As of April 2010, number of facebook users in Saudi Arabia exceeded the 2 million users, which makes the kingdom the second largest Arab population on the largest social networking hub.
Jazarah.net: Saudi Arabia Facebook Fact Sheet – April 2010
1. As of April 2010, number of facebook users in Saudi Arabia exceeded the 2
million users, which makes the kingdom the second largest Arab population on
the largest social networking hub.
Age Groups
Almost 53% of facebook users in Saudi Arabia are between 19 – 29 years old,
while users between 30 – 45 years old form 25% of the total population.
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
2. Gender
Male users dominate facebook with more than 65% of the entire population, while
32% of the users are female. Only 2.4% of the users didn't define their gender on
facebook.
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
3. Languages:
Surprisingly English is used by more users than the Arabic, which is the common
language of Saudi internet users, 50% of the users use English while 48.9% use
Arabic.
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
4. Relationships
More than 68% of facebook users in Saudi Arabia didn't define their relationship
status, while more than 18% defined that they are single, and 8% married.
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
5. A closer look at Teenagers (18 and younger)
Gender
This age group has the highest percentage of female users among other age
groups with more than 44% of users are female, compared to 53% male.
Relationships
More 71% of teenage facebook in Saudi Arabia didn't define their relationship
status, this percentage increases among male users and drops among females.
Relationship All Male Female
Single 24.34% 24.29% 25.94%
In a Relationship 3.11% 3.03% 3.53%
Engaged 0.51% 0.21% 0.89%
Married 0.86% 0.45% 1.34%
Undefined 71.18% 72.01% 68.29%
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
6. Language
Arabic is dominating among teenage users in Saudi Arabia, 60% of the users of
this group use Arabic, compared to 37% use English.
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
7. A closer look at 20Somthing (19 – 29)
Gender
Males dominate the largest age group among facebook users in Saudi Arabia with
66% compared to 32% females.
Relationships
Percentage of users who didn't define their relationship status dropped t0 66%
among this age group, while 23% of the total age group stated that they were
single, compared to 24% among males and 20% among females
Relationship All Male Female
Single 23.39% 24.55% 20.93%
In a Relationship 3.47% 3.36% 3.66%
Engaged 1.51% 1.31% 1.81%
Married 5.36% 3.86% 8.72%
Undefined 66.26% 66.92% 64.88%
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
8. Language
Arabic's edge over English drops among this age group but it’s still leading this
group with more than 52% are using Arabic compared to 46% who use English.
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
9. A closer look at Pre-Middle-Agers (30 – 45)
Gender
Male users dominate this age group with 75% of the total users, compared to
23% females, and 2% undefined users.
Relationships
Percentage of single users drops in favorite of married users among this age
group, however majority of users didn't define their relationship status among
this age group.
Relationship All Male Female
Single 7.82% 7.83% 7.26%
In a Relationship 2.75% 2.70% 2.70%
Engaged 0.53% 0.58% 0.38%
Married 18.15% 15.75% 24.63%
Undefined 70.75% 73.13% 65.04%
Language
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
10. English dominates this age group with more than 61% of users are using English
compared to 37% who use Arabic.
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
11. A closer look at the Seniors (46 – 64)
Gender
More than 72% of users in this age group are males, compared to 22% females.
The percentage of undefined users increased to more than 4% among users in
this age group.
Relationships
Percentage of married users continues to rise and the percentage of singles are
dropping in the age group, with the majority of users didn't define their
relationship status.
Relationship All Males Females
Single 3.36% 2.73% 5.56%
In a Relationship 1.33% 1.27% 1.59%
Engaged 0.20% 0.16% 0.40%
Married 19.03% 18.61% 23.14%
Undefined 76.08% 77.22% 69.31%
Language
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010
12. English continues to dominate in this age group with close to 72%, compared to
25% who use Arabic.
An independent research conducted by jazarah.net on April 2010