On a scale measuring the best 5 social media platforms used for news in 2017, Facebook – as usual – ranks the top with a rate of 47%, followed by YouTube (22%), Twitter (10%), and then Instagram with only 6%. On the other hand, there are 23% of respondents reported that they use messaging apps …
Social media has become a key part of almost all of the Arab youth life. Facebook & Whatsapp rank the top used social media channels among the Arab young people. Both of them grab a rate of 68% in 2017. YouTube ranks at the third (50%), followed by Instagram (48%) and then Snapchat (42%). On …
Facebook is the most popular social media platform in the whole Arab countries, especially among young Arabs. In 2017, 64% of Arab youth use Facebook to share interesting news articles they read, with an increased rate 12% than 2016.
Social media nowadays has an essential role in making young Arabs people informed with the daily news. Facebook is the main daily news source for 35% of them, while 31% use other online news sources, and 30% use TV news channels.
American teens (13-17) represent 26% of the total US population. 71% of them spend more than 3 hours watching online videos. Half of them (52% & 51%) are almost equally divided between messaging apps and social networking, while 42% spent their time playing games.
The internet, social media and also TV ranked as the top 3 media that residents in UAE & KSA spend most of their time on during Ramadan. Social media and other internet web sites hold the most of that time, with 12 hours a week divided equally between them.
The majority of internet users in MENA region will increase their online activity on social networks during Ramadan 2017; most of them are under 21 years old. Reading religious articles holds the second place of Muslims online activities during Ramadan. On the other hand, online shopping during the holy month is ranked low with only …
Facebook remains the king of the social media landscape. WhatsAppers and Facebookers that post the best figures for usage frequency – 80% of these audiences use their platform at least daily. Usage frequency on WeChat is also striking – within China, 86% of WeChatters are accessing daily.