Facebook is Egypt’s social media platform of choice: The use of social media and online platforms is growing significantly across the MENA region, particularly due to the region’s youthful demographic, Crowd Analyzer’s State of Social Media 2019 report shows. The report, which analyzed over 172 mn interactions, shows key differences in the use of social media by country, with Snapchat and Twitter particularly popular in Saudi Arabia due to the privacy they afford. Facebook remains dominant in Egypt and the UAE, where it has 40 mn and 8.8 mn users respectively. (These findings probably don’t come as a surprise to anybody who has had to put up with an aunt consistently sourcing her “news” from shady Facebook pages.) You can access the full report here (unpaid registration required).

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