURES REPRESENT AVERAGES FOR A BROAD RANGE OF DIFFERENT PAGES. ON AVERAGE, PAGES WITH LARGER AUDIENCES (I.E. GREATER NUMBERS OF ‘PAGE LIKES‘) WILL EXPERIENCE LOWER LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT ACROSS ALL POST TYPES. ADVISORY: MANY LARGE BRAND PAGES WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER LEVELS OF ORGANIC REACH AND ENGAGEMENT COMPARED TO THE AVERAGES QUOTED HERE. 40
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* 3.70 MILLION 44% +5.7% 38% 62% 41 SOURCE: INSTAGRAM (JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. *NOTE: INSTAGRAM DOES NOT PUBLISH ADVERTISING AUDIENCE DATA FOR GENDERS OTHER THAN ‘MALE’ AND ‘FEMALE’.
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* 2.30 MILLION 27% +5.5% 32% 68% 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. 42
SNAPCHAT AUDIENCE OVERVIEW BASED ON SNAPCHAT’S TOTAL ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISING AUDIENCE JAN 2019 NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SNAPCHAT REPORTS CAN BE REACHED WITH ADVERTS ON SNAPCHAT PERCENTAGE OF ADULTS AGED 13+ THAT CAN BE REACHED WITH ADVERTS ON SNAPCHAT QUARTER-ON- QUARTER GROWTH IN SNAPCHAT ADVERTISING REACH PERCENTAGE OF ITS AD AUDIENCE THAT SNAPCHAT REPORTS IS FEMALE* PERCENTAGE OF ITS AD AUDIENCE THAT SNAPCHAT REPORTS IS MALE* 2.05 MILLION 24% -16% 56% 43% SOURCE: SNAPCHAT (JANUARY 2019); KEPIOS ANALYSIS. *NOTE: SNAPCHAT DOES NOT PUBLISH ADVERTISING AUDIENCE DATA FOR GENDERS OTHER THAN ‘MALE’ AND ‘FEMALE’, BUT THE DATA THAT THE PLATFORM REPORTS FOR MALE AND FEMALE AUDIENCES DO NOT SUM TO 100% OF THE TOTAL AUDIENCE FIGURE. 43
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* 4.00 MILLION 50% +11% 29% 71% 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. 44
TOP YOUTUBE SEARCH QUERIES IN 2018 BASED ON SEARCHES ON THE YOUTUBE PLATFORM THROUGHOUT 2018 JAN 2019 # SEARCH QUERY INDEX # SEARCH QUERY INDEX 01 MOVIE 100 1 1 MUSIC 12 02 SONGS 60 12 COMEDY 1 1 03 SONG 60 13 BABY 1 1 04 MOVIES 36 14 HINDI MOVIES 8 05 MALAYALAM 33 15 SEXY 8 06 NEWS 22 16 SONGS 2018 7 07 MALAYALAM MOVIE 16 17 6 يناغا 08 HINDI MOVIE 13 18 UPPUM MULAKUM 6 09 DANCE 13 19 FORTNITE 6 10 MALAYALAM FULL MOVIE 12 20 HINDI SONGS 5 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). 45
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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) 19.23 MILLION 200% 83% 17% 84% 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. 47
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 74.27 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 68.32 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 81.51 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 71.68 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 76.23 OUT OF A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE OF 100 48 SOURCE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE. TO ACCESS THE COMPLETE MOBILE CONNECTIVITY INDEX, VISIT HTTP://WWW.MOBILECONNECTIVITYINDEX.COM/
MOBILE ACTIVITIES PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS PERFORMING EACH ACTIVITY ON A MOBILE PHONE EACH MONTH [SURVEY BASED] JAN JAN 2019 2019 PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS USING MOBILE MESSENGERS PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS WATCHING VIDEOS ON MOBILE PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS PLAYING GAMES ON MOBILE PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS USING MOBILE BANKING PERCENTAGE OF INTERNET USERS USING MOBILE MAP SERVICES global web index global web index 93% 94% 75% 60% 87% 49 SOURCE: GLOBALWEBINDEX (Q2 & Q3 2018). FIGURES REPRESENT THE FINDINGS OF A BROAD SURVEY OF INTERNET USERS AGED 16-64.