JAN DIGITAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN 2019 2019 THE ESSENTIAL HEADLINE DATA YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND MOBILE, INTERNET, AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE TOTAL MOBILE INTERNET ACTIVE SOCIAL ACTIVE MOBILE POPULATION SUBSCRIPTIONS USERS MEDIA USERS SOCIAL USERS 256.6 304.5 182.0 136.1 118.0 MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION MILLION URBANISATION: vs. POPULATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: PENETRATION: 73% 119% 71% 53% 46% SOURCES: POPULATION: UNITED NATIONS; U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. MOBILE: GSMA INTELLIGENCE. INTERNET: INTERNETWORLDSTATS; ITU; WORLD BANK; CIA WORLD FACTBOOK; EUROSTAT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES AND REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; MIDEASTMEDIA.ORG; REPORTS IN REPUTABLE MEDIA. SOCIAL MEDIA: PLATFORMS’ SELF-SERVE ADVERTISING TOOLS; PRESS 20 RELEASES AND INVESTOR EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENTS; ARAB SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT; TECHRASA; NIKI AGHAEI; ROSE.RU. (ALL LATEST AVAILABLE DATA IN JANUARY 2019).