Tag: Internet Users

The majority of internet users in the MENA region don’t tend to pay for online content. In 2016, 43% of Emirati internet users said they paid to access online content, and this is the highest proportion, followed by KSA with a rate of 19%. On the other hand, Egypt showed the lowest rate of users who paid for …

Many of early morning news habits have been effaced for generations, adding to the addictive nature of smartphones (and smart watches) is also impacting how some people start their day. Via sample consists of more than 50,000 people through 7 countries, were asked this question “What is the FIRST way you typically come across news in …

The majority of MENA internet users access the internet in the Arabic language, and also the highest rate occurred for users aged 45 and more, but anyway there is a simple difference between their ages. About the English language, youth is more likely to use the English language to access the internet, as 43% of …

Emirates achieved the highest use of YouTube among the MENA region countries, that 81% of the UAE internet users use YouTube in 2016, while Tunisia achieved the lowest average of usage (only 26%). Lebanon and KSA almost the same average of YouTube usage, both of them show that 67% of internet users are using YouTube. …

89% of GB -Great Britain- adults have accessed the internet in the last 3 months, with an increasing penetration reached 71% in Q4 2016. Nearly 2 in 5 of adults have at least one gaming console in their households with 1 in 5 owing Microsoft’s Xbox360 or Xbox One, and nearly a quarter own ebook …

Youth in the Middle East became better educated, better connected, and more aware of the developments around them than ever before through all of the tools of information technology. The total population in Egypt reached 93.38 M citizens, 48.3 M of them are using the internet with a 51.7 % penetration rate, and 27 M …

Communication directly with others is the primary purpose for nationals to use both WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram. 90% of internet users in the Middle East are using WhatsApp & 63% of them are using Facebook, 41% of them are using Instagram for communication purpose. Twitter had been an essential tool to find and share news nationals …

Egypt is the largest Arab country and it is one of the most developed internet markets in the region. Hence, it worth keeping an eye on some of the basic connectivity indicators as briefed in this report by the Egyptian Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MCIT) for December 2016. The number of mobile subscriptions in Egypt …