Middle East internet habits

MIDDLE EAST INTERNET HABITS MIDDLE EAST <3 INTERNET 90 MILLION CONNECTED MIDDLE-EASTERNERS 3.7% INTERNET USERS WHO ARE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WORLD PENETRATION BY % POPULATION 34% WORLD AVERAGE 40% MIDDLE EAST AVERAGE OVER 70% • QATAR • BAHRAIN • KUWAIT • UAE • BROADBAND AND MOBILE PENETRATION BY % OF POPULATION TOP BROADBAND PENETRATION UAE ( 2.6 O PER 2) 14.8% KUWAIT ( 1.4 O PER 2) 9.7% QATAR (2 0 PER 1) 9.6% ALSO IN THE TOP 10 OF THE RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD BOTTOM BROADBAND PENETRATION IRAQ ( 0.8 O PER I) 0.1% LIBYA ( 2.3 O PER d) 1.2% (* MOROCCO (1 0 PER 1) 1.8% GDP IN THESE COUNTRIES IS AT LEAST 5 TIMES LESS THAN THOSE WITH THE HIGHEST BROADBAND PENETRATION ARABIC 2,501% IS THE FASTEST GROWING LANGUAGE ON THE INTERNET OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS WHAT DO MIDDLE-EASTERNERS USE THE INTERNET FOR? • FINDING INFORMATION • SOCIAL MEDIA • INTERNET BANKING MOST POPULAR ITEMS BOUGHT ONLINE CINEMA TICKETS CLOTHING AIRLINE TICKETS GADGETS POPULAR ECOMMERCE SITES amazon.com SOUQ.c. OCOM EL MARKAVIP ebay Alibaba.com YOUTH IMPORTANCE OF GENERATION IS UNDER 24 53% PREFER INTERNET TO TV You 50 % Tube USE SOCIAL f MEDIA MORE THAN USE YOUTUBE DAILY ONCE A DAY 18% SMARTPHONE PENETRATION IN MIDDLE EAST 0 32% WORLD SAUDI UAE ARABIA KUWAIT COMPARED LEBANON TO: 63% 61% 49% 36% 53% UK 65% USA 66% CHINA 70% f24 ARE 15-29 YEARS OLD MILLION REGISTERED USERS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST JORDAN IS SOCIAL 88% SOCIAL MEDIA PENETRATION E UAE 79% 듬 -80 % OF ALL FACEBOOK USERS IN THE GULF 67 1.5MIL TWITTER USERS TWEETS PER SECOND 167MILLION You VIEWS A DAY ONY THE USA, Tube WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA 34% vs 61% WORLDWIDE SOURCES: MIDDLE EAST <3 INTERNET http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats5.htm http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm http://www.arabsocialmediareport.com/UserManagement/PDFIASMR%204%20updated%2029%2008%2012.pdf http://gs.statcounter.com http://www.idgconnect.com/regions/middle-east http://www.ddarabia.com http://www.msci.com/products/indices/country_and_regional/em/ http://lerablog.org/business/economy/richest-countries-in-the-world-in-2013/ http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerld=prAE24144713 http://www.eweek.com/mobile/smartphone-adoption-growing-rapidly-worldwide/ MintTwist minttwist.com 00 00