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The Digital Digest is Rassed's quarterly round up of Internet and technology developments in the Middle East.
Hot stories in this issue:
Instagram is more popular than Facebook in one Arab country, but which one?
Saudi Arabia still has the largest Twitter population.
UAE is named fiber capital of the world.
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Infographic: Digital Digest Q2 Summary
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Digital Digest Q2 2014
Instagram is the most popular social media service
among Qataris and least used by Egyptians and
Tunisians
68% 50% 49%
KSA UAE Egypt
Interaction with brands on Facebook
during Ramadan is high
Saudi Arabia still has the largest Twitter
population
Saudi Arabia alone accounts for 40% of the Middle East
Twitter population
40%
#KSA
UAE leads globally in fiber to the home penetration Ipsos finds smartphone take-up in the Middle
East is lowest in Egypt
79%
63%
KSA
72%
61%
UAE
6%
5%
Egypt
63%
36%
Lebanon
69%
49%
Kuwait
GCC more“network ready”than North Africa
North Africa
Network
GCC
Network
Mobile and PC are nearly universal in Qatar
Majority of global smartphone growth
will be in the developing world
Doha is the biggest selfie-taking
city in the Middle East
Ishtarate Arab product rating
website /social network
allows users to rate the products
they purchased online
Second-screening while watching the World
Cup was high...
...as most devoted fans say they have posted opinions about
the game live on social media
11 months is the average
age children start using
smartphones
Social Media
Technology
Digital Content
Global Stories
Airline tickets are the most
purchased online products
dominates online retail
The 4 largest U.S. online rerailers in 2013 (based on worldwide online sales)
http://goo.gl/ivvmAB
Of people in the
region prefer to do so
via Facebook 4%6%9%
78%
AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
2012
2013
or phone
36%
use laptops
13%
43%in
Egypt, KSA and
UAE“second
screen”when
watching TV
tablets
5%
Digital ads will increase but TV ads remain most prominent
Internet TV Mobile
Digital ads TV ads
Facebook aims to expand digital ads in the
region
Facebook is the most preferred“social
log-in”network in the region
39% 43%
VSNEWS
Social Media
Trust in social media as the most reliable
news source ...
Qatar
Selfies
Doha
Qatar TunisiaEgypt
Developing World
Developed World